Table 3
Severity of spousal violence reported by female and male victims, 2009

Table 3
Severity of spousal violence reported by female and male victims, 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Severity of spousal violence reported by female and male victims. The information is grouped by Spousal violence appearing as row headers and is grouped by Female victim, Male victim appearing as column headers, calculated using thousands and percentage as a unit of measure.
Spousal violence	Female victim†		Male victim
Spousal violence	thousands	percentage	thousands	percentage
Total spousal¹ violence	601	100.0	585	100.0
Most serious type of violence
Threat, threw something	91	15.0	122	21.0
Pushed, shoved, slapped	223	37.0	188	32.0
Kicked, bit, hit, hit with something	81	13.0	209	36.0*
Sexually assaulted, beaten, choked, threatened with a gun or knife	203	34.0	59	10.0^E*
% injured
Physical injury	253	42.0	103	18.0*
No physical injury	347	58.0	479	82.0*
Not stated/Don't know	F	F	F	F
% receiving medical attention
Received medical attention	46	8.0^E	F	F
Did not receive medical attention	207	34.0	88	15.0*
No physical injury	348	58.0	483	82.0*
Not stated/Don't know	F	F	F	F
% fearing for their lives
Feared for their life	195	33.0	31	5.0^E*
Did not fear for their life	403	67.0	550	94.0*
Not stated/Don't know	F	F	F	F
Number of incidents
One incident	258	43.0	353	60.0*
2 to 5 incidents	145	24.0	134	23.0
6 to 10 incidents	55	9.0^E	30	5.0^E
11 or more	118	20.0	42	7.0^E*
Don't know/not stated	24	4.0^E	27	5.0^E
Total spousal violence	601	100	585	100.0
† reference group * statistically significant difference from the reference group at p < 0.05 ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published 1. Includes legally married, common-law, and same-sex spouses. Notes: Values may not add up to totals due to rounding. Excludes data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunvavut which will be published at a later date. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009.

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