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Characteristics of perpetrators of sexual assaults against Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Regular Force members in the past 12 months, 2016 Table 3
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Table 3
Characteristics of perpetrators of sexual assaults against Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Regular Force members in the past 12 months, 2016
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This table displays the results of Characteristics of perpetrators of sexual assaults against Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Regular Force members in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Characteristics of perpetrators (appearing as row headers), Male victims, Female victims and All victims, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics of perpetrators	Male victims^{Table 3 Note †}	Female victims	All victims^{Table 3 Note 1}
Characteristics of perpetrators	percent
Type of perpetrator^{Table 3 Note 2}
Canadian Armed Forces member(s)	86	94^Note *	89
Foreign military member(s)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3^{Note E: Use with caution}
Department of National Defence civilian(s) or contractor(s)	11	5^Note *	9
Other	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5
Don't know	10	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7
Number of perpetrators^{Table 3 Note 2}
Lone	61	85^Note *	71
Two or more	14	10	12
Varied - sometimes one person; other times two or more	17	Note F: too unreliable to be published	12
Don't know	13	Note F: too unreliable to be published	9
Sex of perpetrator^{Table 3 Note 2}
Always men	45	94^Note *	65
Always women	34	Note F: too unreliable to be published	21
Combination of men and women	19	Note F: too unreliable to be published	13
Don't know	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	4^{Note E: Use with caution}
Relationship to perpetrator^{Table 3 Note 2}
Supervisor or higher rank	36	49^Note *	41
Peer	56	42^Note *	51
Subordinates, either in or outside chain of command	25	13^Note *	21
Intimate partner (dating partner, spouse, common-law partner)	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	7	6
Stranger	9	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	8
Other	8	10	9
Don't know	13	5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	9
Rank of perpetrator^{Table 3 Note 2}
Junior Non-Commissioned Member	77	53^Note *	67
Senior Non-Commissioned Member	29	38^Note *	33
Junior Officer	18	14^Note *	16
Senior Officer	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	8	7
Other	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Don't know	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	4^{Note E: Use with caution}
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1. Includes a small number of victims whose sex was not stated. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Respondents were asked to select all characteristics which applied for all incidents of sexual assault; therefore, percentages do not add to 100. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Includes sexual assaults which occurred in the military workplace or outside the military workplace involving military members (Canadian Armed Forces or foreign) and/or Department of National Defence employees or contractors. Percent calculations exclude missing responses. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2016.

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Characteristics of perpetrators of sexual assaults against Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Regular Force members in the past 12 months, 2016