Table 12
Self-reported spousal violence for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, aged 15 and over, Canada, 2009
Victims of spousal violence | Aboriginal women |
Non-Aboriginal women |
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percentage | ||
Percentage who reported being physically or sexually victimized by a spouse* in the previous 5 years | 15E | 6 |
Of those who had been physically or sexually victimized by a spouse in the previous 5 years, percentage who reported that they. |
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had been sexually assaulted, beaten, choked, threatened with a gun or knife | 48E | 32 |
sustained an injury | 58 | 41 |
feared for their life | 52E | 31 |
E Use with caution * significantly different from estimate for total Canadian women at p<0.05 Note: Includes legally married, common-law and same-sex spouses, those separated from such unions and divorced spouses. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009. |
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