Table 4
Victims of spousal violence within the past 5 years, by sex and service contacted or used, 2009

Table 4
Victims of spousal violence within the past 5 years, by sex and service contacted or used, 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of spousal violence within the past 5 years. The information is grouped by Victims' use of services appearing as row headers and is grouped by Female victim, Male victim, Total appearing as column headers, calculated using thousands and percentage as a unit of measure.
Victims' use of services	Female victim†		Male victim		Total
Victims' use of services	thousands	percentage	thousands	percentage	thousands	percentage
Told informal sources¹
Yes	478	79.5	328	56.0*	805	67.9
No	117	19.5	254	43.5*	372	31.3
Contacted or used formal services²
Yes	228	37.9	105	18.0*	333	28.1
No	369	61.5	475	81.2*	844	71.2
Police found out about the incident
Yes	180	30.0	79	13.4*	259	21.8
No	414	68.9	503	85.9*	917	77.3
Respondent reported to police
Yes	141	23.5	39^E	6.6^E*	180	15.2
No	453	75.5	542	92.7*	996	84.0
Police found out some other way
Yes	39^E	6.6^E	40^E	6.8^E	79	6.7
No	555	92.4	541	92.5	1,096	92.5
Total	601	100	585	100.0	1,186	100.0
† reference group * statistically significant difference from the reference group at p < 0.05 ^E use with caution 1. Informal sources include family, a friend or neighbor, a co-worker, a doctor or nurse, a lawyer, or a spiritual advisor. 2. Formal services include a crisis centre or crisis line, a counsellor or psychologist, a community or family centre, a shelter, centres for women, men or seniors, or victim services or victim witness assistance programs. Notes: Includes legally married, common-law, same-sex, separated and divorced spouses. Don't know and not stated are included in the total, but not listed. Therefore totals will not add up to 100%. Excludes data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009.

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