Table 2. Sociodemographic characteristics of sexually assaulted adolescent and adult women who presented to Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres, by Indigenous status.
| Characteristics | Indigenous n = 116 (%) |
Non-Indigenous n = 832 (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 0.008 | ||
| 12 to 18 | 50 (43.5) | 257 (31.2) | |
| 19 and older | 65 (56.5) | 567 (68.8) | |
| Marital status | 0.50 | ||
| Never married | 83 (73.5) | 634 (77.4) | |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 12 (10.6) | 86 (10.5) | |
| Married/common law/cohabitating | 18 (15.9) | 99 (12.1) | |
| Disability | 0.25 | ||
| Yes | 25 (21.6) | 143 (17.2) | |
| No | 91 (78.5) | 689 (82.8) | |
| Employment status | <0.0001 | ||
| Employed | 17 (15.9) | 339 (42.1) | |
| Not employed | 90 (84.1) | 467 (57.9) | |
| Student | 0.82 | ||
| Yes | 50 (46.7) | 367 (45.5) | |
| No | 57 (53.3) | 439 (54.5) | |
| Living situation* | |||
| Lives alone | 17 (14.7) | 150 (18.0) | 0.372 |
| With family | 82 (70.7) | 550 (66.2) | 0.335 |
| In institutional setting** | 13 (11.2) | 28 (3.4) | <0.0001 |
| Homeless/in shelter | 7 (6.0) | 41 (4.9) | 0.61 |
| With roommate/in dormitory | 9 (7.8) | 138 (16.6) | 0.014 |
| Social supports* | |||
| None | 6 (5.2) | 64 (7.7) | 0.33 |
| Family | 94 (81.0) | 677 (81.4) | 0.93 |
| Roommate/friend | 50 (43.1) | 536 (64.4) | <0.0001 |
| Community/group affiliation | 30 (25.9) | 123 (14.8) | 0.002 |
| School personnel | 11 (9.5) | 140 (16.8) | 0.043 |
| Mental health professional | 6 (5.2) | 46 (5.5) | 0.87 |
| Government/community services | 11 (9.5) | 30 (3.6) | 0.004 |
| Other (e.g., physician, nurse, police) | -- | 6 (0.7) | 0.60 |
| Unknown | -- | 7 (0.8) | 0.30 |
*Women could indicate more than one response.
**Includes, for example, foster care, group home, long-term care.
--Data suppressed due to small cell size.