Abstract

PIP: A summary of the major findings of the national survey on violence against women, conducted by Statistics Canada between February and June 1993 is presented. The results of the survey suggest that violence against women is widespread. About one-half of all Canadian women have experienced at least one incident of violence since the age of 16. Almost one-half of women reported violence by men known to them and one-quarter reported violence by a stranger. A quarter of all women have experienced violence at the hands of a current or past marital partner (includes common law unions). One-sixth currently married women reported violence by their spouses; half of women with previous marriages reported violence by a previous spouse. More than 1 out of 10 women who reported violence in a current marriage have at some point felt their lives were in danger. 6 out of 10 Canadian women who walk alone in their own area after dark feel "very" or "somewhat" worried doing so. Women with violent fathers-in-law are at 3 times the risk of assault by their partners than are women with nonviolent fathers-in-law.