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Table 2 Percent reporting seeing/talking to someone from a child protection organization about difficulties at home by year of birth (birth cohort) when mandatory reporting introduced in Canada or Current Province of Residence, Household Populationc Aged 18 or Older, 2012

From: Does mandatory reporting legislation increase contact with child protection? – a legal doctrinal review and an analytical examination

% among those reporting:

Total

Year of birth

Estimate 1

Estimate 2

 

Estimate 3

  

Born before/during the year mandatory reporting first introduced in Canada (i.e., 1965 or earlier)

Born before/during the year mandatory reporting first introduced in current province of residence but after 1965

Born after the year mandatory reporting first introduced in current province of residence

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Difference between Estimate 2 and Estimate 1

%

95% CI

Difference between Estimate 3 and Estimate 2

Difference between Estimate 3 and Estimate 1

Any childhood maltreatment

8.6

(7.3, 9.9)

4.1

(3.0, 5.1)

8.6

(4.0, 13.1)b

4.5

15.3

(12.3, 18.3)a

6.7

11.2

Childhood physical abuse (CPA)

9.1

(7.5, 10.8)

4.3

(3.0, 5.6)

11.0

(4.8, 17.1)b

6.7

15.4

(12.0, 18.8)b

4.4

11.1

 Slapped on face head or ears, hit or spanked with something hard

9.7

(7.9, 11.6)

4.6

(3.1, 6.1)

13.0

(5.7, 20.3)b

8.4

16.0

(12.3, 19.8)b

3.0

11.4

 Pushed, grabbed, shoved, something thrown at

16.5

(13.0, 20.0)

7.6

(4.8, 10.4)

19.3

(8.2, 30.4)b

11.7

27.8

(20.7, 34.9)b

8.5

20.2

 Kicked, bit, punched, choked, burned, attacked

17.0

(13.3, 20.8)

8.4

(5.4, 11.4)

19.4

(7.1, 31.6)

10.9

28.2

(20.6, 35.8)b

8.9

19.8

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA)

11.3

(9.2, 13.4)

6.2

(4.1, 8.3)

8.2

(3.0, 13.4)

2.0

24.1

(18.9, 29.3)a

15.9

17.9

 forced (attempted forced) unwanted sexual activity

14.3

(11.3, 17.3)

9.2

(5.7, 12.7)

15.9

(5.7, 26.2)

6.7

24.6

(17.8, 31.3)b

8.7

15.4

 unwanted sexual touching

11.8

(9.6, 14.0)

6.5

(4.2, 8.8)

8.4

(3.1, 13.8)

1.9

24.5

(19.2, 29.9)a

16.1

18.0

Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (CEIPV)

19.8

(15.4, 24.1)

9.2

(5.6, 12.7)

14.2

(5.9, 22.6)

5.1

34.1

(25.0, 43.1)a

19.8

24.9

Number of childhood maltreatment types

 1 type

4.7

(3.7, 5.6)

2.3

(1.4, 3.2)

6.4

(0.8, 12.0)

4.1

7.9

(5.9, 9.8)b

1.5

5.6

 2 types

14.2

(10.2, 18.3)

5.1

(3.2, 7.1)

11.8

(5.6, 18.1)

6.7

28.0

(18.4, 37.5)a

16.1

22.8

 3 types

27.5

(20.3, 34.6)

16.6

(7.8, 25.3)

22.6

(3.7, 41.6)

6.1

47.8

(35.0, 60.7)a

25.2

31.3

More than ten times

 For any childhood abuse question

13.5

(10.8, 16.3)

6.8

(4.5, 9.2)

19.3

(8.8, 29.8)

12.4

21.6

(15.8, 27.4)b

2.3

14.7

 Slapped on face head or ears, hit or spanked with something hard

13.6

(10.4, 16.8)

5.5

(3.6, 7.5)

21.2

(8.4, 33.9)b

15.6

23.0

(16.1, 29.9)b

1.9

17.5

 Pushed, grabbed, shoved, something thrown at

20.9

(15.0, 26.8)

8.0

(5.0, 10.9)

29.5

(10.7, 48.3)

21.5

36.4

(23.8, 48.9)b

6.9

28.4

 Kicked, bit, punched, choked, burned, attacked

27.7

(18.0, 37.4)

11.6

(7.0, 16.3)

38.1

(11.4, 64.8)

26.5

43.9

(25.2, 62.6)b

5.8

32.3

 Forced/attempted forced unwanted sexual activity

26.2

(17.3, 35.1)

18.1

(10.7, 25.5)

31.1

(7.9, 54.3)

13.0

40.9

(17.8, 63.9)

9.7

22.8

 Unwanted sexual touching

21.6

(14.6, 28.7)

15.9

(9.8, 21.9)

26.9

(9.9, 44.0)

11.1

30.8

(13.3, 48.3)

3.9

14.9

 Exposure to intimate partner violence

22.9

(15.8, 29.9)

11.0

(5.6, 16.5)

22.0

(8.0, 35.9)

10.9

38.4

(23.6, 53.3)b

16.5

27.4

No childhood maltreatment reported

1.9

(1.4, 2.4)

1.1

(0.7, 1.5)

0.7

(0.2, 1.3)

−0.4

2.9

(1.9, 3.9)a

2.2

1.8

  1. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey -- Mental Health, 2012 (share file)
  2. CI Confidence interval
  3. aSignificantly higher than Estimate 2
  4. bSignificantly higher than Estimate 1
  5. cExcluding immigrants to Canada