POLICE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA 105 The facts continued • Young women were five times more likely than women aged 25 years and older to have been sexually assaulted (5% versus 1% respectively), three times more likely to have been physically assaulted (6% and 2%, respectively), and almost three times more likely to have been emotionally, financially or psychologically abused by an intimate partner in the previous 12 months preceding the survey (28% versus 10%). Indigenous women • Indigenous women (61%) in Canada were more likely to have ever experienced IPV in their lifetime (since the age of 15) when compared with nonIndigenous women (44%). • In the 12 months preceding the survey, 1 in 6 (17%) Indigenous women experienced at least one form of IPV—psychological, physical or sexual—compared with 12% of nonIndigenous women. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and people of a sexual orientation that is not heterosexual (LGB+) women • Overall, 67% of LGB+ women who had ever been in an intimate partner relationship had experienced at least one type of IPV since the age of 15, compared to 44% among heterosexual women. • Almost half (49%) of LGB+ women indicated that they had been physically or sexually assaulted by an intimate partner since the age of 15, almost double what was indicated by heterosexual women (25%) • One in five (20%) LGB+ women had indicated that they had experienced some forms of IPV within the past year, almost twice what was said by heterosexual women (12%). Women living with disabilities • Among people who had ever been in an intimate partner relationship, more than half (55%) of women with disabilities reported experiencing some form of IPV in their lifetime (since the age of 15), compared to 37% of women without disabilities • In the 12 months preceding the survey, 16% of women with disabilities experienced some form of IPV, compared to 10% of women without disabilities • Among LGBTQ2 (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and TwoSpirit) women with disabilities, almost seven in ten (71%) experienced some form of intimate partner violence since the age of 15. Visible minority women • Among those who had ever been in an intimate partner relationship, 29% of women belonging to an ethnocultural group designated as a visible minority reported experiencing some kind of psychological, physical, or sexual violence committed by an intimate partner in their lifetime (since the age of 15) continued
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