Education quarterly review Volume 8, number 3

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1 Catalogue E (Français F) ISSN Wednesday, June 26, 2002 Released at 8:30 am Eastern time MAJOR RELEASES Family violence: Impacts and consequences of spousal violence 3 Many aspects of people s lives are affected by spousal violence, according to the newest profile of family violence in Canada. Beyond the physical and emotional consequences for the individuals directly affected, spousal violence impacts the medical, social and criminal justice systems. (continued on page 2) Education quarterly review Volume 8, number 3 Education quarterly review, available today, is s flagship publication for education statistics. This issue contains an analytical article examining the impact of household income and the education of parents on postsecondary participation, using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. According to the article, postsecondary participation increased with both family income and parents education, although the latter appeared to be a stronger influence in students pursuit of postsecondary studies. Parents education and household income remained strong determinants of postsecondary participation when considered jointly and when differences in institutional structure among regions were taken into account. The June 2002 issue of Education quarterly review, Vol. 8, no. 3 ( XIE, $16/$51; XPB, $21/$68) is now available. See How to order products. The study "Postsecondary participation: Effects of parents education and household income" is available as a free preview article on s Web site ( From the Our products and services page, choose In depth. For more information on the article, contact Tamara Knighton ( ; tamara.knighton@statcan.ca). For more information on the publication, contact Client Services ( ; ; fax: ; educationstats@statcan.ca), Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics.

2 OTHER RELEASES Employment Insurance, April Demographic statistics, April 1, Asphalt roofing, May Crushing statistics, May Employer pension plans (trusteed pension funds), fourth quarter Air charter statistics, fourth quarter Workplace and Employee Survey, NEW PRODUCTS 10 REGIONAL REFERENCE CENTRES Cat. no E

3 End of text End of release The Daily, June 26, 2002 MAJOR RELEASES Family violence: Impacts and consequences of spousal violence Many aspects of people s lives are affected by spousal violence, according to the newest profile of family violence in Canada. Beyond the physical and emotional consequences for the individuals directly affected, spousal violence also impacts the medical, social and criminal justice systems. According to data from the 1999 General Social Survey on Victimization (GSS), 8% of women and 7% of men with a current or former partner in the reference period from 1994 to 1999 reported experiencing at least one incident of spousal violence. Although men reported being the victim of a significant amount of spousal violence, the data indicate that the nature and consequences of violence were more severe for women. Women in violent unions were more than twice as likely as men to report having been beaten and five times more likely to say they had been choked. Among all victims of spousal violence, 28% reported either a physical or mental condition or problem that affected their daily activities. This compares with 21% of the population who were not victims. The effects of spousal violence, in terms of supplying and maintaining medical services, counselling and shelter services, as well as criminal justice services, are greater for female victims than for male victims. Female victims in the reference period from 1994 to 1999 were three times more likely than male victims to have taken time off from daily activities as a result of the violence and five times more likely to have received medical attention and to have been hospitalized. About 48% of women and 17% of men abused by a marital partner used a social service; 37% of women and 15% of men reported the spousal violence to the police. Lower reporting rates by men may reflect the less severe nature of the violent incidents experienced by men and the fact that social services for male victims may not be as widely available. The fifth annual Family violence in Canada report analyses data on the impact and consequences of spousal violence from the 1999 GSS. Its findings are largely consistent with a variety of other studies. Among other things, these studies show that spousal violence has been associated with a range of symptoms such as increased fears, sleeping disorders and anxiety and depression. Note to readers This release is based on the 2002 edition of Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile funded by the federal Family Violence Initiative. This fifth annual edition focusses on the impacts and consequences of family violence, including the consequences of spousal violence, violence against older adults and violence against children and youth. The report also provides the most recent police-reported and homicide data on the prevalence of spousal violence, violence against older adults and violence against children and youth, as well as an examination of the decline in rates of spousal homicides. The report draws on data from a number of sources, including the 1999 General Social Survey on Victimization, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR2), Homicide Survey, Transition Home Survey and the Hospital Morbidity Survey. More frequent emotional consequences of spousal violence for women According to the 1999 GSS, the most commonly reported emotional consequence for both male and female victims of spousal violence was being upset, confused and frustrated. Anger and hurt or disappointment were also frequently cited. Women were more fearful than men as a result of the violence. They were also more likely to state that they experienced sleeping problems, depression or anxiety attacks and were almost four times more likely to report reduced self-esteem (23% versus 6%). Female victims of spousal violence were twice as likely as men to have used medication during the month preceding the survey interview to help them sleep, to calm down and to help get them out of depression. Among women, 39% of victims had problems going to sleep or staying asleep, compared with 29% for men. - Cat. no E 3

4 Women victims more likely to experience sleeping problems and use medication or drugs %, past 5 years Trouble falling asleep or remaining asleep Female victims Male victims * Medication/ drugs to sleep Medication/ drugs to calm down Female non-victims Male non-victims Medication/ drugs to get out of depression * The difference between male victims and non-victims for this category is not statistically significant. Violence against children and youth According to police-reported statistics, children aged five and under were more than twice as likely to be physically assaulted by a family member than by someone who was not a member of their family. The reverse is true for children aged six and older, who were more likely to be physically assaulted by non-family members than family members. In 2000, parents were the most likely perpetrators in assaults against children and youth within families. Parents were the accused for 67% of child victims of physical assault and 39% of child victims of sexual assault reported to the police. According to police-reported data, 59% of child and youth victims in 2000 suffered minor physical injury due to physical assaults by family members. About 2% had a major physical injury, and the remaining victims had no visible injuries. Older adults at lowest risk of being a victim of violent crime According to police-reported statistics in 2000, older adults had the lowest risk of being a victim of violent crime, compared with other age groups. The rate of adults aged 65 and over reporting violent crime was 2.5 times lower than that of those aged 55 to 64 years, the next lowest rate. Older adults were twice as likely to be victimized by non-family members the largest proportion of whom were strangers than by family members. In cases where family members were the accused, 43% of older men were victimized by their adult children, while older women were almost as likely to be victimized by their spouses as by their adult children. Older adults who are victims of family violence may be more vulnerable to complications resulting from physical violence, since physical injuries may worsen pre-existing health problems or inhibit an older person s ability to function independently. In 2000, according to police statistics, 37% of older victims suffered minor injuries and 2% suffered major physical injuries or death from violent crimes committed by family members; 52% of older adult victims suffered no physical injuries. Decline in rate of family homicides during past three decades Since 1974, there has been a decline in the overall rate of family homicides recorded in Canada and in family homicides as a percentage of total homicides. Nearly 2,600 spousal homicides (which includes legally married, common-law, divorced and separated spouses) have been recorded in Canada since 1974, the majority of which (77%) have been against women. While spousal homicide rates for both women and men have fluctuated over the past two decades, they have generally declined. Since 1974, the homicide rate for women decreased 62%, while the homicide rate for men dropped more than half (-55%). In 2000, family members killed a total of 10 adults aged 65 and over, representing about one-quarter of all senior homicides in Canada. From 1997 to 2000, 43% of persons accused of committing homicide against an older family member had a history of family violence with that victim. These homicide victims were equally likely to be women or men. In 2000, 55 children and youth were victims of homicide. Of these, 31 were killed by family members, the lowest number and rate in 27 years. Juristat: National trends in intimate partner homicides, , available today, presents more detailed analysis than is covered in Family violence in Canada. It examines spousal homicide trends from 1974 to 2000, as well as trends in other intimate partner homicides (e.g., boyfriends and girlfriends) from 1991 to The 2002 edition of Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile ( XIE, free) is now available 4 - Cat. no E

5 on s Web site ( From the Our products and services page, choose Free publications, then Justice. A hard copy is also available from the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence ( ; ). Also available is Juristat: National trends in intimate partner homicides, , Vol. 22, no. 5 ( XIE, $8/$70; XPE, $10/$93). See How to order products. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of these releases, contact Information and Client Services ( ; ), Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. - Cat. no E 5

6 OTHER RELEASES Employment Insurance April 2002 (preliminary) The estimated number of Canadians (adjusted for seasonality) receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits in April was down 3.1% from March to 531,830. Quebec (-6.0%) and New Brunswick (-5.2%) recorded the largest month-to-month declines; only Alberta and the territories recorded increases. Compared with April 2001, the number of regular beneficiaries was up 6.8% at the national level. Regular benefit payments made in April totalled $749.4 million, up 5.2% from revised March figures and up 15.1% from April These figures have been adjusted to take into account the Easter holiday period at the end of March, which pushed some March payments into April. However, the number of initial and renewal claims received could not be adjusted for the Easter effect. Thus the large increase of 28.4% in seasonally adjusted claims should be viewed with caution. Number of beneficiaries receiving regular benefits April 2002 March to april 2002 Seasonally adjusted % change April 2001 to April 2002 Canada 531, Newfoundland and Labrador 35, Prince Edward Island 7, Nova Scotia 29, New Brunswick 32, Quebec 174, Ontario 132, Manitoba 13, Saskatchewan 11, Alberta 30, British Columbia 64, Yukon Northwest Territories and Nunavut 1, Unadjusted Northwest Territories Nunavut p Preliminary figures. Note: Employment Insurance Statistics Program data are produced from an administrative data source and may, from time to time, be affected by changes to the Employment Insurance Act or administrative procedures. This month s data are a good example of the latter. The Easter holiday, falling at the end of March, reduced claims processed and cheques issued in March, and boosted them in April. While the seasonally adjusted regular benefits and number of weeks paid have been adjusted to remove this holiday effect, the unadjusted data and all claims data have not been adjusted. The number of beneficiaries is a measure of all persons who received Employment Insurance benefits for the week containing the fifteenth day of the month. The regular benefit payments series measures the total of all monies individuals received for the entire month. These different reference periods must be taken into consideration when comparisons are made between the two series. Employment Insurance statistics April 2002 March 2002 April 2001 Seasonally adjusted March to April 2002 % change April 2001 to April 2002 Regular beneficiaries 531,830 p 548,790 p 497, Regular benefits paid ($ millions) Claims received ( 000) Unadjusted % change All beneficiaries ( 000) (see note to users) p p Regular beneficiaries ( 000) p p Claims received ( 000) Payments ($ millions) 1, , , Year-to-date (January to April) to 2002 % change Claims received ( 000) Payments ($ millions) 4, , p Preliminary figures. Note: All beneficiaries includes all claimants receiving regular benefits (e.g., due to layoff) or special benefits (e.g., due to illness). Available on CANSIM: tables to , , , , and To order data, or for general information, contact the Client Services Unit ( ; ; 6 - Cat. no E

7 To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Gilles Groleau ( ) or Dominique Pérusse ( ), Labour Statistics Division. Demographic statistics April 1, 2002 (preliminary estimates) Postcensal population estimates as of April 1 are now available for Canada, the provinces and the territories. Canada s population grew by 74,600 persons in the first quarter of 2002, reaching 31,260,400 on April 1. The 0.24% population growth rate was similar to that of the first quarter of Most of the components used to produce preliminary population estimates are estimated using demographic models based on data sources less complete or reliable, albeit more timely, than those used for updated or final estimates. Exceptionally, the preliminary estimates of migration between provinces and territories based on change of address information contained in Child Tax Benefit files were unavailable when the estimates for the first quarter of 2002 were prepared. Consequently, estimates from the first quarter of 2001 were used. In addition, these estimates are based on the 1996 Census counts adjusted for net undercoverage and do not take into account the population counts determined by the 2001 Census, which were released on March 12, The 2001 Census coverage studies will be completed in The results will be used to adjust the 2001 Census counts and update the population estimates. Available on CANSIM: tables , , , , , and The first quarter 2002 issue of Quarterly demographic statistics, Vol. 16, no. 1 ( XIB, $8/$25; XPB, $10/$33) is now available. See How to order products. To obtain these data, contact Colette O Meara ( ; fax ; colette.o meara@statcan.ca) or the nearest Regional Reference Centre. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Daniel Larrivée ( ; fax: ; daniel.larrivee@statcan.ca), Demography Division. Canada s population January 1, 2001 pr April 1, 2001 pr January 1, 2002 pp April 1, 2002 pp Persons % change Canada 30,893,788 30,973,930 31,185,815 31,260, Newfoundland and Labrador 536, , , , Prince Edward Island 138, , , , Nova Scotia 942, , , , New Brunswick 756, , , , Quebec 7,388,364 7,397,946 7,422,902 7,432, Ontario 11,759,653 11,808,357 11,932,961 11,977, Manitoba 1,147,464 1,148,343 1,149,083 1,150, Saskatchewan 1,019,323 1,017,457 1,013,035 1,011, Alberta 3,034,485 3,048,124 3,088,706 3,101, British Columbia 4,072,546 4,083,319 4,108,031 4,118, Yukon 30,126 30,008 29,732 29, Northwest Territories 40,933 40,859 40,310 40, Nunavut 27,650 27,747 28,749 29, pr Updated postcensal estimates. pp Preliminary postcensal estimates. Note: These estimates are adjusted for net census undercount. - Cat. no E 7

8 Asphalt roofing May 2002 Production of asphalt shingles totalled metric bundles in May, up 18.4% from metric bundles in May Year-to-date production at the end of May amounted to metric bundles, a 12.2% increase from metric bundles in the same period of Available on CANSIM: table The May 2002 issue of Asphalt Roofing, Vol. 54, no. 5 ( XIB, $5/$47) is now available. See How to order products. For general information or to order data, contact the dissemination officer ( ; ; manufact@statcan.ca). To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Gilles Simard ( ; simales@statcan.ca), Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division. Crushing statistics May 2002 Oilseed processors crushed metric tonnes of canola in May, according to the monthly report of crushing operations. Oil production totalled tonnes, and meal production amounted to tonnes. Available on CANSIM: table The May 2002 issue of Cereals and oilseeds review ( XIB, $11/$112; XPB, $15/$149) will be available in August. See How to order products. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Les Macartney ( ; les.macartney@statcan.ca), Agriculture Division. Employer pension plans (trusteed pension funds) Fourth quarter 2001 After reporting a negative cash flow in the third quarter, trusteed pension funds recorded a net income of $4.3 billion in the fourth quarter of Higher-than-normal employer contributions and investment income (interest and dividends) allowed revenues ($14.6 billion) to exceed expenditures ($10.3 billion). For all of 2001, the net income of the industry was $4.5 billion, much lower than the $57.2 billion earned in The market value of assets increased 6.5% to $576.9 billion, the first increase since the third quarter of This increase was almost entirely the result of the recovery of stock market prices over the fourth quarter. Thefourth quarter 2001 issue of Quarterly estimates of trusteed pension funds provides data on the revenues, expenditures and assets of employer-sponsored pension plans as of December 31, It also contains a time series and analysis relating changes in thedatatofinancialindicators. Available on CANSIM: table Thefourth quarter 2001 issue of Quarterly estimates of trusteed pension funds, Vol. 29, no. 4 ( XIB, $14/$47; XPB, $19/$62) is now available. See How to order products. For more information about the current survey results and related products and services, or to enquire about the concepts, methods, or data quality of this release, contact Client Services ( ; ; fax: ; income@statcan.ca), Income Statistics Division. Air charter statistics Fourth quarter 2001 During the fourth quarter of 2001, international air charter flights carried 513,627 passengers, down 24% from the fourth quarter of More detailed information will appear in the Aviation: service bulletin ( XIB, $8/$82). A print-on-demand service is also available at a different price. See How to order products. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Kathie Davidson ( ; davikat@statcan.ca), Transportation Division. 8 - Cat. no E

9 Workplace and Employee Survey 2000 Data from the 2000 Workplace and Employee Survey are now available, along with revised 1999 data. These data provide detailed information on workplaces and employees within these same workplaces. The July on-line issue of Perspectives on labour and income willfeatureanarticleusingthesenewdata. This article analyses the extent to which jobs differ in knowledge-based firms from other jobs by focussing on wages, benefits, work schedules and job satisfaction. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Carole Fraser ( ; fax: ; Labour Division. - Cat. no E 9

10 NEW PRODUCTS Asphalt roofing, May 2002, Vol. 54, no. 5 Catalogue number XIB ($5/$47). Quarterly estimates of trusteed pension funds, Fourth quarter 2001, Vol. 29, no. 4 Catalogue number XIB ($14/$47). Quarterly estimates of trusteed pension funds, Fourth quarter 2001, Vol. 29, no. 4 Catalogue number XPB ($19/$62). Education quarterly review, June 2002, Vol. 8, no. 3 Catalogue number XIE ($16/$51). Education quarterly review, June 2002, Vol. 8, no. 3 Catalogue number XPB ($21/$68). Juristat: National trends in intimate partner homicides, , Vol. 22, no. 5 Catalogue number XIE ($8/$70). Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile,2002 Catalogue number XIE (free). Quarterly demographic statistics, January March 2002, Vol. 16, no. 1 Catalogue number XIB ($8/$25). Quarterly demographic statistics, January March 2002, Vol. 16, no. 1 Catalogue number XPB ($10/$33). All prices are in Canadian dollars and exclude sales tax. Additional shipping charges apply for delivery outside Canada. Catalogue numbers with an -XIB or an -XIE extension are Internet versions; those with -XMB or -XME are microfiche; -XPB or -XPE are paper versions; -XDB are electronic versions on diskette and -XCB are electronic versions on compact disc. Juristat: National trends in intimate partner homicides, , Vol. 22, no. 5 Catalogue number XPE ($10/$93). How to order products Order products by phone: Please refer to the Title Catalogue number Volume number Issue number Your VISA or MasterCard number. In Canada and the United States call: From other countries call: To fax your order: Address changes or account inquiries: To order a product by mail write:, Circulation Management, Dissemination Division, Ottawa, K1A 0T6. Include a cheque or money order payable to Receiver General of Canada/Publications. Canadian customers add 7% GST and applicable PST. To order by Internet: write to order@statcan.ca or download an electronic version by accessing s Web site ( under the headings Products and services and Fee publications ($). Authorized agents and bookstores also carry s catalogued publications Cat. no E

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