Assessing the prevalence of violence against women in Canada

Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 225-238

  Johnson, Holly ^a,b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b International Violence Against Women Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Sexual assault; Violence against women statistics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STANDARDS;

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN STATISTICS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 33745636777     PISSN: 01678000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/sju-2005-223-404     Document Type: Article

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