Child Maltreatment Surveillance Indicator Framework

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Percentage (%) of Grade 6-10 students who "agree" or "strongly agree" to getting the emotional help and support they need from their family, by sex, Canada, 2013-2014
0102030405060708090100FemalesMalesSexPercentage (%)Females: 63.1 Males: 66.7 Total population: 64.8
SexPercentage (%)95% CI
Total population64.864.0 - 65.7
Females63.161.9 - 64.3
Males66.765.5 - 68.0

Source: Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children 2013-2014

Measure Description

DefinitionEstimated percentage of grade 6-10 students who "agree" or "strongly agree" (versus "neither agree nor disagree", "disagree", "strongly disagree") that they get the emotional help and support they need from their family
Data SourceHBSC (2013-2014)
Data AvailableSex, Grade (6-10)
Estimate CalculationNumerator (weighted estimate): Number of grade 6-12 students who "agree" or "strongly agree" that they get the emotional help and support they need from their family; Denominator: Total population, grade 6-12 students
Additional RemarksSchool-based self-report surveys among grade 6-10 students (ages 11-15 years) in 377 Canadian schools in all provinces and territories


Suggested Citation

Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada. Child Maltreatment Surveillance Indicator Framework (CMSIF) Data Tool, 2020 Edition. Public Health Infobase. Ottawa (ON): Public Health Agency of Canada, 2020.

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