Childhood aggression & exposure to violence (stats can)

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[b:547968ef8a]Childhood aggression and exposure to violence in the home - Statistics Canada 2004[/b:547968ef8a]

In 1998/99, approximately 378,000 children between the ages of 6 and 11 in Canada had witnessed violence in the home at some point in their lives. This constitutes approximately 17% of the population in this age group. There was no statistical difference in the proportion of girls (17.7%) and boys (16.9%) who are reported to have witnessed violence in the home

Exposure to violence in the home has a strong association with aggressive behaviour among children. Approximately 32% of children who witnessed violence at home are reported to have high aggressive behaviour compared with 16% of other children in the sample. Overall, boys showed higher levels of aggressive behaviour than did girls, and this is true for those exposed to violence and those who were not.

*For further info see document online at [url]http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/85-561-MIE/85-561-MIE2003002.htm[/url]