Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY)

Family violence of person, status

Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), parents (biological, step, adoptive and foster), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (for example, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws).

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Status of child or youth victimized by a family member