Without A Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey

Within our sample, there were no statistically significant differences on these three
criminal victimization measures based on gender, race, or status as a racialized or nonracialized
youth. However, statistically significant differences were found on the basis
of sexual orientation, Indigenous status, and the age at which a youth first left home,
with respect to both total victimization and violent victimization. As shown in Table 21,
LGBTQ2S youth and Indigenous youth were much more likely to have been victimized
than non-minority and non-Indigenous youth. Participants who left home at a younger age
were also more likely to report criminal victimization.
TABLE 21
Comparing criminal victimization
STRAIGHT LGBTQ2S NON-INDIGENOUS INDIGENOUS
Total Crime 64.4% 77.9%*** 66.1% 73.7%**
Violent Crime 54.9% 69.6%*** 56.6% 64.5%**
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