Social and Economic Adversity Experienced by Canadians and Everyday Legal Problems /

For more on survey methodology and data analysis for the Cost of Justice survey, see Design and Conduct of the Cost of Justice Survey, supra note 3. 4 Persistent Adversity in Debt, Employment and Housing and Experiencing Everyday Legal Problems Survey analysis suggests that respondents who reported experiencing ongoing problems with debt, unemployment and issues with good, affordable housing, the [...] Overall, the data show that 48.4% of the population experienced one or more everyday legal problems over a three-year period.8 Figure I shows the frequency with which people who experience ongoing issues with debt, unemployment or housing problems also experience one or more everyday legal problems during the three-year reference period of the survey. [...] The difference between the percentage of respondents who indicated that unemployment was sometimes an issue and respondents who did not experience unemployment problems is 0.6%, with the latter being the higher of the two figures.19 The relationship between the frequency with which respondents experienced persistent debt problems over several years and the percentage reporting unresolved problems [...] The data for persistent debt and employment legal problem types shows a clear, declining linear pattern - the percentage of respondents reporting unresolved problems is highest among individuals who indicated that they frequently had serious debt problems and experienced employment legal problems within the three-year reference period of the survey. [...] Within each of the 7 legal problem types, a larger percentage of people who indicated that they did not have persistent problems related to good, affordable housing reported that they had unresolved legal problems than the percentage of people who indicated that they sometimes experienced problems with good, affordable housing.