Seeking support following assault Data dictionary

Proportion of people with disability who experienced assault and sought advice or support after the most recent incident.¹

2021–22

2021–22

Physical assault by a male: People aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who can complete a personal interview, and who recently² experienced physical assault by a male.

Sexual assault by a male: Women aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who can complete a personal interview, and who recently² experienced sexual assault by a male.

Physical assault by a male: People aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who can complete a personal interview, and who recently² experienced physical assault by a male and sought advice or support after most recent incident.

Sexual assault by a male: Women aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who can complete a personal interview, and who recently² experienced sexual assault by a male and sought advice or support after most recent incident.

Physical assault by a male: People aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who can complete a personal interview, and who recently² experienced physical assault by a male.

Sexual assault by a male: Women aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who can complete a personal interview, and who recently² experienced sexual assault by a male.

Physical assault by a male: The number of people aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who recently experienced physical assault by a male and sought advice or support after most recent incident, divided by the number of people aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who recently experienced physical assault by a male.

Sexual assault by a male: The number of women aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who recently experienced sexual assault by a male and sought advice or support after most recent incident, divided by the number of women aged 18 and over with disability or a long-term health condition, who recently experienced sexual assault by a male.

Expressed as a percentage.

100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

1. The source data was designed to be collected and presented separately by type of assault and sex of perpetrator:
   • most recent incident of physical assault by a male
   • most recent incident of physical assault by a female
   • most recent incident of sexual assault by a male
   • most recent incident of sexual assault by a female.
   Due to data quality concerns, these webpages only report data for:
   • people who experienced physical assault by a male
   • women who experienced sexual assault by a male.
2. To assess whether the rate has changed over time, the data reference periods need to be mutually exclusive (that is, not span over the same years). Therefore, these webpages use different definitions of recent assault for summary/trend reporting (assault experienced in the last 3 years), and for population groups reporting (assault experienced in the last 10 years).
3. Disability status is collected as at the time of survey, and may differ from the time that assault occurred.