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People who would intervene if they witnessed disrespect or abuse

Technical specifications for National Plan Outcomes

Attributes

Sub-outcome

3.2 People know how to safely respond or seek support when they witness or experience gender-based violence.
Indicator

Increased by-stander willingness to intervene with GBV or other types of harmful behaviour.
Measure

Proportion of people who say they would intervene if they witnessed disrespect or abuse.
Interpretation

An increase in the proportion of people who would be willing to intervene when witnessing disrespect and abuse indicates a greater understanding of the importance of the community’s role in stopping violence. 
There is little room for improvement in this measure. At the baseline, a large proportion of respondents said they would intervene. The intention for including this measure is to continue monitoring people’s willingness to take action, and to ensure that it does not decrease over time.
Baseline data

2021
Numerator

The number of people who would disapprove through private or public disapproval, if they witnessed a male friend insulting or verbally abusing a woman he is in a relationship with.
Numerator data elements

Data element : People—prosocial response
Data source: NCAS
Data source type: Survey
Denominator

The number of people who said they would be ‘bothered’ by the scenario.
Denominator data elements

Data element : People—bothered by scenario
Data source: NCAS
Data source type: Survey
Computation description

The number of people who say they would take bystander actions if they were out with some friends and a male friend insulted or verbally abused a woman he was in a relationship with. 

This measure is expressed as a proportion of the number of people who said they would be bothered by the particular scenario. 
Computation

100 x (Numerator/Denominator)
Disaggregation

For each reference period, nationally, by: 

  • state and territory
  • gender
  • age
  • sexuality
  • disability status
  • remoteness.
Notes

The NCAS sample consists of Australians aged 16 years or over.
Data for this measure are collected via use of a friend verbal abuse scenario where respondents are asked to imagine they are out with some friends and a male friend is insulting or verbally abusing a woman he is in a relationship with.
Respondents are asked a series of questions about whether or not they would be bothered by the behaviour and how they expect their friend would react if they intervened. This is proxy data only, as it only covers a particular scenario of harmful behaviour.
Limitations

For some population groups, numbers may be too small to be reported on separately.

Source

Source name ANROWS National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey

Measure

Measure People who would intervene if they witnessed disrespect or abuse
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