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Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia: continuing the national story 2019

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Release Date: 05 Jun 2019
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia: continuing the national story 2019. Cat. no. FDV 3. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/5ebcc837fa7ea

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia: continuing the national story 2019. Canberra: AIHW.

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Family, domestic and sexual violence is a major health and welfare issue. It affects people of all ages and from all backgrounds, but mainly women and children. This report explores the impact of family, domestic and sexual violence among vulnerable groups.

Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia: continuing the national story, 2019: in brief is a companion to this report.

  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-532-1 (PDF) 978-1-76054-533-8 (Printed report)
  • DOI: Link to DOI: 10.25816/5ebcc837fa7ea
  • Cat. no: FDV 3
  • Pages: 164
Findings from this report:
  • 2.2 million Australians have experienced physical or sexual violence from a current or previous partner

  • 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men with disability experienced emotional abuse from a partner

  • Indigenous people were 32 times as likely to be hospitalised for family violence as non-Indigenous people in 2016–17

  • 1 woman was killed every 9 days and 1 man every 29 days by a partner between 2014–15 and 2015–16

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    • Summary
    • Data sources for monitoring family, domestic and sexual violence
      • Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH)
      • Australian Burden of Disease Study, 2015
      • AIHW Child Protection National Minimum Data Set (CP NMDS), 2017–18
      • ABS Criminal Courts – Australia (CCA), 2017-18
      • Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC)
      • ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS), 2014-15
      • National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS)
      • National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP)
      • AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD), 2016–17
      • ABS Personal Safety Survey, Australia (PSS), 2016
      • ABS Recorded Crime – Offenders (RCO), 2017–18
      • ABS Recorded Crime – Victims, Australia (RCV), 2017
      • AIHW Specialist Homelessness Services Collection (SHSC), 2017–18
      • AHRC National Survey on Sexual Harassment, 2018
      • Relationships Australia, Family and Relationship Services, 2017–18
      • Elder Abuse Helplines
      • Department of Human Services Centrelink Data, 2017–18
      • National Survey of Workers in the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Sectors
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