A high understanding that certain non-physical behaviours are a form of violence against women is one of many factors that can contribute to lower support for attitudes supportive of violence. Here 'highest understanding' is measured by examining the proportion of people whose score falls into the highest category on the Understanding Violence Against Women Scale (UVAWS).
The visualisation below allows users to explore the relative differences in understanding of non-physical violence against women population groups. It shows that in 2017 a greater proportion of women than men were categorised as having the highest understanding of non-physical violence against women. Compared with all other age groups, a lower proportion of people aged 16–24 and 75 and over were categorised as having the highest understanding.
Proportion of people with highest understanding of non-physical violence against women, by population groups, 2017