4906.0 - Personal Safety, Australia, 2012  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 11/12/2013   
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CONTENTS

Introduction
Includes: Key information about the 2012 Personal Safety Survey.
Measuring the prevalence of violence
Includes: Prevalence of violence, during the last 12 months and since the age of 15. Changes in prevalence of violence over time.
Perpetrators of violence
Includes: Prevalence of violence since the age of 15 by relationship to perpetrator.
Demographics of those who have experienced violence
Includes: Prevalence of violence during the last 12 months by broad age groups, current State or Territory of residence and disability status.
Demographics of those who have experienced sexual assault
Includes: Prevalence of sexual assault since the age of 15 and during the last 12 months.
Selected characteristics of different types of violence
Includes: Help seeking behaviours, police involvement, involvement of alcohol or drugs, location and whether took time off work for a person's most recent incident.
Experience of partner violence
Includes: Prevalence of partner violence and changes in prevalence of partner violence over time. Characteristics of partner violence, actions taken in response to partner violence and consequences of partner violence. Experience of partner violence and physical or sexual abuse before the age of 15.
Experience of emotional abuse by a partner
Includes: Experience of emotional abuse by a partner since the age of 15 and experience of anxiety or fear due to emotional abuse.
Stalking
Includes: Lifetime experience of stalking and experience of stalking in the last 12 months.
Experience of selected types of sexual harassment
Includes: Lifetime experience of selected types of sexual harassment and experience of selected types of sexual harassment in the last 12 months.