4533.0 - Directory of Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence Statistics, 2018
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CRIME VICTIMISATION SURVEY
CONTACT DETAILS Data custodian: Australian Bureau of Statistics Telephone: 1300 135 070 Email: client.services@abs.gov.au Web Address: https://www.abs.gov.au DESCRIPTION The Crime Victimisation Survey (CVS) collects information about people’s experiences of a selected range of personal and household crimes in the 12 months prior to interview. The survey also collects socio-demographic information about the respondent and selected characteristics of the most recent incident they experienced, including whether the incident was reported to police. Whilst the CVS does not ask respondents specifically about experiences of family and domestic violence, it does collect information about the relationship to the perpetrator of the most recent incident of physical assault and threatened assault, including intimate partners and family members. COLLECTION HISTORY Collection commenced: 2008-09 Breaks in series: None Other details: The Crime Victimisation Survey series replaced the previous Crime and Safety Surveys (1990 – 2005) and was introduced because of a change to the collection methodology. The new method of collection mainly uses personal telephone interviews of selected respondents. Data collections between 1990 and 2005 required respondents to complete questionnaires by themselves and mail these back to the ABS. This difference in mode of collection and changes to survey content means that data collected using the Crime Victimisation Survey are generally not directly comparable with data from Crime and Safety Surveys prior to 2008-09. COLLECTION METHODOLOGY Information is collected from selected respondents using Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI), whereby responses are recorded directly onto an electronic questionnaire in a notebook computer, with the majority of interviews conducted over the telephone and a small number face-to-face. SCOPE AND COVERAGE The scope of the Crime Victimisation Survey is restricted to people aged 15 years and over and excludes the following:
DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Assault - Includes both physical assault and threatened assault.
Intimate partner - includes current partner, previous partner, boyfriends/girlfriends/ex-boyfriends/ex-girlfriends and dates. Family member - includes parent, child, sibling or other family member. DEFINITION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE Sexual assault - An act of a sexual nature carried out against a person's will or without their consent, through the use of physical force, intimidation or coercion and/or involving physical contact. Includes any actual or attempted forced sexual activity such as rape, attempted rape or indecent assault (e.g. being touched inside clothing or intentional rubbing of genitals against the person) and assault with the intent to sexually assault. Includes incidents that occurred at the person's place of work. Excludes sexual harassment that did not involve or lead to an actual sexual assault. Only persons aged 18 years and over were asked questions about sexual assault. DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION The main publication and accompanying data tables can be downloaded free of charge from the ABS website. Other data from the survey may be available from the ABS on request. Subject to confidentiality and data quality constraints, special tabulations can be produced incorporating data items, populations and geographic areas selected to meet individual requirements. These are available on a fee-for-service basis. Contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or client.services@abs.gov.au for further information. PUBLICATIONS Crime Victimisation, Australia (cat. no. 4530.0) HOW THE STATISTICAL COLLECTION INFORMS NATIONAL DATA INITIATIVES This section provides an overview of if/how the statistical collection informs or aligns with key initiatives relating to family, domestic, and sexual violence statistics. These assessments are not an ABS endorsement or indication of data quality, but are intended to assist readers in determining whether the data will meet their data needs. Relationship to 'Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence' The summary table below is designed to indicate whether the data source informs the six statistical elements outlined in Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence, 2013 (cat. no. 4529.0). FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
Relationship to the 'Foundation for a National Data Collection and Reporting Framework for Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence' The three tables below provide an indication of which data items can be informed by the data source. The data items have been conceptually grouped into the key information units - Person, Event, and Transaction - as described in the Foundation for a National Data Collection and Reporting Framework for Family, Domestic, and, Sexual Violence, 2014 (cat. no. 4529.0.00.003). PERSON FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
EVENT FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
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