4533.0 - Directory of Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence Statistics, 2018
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PERSONAL SAFETY 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 Personal Safety Survey (PSS) collects information from men and women aged 18 years and over about the nature and extent of violence experienced since the age of 15. It also collects detailed information about men's and women's experiences of:
The PSS is based on the design of the Women's Safety Survey (WSS) which was conducted in 1996, and has been adapted to include men's experiences of violence. The PSS has been conducted three times in 2005, 2012, and 2016, and will next be run in 2020. COLLECTION HISTORY Collection commenced: 2005 Breaks in series: None Other details: The PSS is based on the design of the 1996 Women's Safety Survey (WSS). Results from the WSS are published in Women's Safety Australia, 1996 (cat. no. 4128.0). COLLECTION METHODOLOGY Personal face-to-face interviews are conducted with one randomly selected person aged 18 years or over who was a usual resident of the selected household. Information is collected by specially trained ABS interviewers via Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI – or interviewer conducted interview). The option of a Computer Assisted Self Interview (CASI) for the voluntary component of the survey was introduced in 2016. SCOPE AND COVERAGE The scope of the 2016 PSS was persons aged 18 years and over in private dwellings across Australia (excluding very remote areas). Both urban and rural areas in all states and territories were included in the survey, except for very remote areas of Australia. The following groups were excluded from the scope of the survey:
DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE The PSS does not have a distinct definition of family and/or domestic violence. Instead, the survey defines violence as any incident involving the occurrence, attempt or threat of either physical or sexual assault experienced by a person since the age of 15, with violence being broken down into two main categories, physical violence and sexual violence. Physical violence is defined as the occurrence, attempt or threat of physical assault experienced by a person since the age of 15. There are two components of physical violence:
Additionally, the PSS also collects in-depth information about men's and women's experience of violence by a current and/or previous partner (partner violence). Partner violence refers to any incident of sexual assault, sexual threat, physical assault or physical threat by a current and/or previous partner. The term 'partner' in the PSS is used to describe a person the respondent lives with, or lived with at some point, in a married or de facto relationship. DEFINITION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE The PSS defines sexual violence as the occurrence, attempt or threat of sexual assault experienced by a person since the age of 15. There are two components of sexual violence:
The PSS also collects information about men’s and women’s experiences of selected types of sexual harassment by male and female perpetrators, for both lifetime experiences and the 12 months prior to the survey. Additionally, the survey collected data from men and women aged 18 years and over about their experience of stalking by a male and by a female since the age of 15. DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION The main publication and accompanying data tables can be downloaded free of charge from the ABS website. Microdata are available in the form of TableBuilder and Detailed Microdata products. TableBuilder is an online tool for creating tables from ABS survey data, where variables can be selected for cross-tabulation. The Detailed Microdata product is available through the ABS Data Laboratory. The Microdata Entry Page on the ABS website contains links to microdata related information to assist users to understand and access microdata. Additionally, information about how to apply for microdata is available on 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 request, 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 Personal Safety, Australia, 2016 (cat. no. 4906.0) Personal Safety Survey, Australia: User Guide, 2016 (cat. no. 4906.0.55.003) Microdata: Personal Safety, Australia, 2016 (cat. no. 4906.0.55.001) In Focus: Crime and Justice Statistics, Stalking - June 2017 (cat. no. 4524.0) Experiences of Violence and Personal Safety of People with Disability, 2016 (cat. no. 4431.0.55.003) 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
[2] Perpetrator data was only collected if the perpetrator was the respondent's current partner that they lived with (this data was collected regarding a current partner, regardless of whether that partner was a perpetrator or not). EVENT FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
TRANSACTION FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
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