Women aged 18+ years who experienced sexual violence in past 12 months
| Sexual violence ('000) | |
|---|---|
| Stranger | 45.2 |
| Cohabiting partner | 44.2 |
| Boyfriend/girlfriend/date | 30.2 |
| Other known person | 75.8 |
| Total | 171.6 |
Women aged 18+ years who experienced sexual violence in past 12 months National Metadata
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Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
('000)
This dataset relates to the number of women aged 18 years and over who experienced sexual violence in the previous 12 months by the relationship to all perpetrators (estimate) due to lack of available data for women and girls aged 15 years and over.
Cells in the source table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. Discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.
The definition of 'sexual violence' includes sexual assault and/or sexual threat.
'Cohabiting partner' includes current partner and previous partner.
'Boyfriend/girlfriend/date' relationships may have different levels of commitment and involvement that does not involve living together. For example, this will include persons who have had one date only, regular dating with no sexual involvement, or a serious sexual or emotional relationship. It excludes de facto relationships. This estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution.
'Other known person' includes all other known persons besides cohabiting partner and boyfriend/girlfriend/date.
Components are not able to be added together to produce a total. Where a person has experienced sexual violence by more than one type of perpetrator, they are counted separately for each perpetrator type but are counted only once in the aggregated total.
Global Metadata
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Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
Sources
Australian Bureau of Statistics: Personal Safety, Australia, 2016 (cat. no. 4906.0)
The ABS was not able to provide data for women and girls aged 15 years and over, but has included prevalence data for 'Females aged 18 years and over who experienced sexual violence in the last 12 months' by:
- Stranger
- Cohabiting partner
- Boyfriend/girlfriend/date
- Other known persons
Other
No other information for this indicator
Historic
No historic information for this indicator
