National community attitudes towards violence against women survey 2009

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26 November 2009In conjunction with White Ribbon Day, the Prime Minister recently launched the reports from the 2009 National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Survey. There are three reports: the summary report, a technical report and a fact sheet.

The survey was conducted by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), in partnership with the Australian Institute of Criminology and the Social Research Centre, on behalf of the Australian Government. It was conducted with a broad cross-section of the Australian community, with approximately 10,000 people participating.  The survey included 16 and 17-year-olds with parental consent, telephone interviews with 2,500 members of the Italian, Greek, Chinese, Vietnamese and Indian communities and face-to-face interviews with 400 Indigenous Australians. Results show that since 1995, when the last survey was conducted, understanding of domestic and sexual violence and its impacts has broadened amongst the Australian community. Fewer Australians condone violence, but there is still work to be done.

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Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeGovernment or Gov agency
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/19818
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