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https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11551| Type: | Non-Fiction |
| Title: | Women in Australia 2004 |
| Authors: | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Office of the Status of Women |
| Keywords: | Sexual assault;Indigenous issues;Mental health;Statistics;Regional rural and remote areas;Homicide;CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse);Health;Overview |
| ANRA Population: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Publisher: | Commonwealth of Australia : Canberra |
| Notes: | This publication consists of 9 chapters, drawing together statistical information on women in Australia such as their population characteristics, family and living arrangements, health, working life, economic resources, education and training, management and decision making, crime and safety and selected population groups (women from countries where English is not the main language, people in rural areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples). Chapter 8 looks in particular at crime and safety. In 2001, female victims of homicide (45%) were more likely than male homicide victims (15%) to have been killed by a family member. The ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) conducted the Women’s Safety Survey in 1996 and found that: 23% of women who were currently or had been in a previous relationship had experienced physical and/or sexual violence from a partner; over two-thirds (68%) of those women who experienced violence from a previous partner had children in their care during the relationship, with almost all of these women indicating that the children had witnessed the violence. The Survey also found that when comparing women’s general health against women who had not experienced violence, abused women had: worse general physical and mental health; higher rates of depression, anxiety, self harm and suicidal ideation; higher rates of problematic or disordered eating; higher rates of smoking and heavy alcohol use; and higher rates of sleeping difficulty. |
| Contents: | Chapter 1: Population Characteristics |
| URI: | https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11551 |
| ISBN: | 9781877042959 |
| Physical description: | 142 p. |
| Appears in Collections: | Books |
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