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Electronic Resources: | https://ijadr.org/index.php/ijadr/article/view/343 |
Type: | Journal Article |
Title: | Alcohol-related family violence in Australia: Secondary data analysis of the National Drug Strategy Household Survey |
Authors: | Jiang, Heng Laslett, Anne-Marie Anderson-Luxford, Dan Willoughby, Breanna |
Topic: | Data and statistics |
Categories: | People with mental health and/or drug and alcohol issues |
Year: | 2021 |
Publisher: | The Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol |
Citation: | Volume 9, Issue 2 |
Abstract: |
Aims: Alcohol is a risk factor for family violence that affects partners, parents, children and other relatives. This study aims to provide estimates of the prevalence of alcohol-related family violence reported in 2016 in Australia across numerous socio-demographic groups. Methods: This paper presents secondary data analysis of 23,749 respondents (10,840 men, 12,909 women) from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s 2016 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS). Alcohol-related family violence was measured by self-report as being physically or verbally abused or put in fear from a family member or partner deemed by the victim as under the influence of alcohol. Logistic regression was used to analyse which factors were associated with alcohol-related family violence. Findings: Analysis revealed that 5.9% of respondents (7.7% of women and 4.0% of men) reported alcohol-related family violence in the past year from either a partner or another family member. Respondents who were women (vs men), within less advantaged (vs more advantaged) socio-economic groups, risky drinkers (vs non-risky drinkers), residing in outer regional areas (vs major cities), holding a diploma (vs high school education) and single with dependents, reported higher overall rates of alcohol-related family violence. In contrast, respondents aged 55+ had significantly lower odds of experiencing alcohol-related family violence than all other age groups. Conclusions: Alcohol-related family violence was significantly more prevalent amongst respondents in a range of socio-demographic categories. Identification of these groups which are adversely affected by the drinking of family and partners can aid in informing current policy to protect those more vulnerable. |
URI: | https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13344 |
ISSN: | 1925-7066 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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