Web resource:	http://www.noviolence.com.au/public/reader/readersep2008.pdf
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Domestic and family violence database summary: disability
Other Titles:	Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research Newsletter
Authors:	Nancarrow, Heather
Keywords:	Statistics;Disability;Mental health
Population:	People with disability
Year:	2008
Publisher:	Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research
Citation:	7 (1), September 2008
Notes:	General Overview:This brief article reports on disability statistics obtained from data collected by the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research from 3 October 2003 to 30 June 2008. Data was obtained from 29 participating domestic and family violence support services across Queensland for all new client matters. Discussion: No disability was present in approximately 65% of new client matters and for more than a quarter of all clients no information about disability was recorded. Of the remaining 9% of new clients known to have a disability (11,767), the most commonly recorded was a psychiatric disability followed by a physical disability. When Indigenous clients were compared to non-Indigenous clients there was virtually no difference found in the rate of disability of any type. Disability was also examined in terms of relationship type in which the client was involved and, as expected, it was found that those in an informal care relationship had a much greater likelihood of having a disability than those clients in spousal, intimate personal or other family relationships.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14280
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