Tutorials Flashcards
The match between an organisation and an employee is known to be related to:
Job satisfaction
Job performance
Reduced turnover
Reduced mental health concerns
How many Australians have experienced one or more types of child maltreatment?
62% of Australians (66% women, 58% men)
How many gender diverse and sexuality diverse Australians have experienced child maltreatment?
81.5% of gender diverse Australians
83.9% of sexuality diverse Australians
For all types of abuse, rates are
higher for females than males (barring physical abuse)
higher for gender diverse people
higher for sexuality diverse people
It is common to experience multiple episodes of abuse:
39.4% of Aus have experienced 2 or more types of child maltreatment, 23.9% have experienced 3-5 types
Risk factors for childhood maltreatment
family separation, mental illness / suicidality, drug problems, family economic hardship
Provide some statistics on partner abuse:
4.2 million adults (21%) have experienced violence or abuse by a cohabiting partner since the age of 15.
For women, this figure is 27% - the most common being emotional abuse, followed by physical
For men, this figure is 15% - the most common being emotional, followed by economic
Provide some statistics on stalking
2.7 million people (14%) have experienced stalking
–> figure is 20% for women (2 million)
–> 6.8% for men (half a million)
What are the trends for partner abuse:
For women: cohabiting partner violence is decreasing (driven by a decrease in physical violence)
For men: trends are harder to determine due to poorer data
Statistics on domestic violence
Domestic / family violence against women is the single largest driver of homelessness for women (55%)
Young women stats on sexual violence
Young women are 3x as likely to experience sexual violence
Percentage of intellectually disabled women in Australia that are victims of sexual abuse
70-90%
Mothers, Fathers and Family Violence
- over 2/3 separated mothers report emotional / physical abuse
- over 1/2 separated fathers report emotional and physical abuse
- following separation, 1/5 of parents report safety concerns related to ongoing contact w other parent
What is the economic cost of violence against women?
$22 billion pre annum
accounting for Aboriginal and Torrest Strait islander women, pregnant women and homeless women - this may add another $4 billion
nearly half of the costs were linked to ongoing effects of violence on women’s physical and mental health (depression and anxiety accounting for 60% of this)
