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Australians' attitudes to violence against women : 2013 National Community Attitudes towards Violence Against Women Survey (NCAS) - research summary VicHealth

By: VicHealth (Victorian Health Promotion Foundation).
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticlePublisher: Carlton, Vic. : Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, 2014Description: electronic document (8 pages); PDF file: 269.64 KB; 8 pages; 30 cm.Subject(s): ATTITUDES | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | National Community Atttitudes towards Violence Against Women Survey (NCAS) | SURVEYS | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | AUSTRALIADDC classification: TRVF000164 Online resources: Click here to access online | Access the website Summary: The 2013 National Community Attitudes towards Violence Against Women Survey (NCAS) involved more than 17,500 twenty-minute telephone interviews with a cross-section of Australians aged 16 years and older. This is the third survey of its kind, with the first undertaken in 1995 and the second in 2009. The research investigates four key areas related to violence against women and its prevention: 1. community knowledge of violence against women 2. attitudes towards violence against women 3. attitudes towards gender roles and relationships 4. responses to witnessing violence and knowledge of resources. This is a brief summary of the findings and implications of the Survey and is based on: • a technical report containing detailed data and information on the survey methodology (access via website link) • a report focusing on results for people aged 16 to 24 years (available late 2014).(from About this report, p.9). Use the website link to access the 106 page report (#4511), video and other material related to this research.
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The 2013 National Community Attitudes towards Violence Against Women Survey (NCAS) involved more than 17,500 twenty-minute telephone interviews with a cross-section of Australians aged 16 years and older. This is the third survey of its kind, with the first undertaken in 1995 and the second in 2009. The research investigates four key areas related to violence against women and its prevention:
1. community knowledge of violence against women
2. attitudes towards violence against women
3. attitudes towards gender roles and relationships
4. responses to witnessing violence and knowledge of
resources.

This is a brief summary of the findings and implications of
the Survey and is based on:
• a technical report containing detailed data and information
on the survey methodology (access via website link)
• a report focusing on results for people aged 16 to 24 years
(available late 2014).(from About this report, p.9).
Use the website link to access the 106 page report (#4511), video and other material related to this research.

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