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Target 13

Target 13: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and households are safe

By 2031, the rate of all forms of family violence and abuse against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children is reduced at least by 50%, as progress towards zero.

Description



  • Number and proportion of First Nations females aged 15 years and over who experienced domestic physical or threatened violence.


Data period



  • 2018-19.


Data source


ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) 2018-19, via the Productivity Commission website < https://www.pc.gov.au/closing-the-gap-data/dashboard/socioeconomic/outcome-area13 >.


Region types reported



  • Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Main Structure regions: States and Territories, Australia.


Suppression rules



  • Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.

  • Data have been flagged as use with caution if the margin of error was between 10% and 15%.

  • Data have been suppressed if the margin of error was above 15%, or where a margin of error could not be reliably calculated.


Notes



  • Data based on number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females aged 15 years and over who experienced physical harm and/or threatened face-to-face physical harm in the last 12 months where the perpetrator was a family member.

  • NATSIHS data are for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were usual residents of private dwellings in Australia and were present at the survey interview.

  • Geographical variables are based on the location of the household.

  • ‘Physical harm’ refers to any incident where a person was physically hurt or harmed by someone on purpose, including physical fights. Other forms of abuse (for example: sexual, emotional, psychological) are not included.

  • ‘Threatened physical harm’ refers to threats of physical harm that occurred face-to-face.

  • ‘Family/domestic violence (physical or threatened harm)’ includes perpetrators who are a current partner, previous partner, boyfriend, girlfriend, date, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, parent, child, sibling or other family member.


Reference material


Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2019) National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey methodology, ABS website, viewed 17 November 2023.


Productivity Commission (PC) (2023), Socioeconomic outcome area 13, Productivity Commission website, accessed 3 October 2023.