TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Domestic violence in South Australia: a population survey of males and females
JO  - Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
A1  - Grande, Eleonora Dal
A1  - Hickling, Jacqueline
A1  - Taylor, Alan
A1  - Woollacott, Tony
SP  - 543
EP  - 550
VL  - 27
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To determine the self-reported prevalence of domestic violence in South Australian adults and to examine the associated risk factors, demographic factors and related health issues using computer-aided telephone interviewing (CATI) methodology. SAMPLE: A representative random sample of South Australian adults aged 18 years and over selected from the Electronic White Pages. Overall, 6,004 interviews were completed (73.1% response rate). RESULTS: In total, 17.8% of adults in South Australia reported some form of domestic violence by a current or an ex-partner. Demographic factors such as low household income, unemployment or part-time employment and health variables such as poor to fair self-reported health status and alcohol abuse problems were found to have a significant relationship with domestic violence. CONCLUSIONS: Approximately one in five South Australian adults report physical and emotional abuse from current or ex-partners, of whom the majority are women who are separated, divorced or never married and on lower incomes. Telephone interviewing is a cost-effective method of identifying prevalence estimates of domestic violence when compared with data collection by way of police reports or hospital emergency statistics. IMPLICATIONS: Domestic violence is a serious public health concern often 'hidden' by the lack of appropriate data. This study has shown that domestic violence is frequent and has important social, economic and health consequences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1326-0200
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00831.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -