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Victims Of Violence Among Indigenous Mothers Living With Dependent Children, Kyllie Cripps, Catherine M. Bennett, Lyle C. Gurrin, David M. Studdert
Victims Of Violence Among Indigenous Mothers Living With Dependent Children, Kyllie Cripps, Catherine M. Bennett, Lyle C. Gurrin, David M. Studdert
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
Objective: Toidentifyindividualandhouseholdfactorsassociatedwithviolenceamong Australian Indigenous women with dependent children. Design and participants: Univariate and multivariable analysis of data from the 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, stratified by area.
Main outcome measure: Self-reported experience of being a victim of violence in the previous year. Results: OneinfourIndigenouswomenlivingwithdependentchildrenyoungerthan 15 years reported being victims of violence in the previous year; this corresponds to an estimated 24 221 Indigenous mothers (95% CI, 21 507–26 935) nationwide. Violence was more prevalent in regional areas and cities than remote areas. In remote areas, mothers who had been removed from their natural families during childhood …