Community Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence, Australia, 1987

In December 1987 a national survey was conducted to assess community attitudes towards domestic violence in Australia. The objectives of the survey were to broadly assess community perceptions on domestic violence; to identify key issues or attitudes which require attention; to provide benchmark data to monitor the effectiveness of an information campaign; and to identify attitudinal and demographic groups in the community to be targeted in such a campaign. Topics covered include perceptions of problems facing families, and the Australian community; perceptions of domestic violence as a problem; the acceptability of physical force; those at risk from, and those responsible for, domestic violence; the justification under different circumstances for a range of actions, and whether these actions are classified as domestic violence; help for victims; attitudes to common community statements on domestic violence; and whether the respondent knows personally a victim of, or someone responsible for, domestic violence. Background variables include age, sex, residence, education level, marital status, ethnic grouping, job status, occupation and household composition.

1987年12月，澳大利亚开展了一项全国性调查，旨在评估社会公众对家庭暴力的态度。本次调查的目标包括：全面评估公众对家庭暴力的认知状况；识别亟需关注的核心议题与态度倾向；提供基准数据以监测信息宣传活动的实施成效；明确该宣传活动需针对性覆盖的社区态度群体与人口统计学特征群体。本次调查涵盖以下议题：对家庭及澳大利亚社会所面临问题的认知、将家庭暴力视为社会问题的态度、肢体暴力的可接受程度、家庭暴力的风险群体与责任主体、不同情境下各类行为的正当性判定及该类行为是否被归类为家庭暴力、对受害者的援助支持、针对家庭暴力相关常见社区言论的态度，以及受访者是否亲身认识家庭暴力受害者或施暴者。调查的背景变量包括：年龄、性别、居住地区、受教育程度、婚姻状况、族裔群体、就业状况、职业及家庭构成。