4529.0 - Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence, 2013

STATISTICAL MEASUREMENT: PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE

Defining the data challenge refers to ‘prevalence’ and ‘incidence’ as measures of family, domestic and sexual violence. Both terms are useful to measure the levels of victimisation in society in a range of different ways, depending on the definition/classification in use, and the context in which the measure is used.

Prevalence:
Prevalence estimates measure the extent of victimisation experienced within the community; defined as the number of people in the relevant population who have experienced family, domestic or sexual violence at least once within a specified reference period.
Incidence:
Incidence measures the extent of offending behaviour within a community; defined as the number of incidents of family, domestic or sexual violence that have occurred in the relevant population within a specified reference period. Incidence measures will be larger than prevalence measures because victims may experience more than one incident.

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Home page Expanded Contents Acknowledgements + Overview + Defining Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Introduction Definitional complexities Definitional features Purpose and scope of the publication Describing behaviours and relationships Statistical measurement: prevalence and incidence Statistical Challenges + Defining the data challenge + Element 1 - Context + Element 2 - Risk + Element 3 - Incident - Experience + Element 4 - Responses + Element 5 - Impacts and Outcomes + Element 6 - Programs, Research and Evaluation + Conclusion Appendix 1 - Questions to support research and policy priorities Bibliography About this Release Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence (Media Release) History of Changes	STATISTICAL MEASUREMENT: PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE Defining the data challenge refers to ‘prevalence’ and ‘incidence’ as measures of family, domestic and sexual violence. Both terms are useful to measure the levels of victimisation in society in a range of different ways, depending on the definition/classification in use, and the context in which the measure is used. Prevalence: Prevalence estimates measure the extent of victimisation experienced within the community; defined as the number of people in the relevant population who have experienced family, domestic or sexual violence at least once within a specified reference period. Incidence: Incidence measures the extent of offending behaviour within a community; defined as the number of incidents of family, domestic or sexual violence that have occurred in the relevant population within a specified reference period. Incidence measures will be larger than prevalence measures because victims may experience more than one incident. Previous Page \| Next Page Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window. This page last updated 21 February 2013

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