4524.0 - In Focus: Crime and Justice Statistics, June 2013  
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HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

People with a bachelor degree or higher qualification and people with a diploma or certificate were more likely to be victims of a scam than people with no tertiary qualification (3.4% and 3.5% compared to 2.3%).

In terms of receiving scam offers or notifications, victims with a bachelor degree or higher qualification (69.7%) were more likely than victims with a certificate or diploma (54.6%) and victims with no tertiary qualification (46.2%) to receive a scam offer or notification via email or internet. Victims with no tertiary qualification (46.0%) were more likely than victims with a bachelor degree or higher qualification (34.1%) to receive a scam offer or notification via telephone, fax, or SMS. Victims with a diploma or certificate (13.4%) were twice as likely as victims with a bachelor degree or higher qualification (6.7%) to receive a scam offer or notification in the post.

Graph Image for Scam victims, How received scam offer(a) by highest educational attainment

Footnote(s): (a) Victims may have received scam offers in more than one way so components may not add to 100%.

Source(s): In Focus: Crime and Justice Statistics



Around half (50.2%) of all victims with a bachelor degree or higher qualification responded to a scam by accessing a website, which was more than the proportion of victims with a diploma or certificate(37.5%) and victims with no tertiary qualification (35.3%) that responded in the same way. Victims with a bachelor degree or higher qualification were however less likely to respond to a scam by asking for more information (62.8%) compared to victims with diploma or certificate (77.4%) and victims with no tertiary qualification (74.3%).

Graph Image for Scam victims, How responded to scam(a) by highest educational attainment

Footnote(s): (a) Victims may have responded to scam offers in more than one way so components may not add to 100%.

Source(s): In Focus: Crime and Justice Statistics





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