Table 2.
Characteristics of women according to consistency of reporting IPV over time
| Consistent IPV reporting | Inconsistent IPV reporting | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consistent IPV | Consistent later IPV | Consistent never IPV | Mainly IPV | Mainly no IPV |
Mixed IPV | |
| N = 827 | N = 347 | N = 8436 | N = 258 | N = 587 | N = 511 | |
| Area of residence – Survey 1 (%) | ||||||
| Major city | 64.8 | 69.4 | 67.3 | 62.5 | 63.3 | 66.0 |
| Inner regional area | 21.5 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 24.5 | 23.5 | 21.7 |
| Outer regional area | 11.1 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
| Remote/very remote | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| Qualifications – Survey 1 (%) | ||||||
| Less than Year 12 | 52.7 | 50.4 | 42.9 | 54.2 | 43.7 | 49.1 |
| Year 12 or equivalent | 15.7 | 18.6 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 18.1 | 15.5 |
| Trade/Certificate/Diploma | 19.0 | 17.4 | 20.9 | 18.0 | 20.1 | 17.8 |
| University degree | 12.6 | 13.6 | 18.9 | 11.9 | 18.1 | 17.6 |
| Relationship status – Survey 1 (%) | ||||||
| Married/Defacto | 57.6 | 77.5 | 86.3 | 57.2 | 77.3 | 67.6 |
| Divorced/Separated | 36.9 | 17.4 | 8.1 | 33.5 | 17.1 | 29.1 |
| Widowed/Single | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 3.2 |
| Relationship status over surveys (%) | ||||||
| Never divorced/separated | 42.9 | 49.0 | 83.7 | 47.4 | 69.5 | 49.2 |
| Remained divorced/separated | 21.0 | 12.2 | 5.1 | 21.4 | 9.8 | 16.5 |
| Became partnered | 15.8 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 12.1 | 7.5 | 13.0 |
| Became divorced/separated | 20.2 | 33.6 | 8.2 | 19.1 | 13.2 | 21.3 |
| Stressed about partner/spouse (%) | ||||||
| At Survey 1 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 5.5 | 21.5 | 11.9 | 20.4 |
| For at least half of surveys | 4.4 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 5.8 |
| Stressed about income (%) | ||||||
| At Survey 1 | 27.5 | 23.7 | 10.2 | 27.6 | 19.0 | 20.8 |
| For at least half of surveys | 23.2 | 23.6 | 6.4 | 25.0 | 13.0 | 17.5 |
Percentages weighted for intentional oversampling of women living in rural and remote areas of Australia