Interpretation
An increase in the proportion of people who seek assistance from universities for sexual assault will indicate improved confidence and trust in institutional responses.
This measure captures only a proportion of formal responses provided by systems and institutions, but it can provide useful context when monitoring how responses are changing across different areas over time. It is intended to complement data from other areas and is not intended to represent all systems and institutions.
Sexual assault is also one form of sexual violence. Data should be considered alongside related data on sexual harassment.
Outcome: 1 Systems and institutions effectively support and protect people impacted by gender-based violence (GBV)
Sub-outcome: 1.3 Systems and institutions are culturally safe, accessible, inclusive, trauma- informed and centre lived experience
Indicator: Increased confidence and trust in the systems and institutions to respond to GBV and keep communities safe
Baseline: 2021
Latest year: 2021
Data source: National Student Safety Survey
Source: DSS 2023, 2024.
For information about how this measure is derived, please refer to the Technical specifications for National Plan Outcomes.
Additional National Plan Outcomes data are available from the Data downloads page.
Time series
Data for 2021 are not comparable with 2016 data.
