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A comparative study of family violence among Hindi-speaking and third-generation English-speaking Australian women

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  • Heshani S. Silva

    (Swinburne University of Technology,
    The University of Melbourne)

  • Troy E. McEwan

    (Swinburne University of Technology,)

  • Stephane M. Shepherd

    (Deakin University,)

Abstract

High prevalence and incidence rates of family violence (FV) amongst South Asian communities have been reported internationally. Despite the recognition that culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities within Australia have additional risk factors associated with experiencing FV, Australia has limited research exploring FV amongst one of its fastest growing CALD populations, South Asians. With the Hindi-speaking community accounting for the single largest group within the South Asian community in Australia, this study aimed to address this gap. The 2016 Personal Safety Survey (PSS) was used to explore the prevalence rate and risk factors associated with FV victimisation for Hindi-speaking Australian women and compare this with third-generation English-speaking Australian women. The findings indicated that Hindi-speaking Australian women reported a lower prevalence rate of FV yet had different risk factors associated with their risk of victimisation. Specifically, Hindi-speaking females had only experience-based risk factors (e.g., child abuse) related to their victimisation of FV, whilst third-generation English-speaking females had both experience and situational-based risk factors (e.g., unemployment). These findings are unlikely to be representative of all Hindi-speaking Australians nor of South Asian Australians more broadly, as the survey design may have been biased towards a particular subset of Hindi-speaking Australians who could speak English fluently. Recommendations on how to address such limitations in future studies are discussed.

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  • Heshani S. Silva & Troy E. McEwan & Stephane M. Shepherd, 2025. "A comparative study of family violence among Hindi-speaking and third-generation English-speaking Australian women," Journal of Population Research, Springer, vol. 42(1), pages 1-20, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joprea:v:42:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s12546-025-09361-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s12546-025-09361-6
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