India, June 6 -- A new study showed more than 1 in 3 Australian men (35%) aged 18-65 years have used intimate partner violence in their lifetime.

The data from Ten to Men - the Australian Institute of Family Studies' (AIFS) longitudinal study of boys and men - is the first national estimate of male intimate partner violence perpetration in Australia.

The cumulative nature of this data, over a lifetime, provides critical insight into the number of men who start using intimate partner violence for the first time.

Emotional-type abuse was the most common form of intimate partner violence, with 32% of men in 2022 reporting they ever made an intimate partner feel 'frightened or anxious' with 9% ever 'hitting, slapping, kicking or otherwise ...