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Figure 3.11.1 SAAP support periods: main reason clients sought support,Australia, 2005-06a, b, c, dIndigenousNon-IndigenousFinancial difficultyDomestic/family violenceSexual/physical/emtional abuseRelationship/family breakdownAccommodation difficulties0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35Per centa Non-Indigenous includes Indigenous status not stated. b Accommodation difficulties includes overcrowdingissues, eviction/asked to leave, emergency accommodation ended, and previous accommodation ended.c Relationship/family breakdown includes time out from family/other situation and interpersonal conflict.d Financial difficulty includes budgeting problems, rent too high and other financial difficulty.Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Supported Accommodation Assistance Program(SAAP) National Data Collection Agency (NDCA) (unpublished).• Escaping domestic/family violence was the main reason Indigenous andnon-Indigenous people sought SAAP assistance in 2005-06 (figure 3.11.1).• In 2005-06, the number of Indigenous people who sought SAAP assistance toescape domestic/family violence as a proportion of the total number ofIndigenous people who sought assistance was 31.4 per cent, compared with21.3 per cent of non-Indigenous people (table 3A.11.1).• For both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, domestic violence affects alarge proportion of children in SAAP (AIHW 2005). In 2005-06, of the 34 800Indigenous and non-Indigenous SAAP clients who sought assistance to escapedomestic/family violence (table 3A.11.1), 19 700 had accompanying children(table 3A.11.3).• In 2005-06, 55.7 per cent of Indigenous people who sought SAAP assistance toescape domestic/family violence had accompanying children. Fornon-Indigenous people 56.5 per cent had accompanying children (tables 3A.11.1and 3A.11.3).• In 2003-04, 15 per cent of Indigenous women escaping domestic/familyviolence had four or more accompanying children (AIHW 2006).108