RT Research Data
RT Statistics
T1 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: violence against women survey, 2012
LA English
PP Colchester
PB UK Data Service
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1860389279
AB The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has carried out the first survey on women's experiences of violence across the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU). The survey responds to calls of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament for comparable data on violence against women. Before the FRA survey, available data across the EU on the scale and nature of women’s experiences of violence was fragmented and with many gaps. Existing administrative data (e.g. based on incidents recorded by the police) is not comparable across countries, and many incidents are never reported to the authorities or other service providers. Results from national surveys can also not be reliably compared due to differences in question formulation and survey methodology. Furthermore, some EU Member States have not carried out national surveys on violence against women, or the available data is old. The FRA survey is based on face-to-face interviews with 42,000 women across the EU, who were selected based on random sampling. They were asked about their experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence, including incidents of intimate partner violence ('domestic violence'). The survey also included questions on stalking, sexual harassment, experiences of violence in childhood by adult perpetrators, safety and fear of crime, as well as awareness of laws and support services. While all respondents were asked about experiencing various forms of violence in order to establish the prevalence of violence, women who had been victims of violence were asked further details about the nature and consequences of the incidents. These data can be analysed both at the EU-level and at the Member State level to assess and to develop policies to combat violence against women.
K1 Age
K1 Assault
K1 care of dependants
K1 Child Abuse
K1 Child Sexual Abuse
K1 Citizenship
K1 cohabiting
K1 crime victims
K1 debilitative illness
K1 disabled persons
K1 Discrimination
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 economic activity
K1 EDUCATIONAL background
K1 emotional states
K1 family environment
K1 father's place of birth
K1 Fear of crime
K1 financial resources
K1 Health
K1 health status
K1 household income
K1 Households
K1 Injuries
K1 Jealousy
K1 knowledge (awareness)
K1 life events
K1 marital history
K1 Marital Status
K1 mother's place of brth
K1 occupational status
K1 place of birth
K1 Police officers
K1 Pregnancy
K1 residential mobility
K1 Rural areas
K1 satisfaction with services
K1 Sex discrimination
K1 Sexual Abuse
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Sexual Harassment
K1 Sexuality
K1 sick leave
K1 Social attitudes
K1 spouse's age
K1 spouse's economic activity
K1 spouse's occupation
K1 spouse's occupational status
K1 Spouses
K1 status in employment
K1 urban areas
K1 victim support schemes
K1 well-being (society)
K1 Women
K1 women's organizations
K1 Women's Rights
K1 Statistik : 2012 : Europa
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.5255/UKDA-SN-7730-1