EIGE

In your opinion, is domestic violence against women acceptable? (% of respondents) genvio_att_opin_acc__eb_spec_vawomperc

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage (comparable)
Description:

Calculations are based on microdata from the EUROBAROMETER 85.3 survey (June 2016) and EUROBAROMETER 73.2 survey (February - March 2010), coordinated by the European Commission. The survey aims to represent the resident population of all persons aged 15 or older.

The question considered is question QB3 from the EUROBAROMETER 85.3 survey and its equivalent QC5 in EUROBAROMETER 73.2 survey: In your opinion, is domestic violence against women acceptable? 1 Acceptable in all circumstances; 2 Acceptable in certain circumstances; 3 Unacceptable but should not always be punishable by law; 4 Unacceptable and should always be punishable by law; 5 Other.

For each response category, the indicator is calculated as the percentage of persons who answered the question using this response category out of all respondents who were asked to respond to this question.

The selection of relevant questions from the Eurobarometer surveys to be included in the database was based on the following criteria:

  • Additionality: Eurobarometer questions were included where they provided additional information compared to other data (such as Eurostat data) included in the database;
  • Policy & research relevance: Eurobarometer questions were included where they were judged to be highly policy relevant and/or showed substantial gender variation in data;
  • Recent data: Eurobarometer questions were included only if they were last asked less than ten years ago; and
  • Sufficient sample size: Eurobarometer questions were included only if there was a sufficient number of respondents to allow for response breakdown by EU Member States and gender.
Keywords:
attitudes, domestic violence, family violence, GBV, gender based violence, gender-based violence, perceptions, vaw, violence, violence against women, violence in the family
EU28
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
HR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
2016
EU28
83.6
BE
77.1
BG
80
CZ
86.5
DK
88.4
DE
80
EE
77.6
IE
88.6
EL
88.7
ES
93.5
FR
88
HR
82.3
IT
88.4
CY
86.6
LV
64.3
LT
77.8
LU
86
HU
81.4
MT
82.4
NL
75.7
AT
74.9
PL
74.8
PT
96
RO
73.5
SI
87.1
SK
66.7
FI
79.6
SE
94.1
UK
83.2

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable