Percentage of women aged 16 and over subjected to sexual violence by a family member in the last 12 months

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Sub-categories - Type of non-partner abuse
Sub-categories - Abuse sub-type
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Percentage of women aged 16 and over subjected to sexual violence by a family member in the last 12 months Proxy

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  • Sexual (including attempts), Family member, 16 to 59
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Source:
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Geographical Area:
England and Wales
Unit of Measurement:
Percentage (%)
Footnote:

1. Crime Survey estimates for the year ending March 2023 and year ending March 2022 are not designated as National Statistics. Caution should be taken when using these data because of the potential impact of lower response rates on data quality. Estimates for the year ending March 2020, and all previous years, are designated as National Statistics.

2. Estimates for the year ending March 2022 are based on six months of data collection from the face-to-face Crime Survey for England and Wales between October 2021 and March 2022. Caution should be taken when using these data due to the impact of the reduced data collection period and lower response rates on the quality of the estimates.

3. Concerns around confidentiality and respondent safeguarding led to domestic abuse questions being excluded from the Telephone Crime Survery for England and Wales (TCSEW). Therefore, there is no data available for the year ending March 2021.

4. From October 2021, the upper age limit for the self-completion module was removed. Figures for 16 to 59 year olds are presented to allow comparisons to be made over a longer time period.

5. Please note the y axis does not always go to 100% for ease of visualisation.

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from UK statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from UK statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other UK-specific metadata information.

Indicator available

Percentage of women aged 16 and over subjected to sexual violence by a family member in the last 12 months
Indicator description

Percentage of women aged 16 and over subjected to sexual violence by a family member in the last 12 months
Geographical coverage

England and Wales
Unit of measurement

Percentage (%)
Definitions

Sexual violence for this data refers to any sexual violence, including attempts.</p><p>Disability Status - The (GSS) harmonised “core” definition identifies a person as disabled if they have a physical or mental health condition or illness that has lasted or is expected to last 12 months or more. It must reduce their ability to carry-out day-to-day activities. It is important to note that a person who has a long-term illness that does not reduce their ability to carry-out day-to-day activities is not disabled under the definition. The GSS harmonised questions are asked of the respondent in the survey, meaning that disability status is self-reported. The GSS definition is designed to reflect the definitions that appear in legal terms in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) for Northern Ireland and the 2010 Equality Act for Great Britain. </p>
Available disaggregations

Required disaggregations, age and place of occurrence, is not available.
Calculations

No calculations were performed in the data acquisition of this indicator as appropriate data was readily available in the final format specified by this indicator.
Other information

For details of the Crime Survey for England and Wales, see the user guide to crime statistics for England and Wales.

The year format refers to the two years covered by the data, from April of the first year to March of the following year. For example, 2018/19 covers the period of April 2018 to March 2019. The year 2021/22 covers the period October 2021 to March 2022.

For further information on the quality of the estimates please refer to the source data which provides the unweighted base sizes of the samples.

The sample size is lower between 2010 to 2011 and 2012 to 2013, and between 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019 due to use of a split-sample experiment in these years. The methodological note titled Split sample for intimate personal violence 2013 to 2014 provides further information.

The Washington Group on Disability Statistics are often used to provide a cross-nationally comparable population-based measures of disability. Please see the article Measuring disability - comparing approaches for a comparison between the GSS Harmonised measure (used here) and the Washington Group measure.

This indicator is being used as an approximation of the UN SDG Indicator. Where possible, we will work to identify or develop UK data to meet the global indicator specification.
Data last updated 07 September 2023
Metadata last updated 06 September 2023
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