Draft outline for the Guidelines for Producing Statistics on Violence against Women Social and Housing Statistics Section United Nations Statistics Division

Introduction Importance of assessing the phenomenon Need for international statistical standards Sources of statistics

Chapter I: Role of the Survey Part of the national statistical system Accurate and reliable data Providing critical benchmarks for research

Chapter II: Definition and essential features Major source of statistics Surveys – less costly More flexible Importance of sample design Confidentiality Safety of respondents

Chapter III: Planning and organizing Following statistical standards Legal basis Funding User consultations Survey design Sample design Design of the questionnaire Sequence of questions Mode of data collection

Chapter III: Planning and organizing (continued) Pre-testing Time needed Manuals Selection and training of interviewers Interviewers’ training Protection and safety of respondents Confidentiality Quality control – data collection Data entry Data processing Analysis – sampling and non-sampling error

Chapter IV: Unit of enumeration, definitions United of enumeration Core topics Additional topics

Core topics For women – victims of violence For violence Age Marital status Educational attainment Activity status For violence Type of violence (core indicators) For perpetrator Relationship to the victim

Statistical indicators – physical violence Total and age specific rate of women subjected to physical violence in the last 12 months by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency Total and age specific rate of women subjected to physical violence during lifetime by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency

Statistical indicators – sexual violence Total and age specific rate of women subjected to sexual violence in the last 12 months by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency Total and age specific rate of women subjected to sexual violence during lifetime by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency

Statistical indicators – intimate partner violence Total and age specific rate of ever-partnered women subjected to sexual and/or physical violence by current or former intimate partner in the last 12 months by frequency Total and age specific rate of ever-partnered women subjected to sexual and/or physical violence by current or former intimate partner during lifetime by frequency

Statistical indicators – intimate partner violence (continued) Total and age specific rate of women subjected to psychological violence in the past 12 months by the intimate partner Total and age specific rate of women subjected to economic violence in the past 12 months by the intimate partner

Additional topics For women – victims of violence Ethnicity Religion Language Literacy Age at first marriage or co-habitation Income Childhood experience with sexual violence Substance abuse

Additional topics For violence For perpetrator Stalking Forced marriage For perpetrator Age Substance abuse Activity status Educational attainment

Annex I: Tabulations Annex II: Topics and framing of the questions Annex III: Questionnaires