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

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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

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

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