1. Studies of economic impacts of violence against women in the Czech Republic
Radan Šafařík
Gender Equality Department
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic 1 1

2. Undertaken by the Czech NGO „ProFem“
Study „Economic impacts of domestic violence in the Czech Republic“ (2012)
Undertaken by the Czech NGO „ProFem“
The very first study of economic impacts of VaW
Methodology:
Representative survey
Analysis of administrative data
Questionnaire among social services providers
Expert estimate of impacts of various cases of VaW
Sample: 3000 women aged 18-65
Study focused on partnership violence only 2 2

3. 40% of women: experienced some sort of partnership violence
Study „Economic impacts of domestic violence in the Czech Republic“ (2012)
Main findings:
40% of women: experienced some sort of partnership violence
11% of women: experienced some sort of partnership violence during the last year
58% of women with experience with violence have suffered physical or psychological injury
Total costs: 1,33 billion CZK (49 mil EUR)
546 mil CZK (20,2 mil EUR) health costs
314 mil CZK (11,6 mil EUR) justice costs
210 mil CZK (7,78 mil EUR) unemployment benefits costs
190 mil CZK (7 mil EUR) social services costs
32 mil CZK (1,18 mil EUR) police costs
Update of health costs in 2016 = 1,85 billion (68,5 mil EUR) 3 3

4. Study „Economic impacts of domestic violence “ (2017)
Undertaken by a private research institution (contracted by the Office of the Czech Government)
A follow up study
Methodology based on the UK studies (Walby)
Prevalence rates used from the FRA study (2013) and a the Charles University study (2015)
Focusing on domestic violence on women and men
Health impacts calculations based on a methodology used for estimation of costs of traffic accidents 4 4

5. Study „Economic impacts of domestic violence “ (2017)
Main findings:
Total costs: 14,5 billion CZK (535 mil EUR)
8,6 billion CZK (317 mil EUR) economic inactivity costs
5,1 billion CZK (187 mil EUR) health costs
487 mil CZK (18 mil EUR) social services costs
70 mil CZK (2,6 mil EUR) justice costs 5 5

6. 2012 study: 97 mil EUR vs. 2015 study: 535 mil EUR
2012 study (2016 update)
2017 study
Total costs 97
535
health costs
68,5
187
justice costs
11,6
2,6
social services costs 7 18
police costs
1,18
0,52 6 6

7. Limits and recommendations
Different methodology and different focus = very different results
Another piece in the mosaic of the full scale of VaW
Useful data on various costs = support for preventive measures
Gaps in data-collection at administrative level
The important role of health care providers
Only a very limited number of cases reported to police (awareness raising)
Next steps:
training of health personnel
better data collection in health care
awareness raising campaigns + motivation of public to report VaW
investment into preventive measures 7 7