Views about Violence Against Women
Respondents were asked if they agreed with a series of statements relating to violence
and abuse. For most statements there was little difference between the rural and urban
groups and no differences between the Welsh data and that already presented in Section
5 above.
Causes of Violence Against Women
The final question in this section of the survey asked respondents about possible causes
of violence against women. Respondents were offered a choice of 16 options and were
asked to select the top three causes they believed to be responsible for violence against
women.
Table W3: The top five causes of violence against women
Rural Urban
1 Alcohol/drugs 1 Alcohol/drugs
2 Anger management issues 2 Witnessing violence/abuse as child
3 Witnessing violence/abuse as child 3 Anger management issues
4 Lack of effective sanctions against it 4 Lack of effective sanctions against it
5 Gender Inequality 5 Gender Inequality
Table W3, above, indicates that both rural and urban women selected the same top five
reasons as causes of violence against women, albeit in a slightly different order.
Experiences of Violence and Abuse
52.5% of rural women and 58.3% of urban women responded that they had experienced
some form of violence or abuse.
Table W4: Types of violence and abuse ever experienced.
Rural % Urban %
emotional abuse* 80 84.4
minor physical abuse* 70.8 79.7
psychological abuse* 63 84.4
controlling behaviour* 63 74.4
serious physical abuse* 38.5 48.4
financial control 40 45.3
enforced isolation* 46.2 46.9
sexual violence 29.2 29.7
attempted rape** 21.5 29.7
stalked/followed** 33.8 42.2
rape** 23 25
prevented from working 23 14.1
physical abuse with a weapon 18.5 15.6
* examples of these sorts of behaviours were provided.
** all forms of violence against women except those marked with an asterisk were related
to ex or current partners.
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