Metadata Sub-indicator 5.2.1.12. Proportion of women and girls aged 16 years and older subjected to psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

Goal

Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Target

Target 5.2. Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.

Indicator

Indicator 5.2.1. Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age

Sub-indicator

Sub-indicator 5.2.1.12. Proportion of women and girls aged 16 years and older subjected to psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

Type of indicator (global, European, national)
  • Global
  • National
Definition

Proportion of women and girls aged 16 and over who have suffered psychological violence inflicted by a current or previous intimate partner in the previous 12 months

Calculation method

\[VP_{>16, pareja/expareja}=\frac{MVS_{>16, pareja/expareja}}{M_{>16, pareja/expareja}} \cdot 100 \]Where: \(MVS_{>16, pareja/expareja}\)is the number of women aged 16 or older who have a partner at present (at the time of the interview) and who have suffered physical or sexual violence from their current or past partner in the last 12 months and \(M_{>16, pareja/expareja}\)is the number of women aged 16 or older who have or have had a partner at some point in their life.

Unit of measure

Percentage

Periodicity

Anual sin determinar

Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)

Form of violence

Tier

Tier I

Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)

Yes

Statistical operation

Macroencuesta de Violencia contra la Mujer (ISO code: 65007)

Responsible institution
Date of the last metadata update

15/12/2021

Link to United Nations metadata
Custody agency

UNICEF, UN Women, UNFPA, WHO, UNODC

Observations

Up to now the periodicity has been five years, but it has changed to four years.Psychological violence is defined as that intentional and prolonged behavior in time, which attacks the psychological and emotional integrity of a person and his dignity as a person, without any intervention of physical contact between the people involved.It includes the behaviors of control and those of emotional abuse.