Violence against Women: An EU-wide survey

The FRA survey on violence against women is based on face-to-face interviews with 42,000 women across the EU. The survey was carried out between March and September 2012 and presents the most comprehensive survey worldwide on women’s experiences of violence. The survey asked women about their experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence, including domestic violence, since the age of 15 and over the 12 months before the interview. Questions were also asked about incidents of stalking, sexual harassment, and the role played by new technologies in women’s experiences of abuse. In addition, the survey asked about respondents’ experiences of violence in childhood. The dataset of the FRA violence against women survey is stored with the UK Data Service, which is a recognised international service that is widely used by governmental and non-governmental institutions that produce survey data. The dataset is available free of charge after registration with the service under a Special Licence in various formats. Please visit the [page of the dataset](http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7730&type=Data%20catalogue) on the UK Data Service website to find a description of the dataset and the accompanying documents.