Domestic violence – socio-professional categories

The National Observatory on Delinquency has just published, on Wednesday, May 27, an analysis concerning "violence in the household according to socio-professional category". This study was carried out by Amandine Sourd, research manager.

According to the survey, between 2011 and 2018, on average "0.9% of 18-76 year-olds declared themselves victims, representing 405,000 victims each year.

A first observation emerges. All socio-professional categories are affected by this violence: farmers, managers, workers and even retirees.

The study nonetheless states that more "people without a professional activity" and "employees" are more likely to declare themselves victims (47%). The latter are mainly women, whether young or older. They represent "67% of the victims". And it is "the spouses or ex-spouses who represent half, even two thirds of the perpetrators of the violence committed".

And filing complaints with the police or the national gendarmerie does not have the same rate according to socio-professional categories. "On average, 11% of the victims declared having lodged a complaint. The 'employees' and the 'workers' are the categories which moved the most to denounce the facts suffered (13% and 12% respectively). Conversely , the victims 'exploiting farmers', 'artisans, traders and business leaders' as well as 'executives and higher intellectual professions' are the socio-professional categories which file the least complaint ".

To conclude, the document underlines that numerous studies have shown "the negative influence of the level of income or education on the victims so that the higher the level the less the victims tend to report the facts to the authorities" .

A sign to make during video calls if you are a victim of domestic violence

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