Survey: One in five Czech women affected by domestic violence

A new STEM (Institute of Empirical Research) survey shows that one in five women and one in ten men in the Czech Republic have personal experience of domestic violence. When extrapolated to the entire population, the results show that 25% of adults have personally experienced, or had a family member experience, psychological abuse, 24% have experienced physical abuse, 18% controlling behaviour, 13% economic abuse by a partner, and 7% of Czechs have experienced sexual violence by a partner.

The survey also found that domestic violence by a partenr is more common among people with lower levels of education, those in poorer socio-economic circumstances, and adults aged 30 to 44.