If you were a victim of gender-based violence or abuse, which three of the following, would you be most likely to speak to about it?
Please rank these from 1 to 3, in order of who you would speak to about this first, then second and then third.
The tables below show who respondents would be second most likely to speak to about this.

	%
A close friend	23
My spouse or partner	10
Another family member	23
A charity or helpline	6
The police	16
A medical professional (eg a doctor or nurse)	9
A social worker	1
I would not feel comfortable speaking about it	7
I don't know	6

 

Go to results for men and women, people of different religions, and people of different ages.
Go to technical notes

 

---

 

Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
A close friend	22	24
My spouse or partner	11	9
Another family member	17	30
A charity or helpline	7	4
The police	17	15
A medical professional (eg a doctor or nurse)	8	10
A social worker	1	0
I would not feel comfortable speaking about it	9	4
I don't know	8	4

 

---

 

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
A close friend	17	28	28	22	20	21
My spouse or partner	8	12	10	8	12	9
Another family member	42	29	23	13	24	20
A charity or helpline	8	3	4	6	7	6
The police	5	12	20	19	16	18
A medical professional (eg a doctor or nurse)	18	6	4	14	7	9
A social worker	0	1	0	1	1	0
I would not feel comfortable speaking about it	2	5	5	10	6	9
I don't know	0	5	6	7	6	8

 

---

 

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
A close friend	20	21	28
My spouse or partner	11	9	10
Another family member	25	25	20
A charity or helpline	6	5	7
The police	13	20	15
A medical professional (eg a doctor or nurse)	11	6	11
A social worker	1	0	0
I would not feel comfortable speaking about it	6	9	4
I don't know	7	5	5

 

---