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Year: 2025
Module: Gender-based Violence
Variable: G3RANK3A

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 third most likely to speak to about this.

 
%
A close friend18
My spouse or partner 3
Another family member 17
A charity or helpline 11
The police 22
A medical professional (eg a doctor or nurse) 13
A social worker 2
Other (please write in) <0.5
I would not feel comfortable speaking about it 6
I don't know 7


 

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

 
%
 MaleFemale
A close friend 17 19
My spouse or partner 3 2
Another family member 16 18
A charity or helpline 10 12
The police 23 21
A medical professional (eg a doctor or nurse) 12 14
A social worker 3 1
Other (please write in) <0.5 1
I would not feel comfortable speaking about it 7 5
I don't know 8 6


 


 

Results for people of different ages

 
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
A close friend * 24 14 18 17 18
My spouse or partner * 4 3 3 3 1
Another family member * 16 19 19 16 13
A charity or helpline * 11 8 10 14 10
The police * 24 20 23 18 27
A medical professional (eg a doctor or nurse) * 12 15 13 13 17
A social worker * 1 2 1 1 4
Other (please write in) * 0 1 1 1 1
I would not feel comfortable speaking about it * 5 9 7 5 2
I don't know * 3 8 5 13 8


* indicates that the number of people in this category is too small to allow percentages to be calculated.


 

Results for people of different religions

 
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
A close friend 21 18 17
My spouse or partner 2 3 2
Another family member 16 17 20
A charity or helpline 10 10 13
The police 19 22 27
A medical professional (eg a doctor or nurse) 15 14 10
A social worker 2 2 2
Other (please write in) <0.5 1 0
I would not feel comfortable speaking about it 5 9 6
I don't know 9 7 4


 


 

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