The research consists of a quantitative survey component providing representative information at 1) Yerevan, 2) other urban and 3) rural levels. The sampling frame for the survey was built on the database of addresses created for the 2001 Population Census. All the regions (marzes), as well as all urban and rural settlements were included in the sample population according to the share of population residing in those settlements as percent to the total population in the country.

The survey compiles the following information:

• Prevalence of violence by intimate partners;
• Prevalence of violence by perpetrators other than intimate partners since the age of 15 years;
• Prevalence of sexual abuse in childhood and forced first sexual experience;
• Association between violence by intimate partners and women’s physical and mental health;
• Associations between violence by intimate partners and women’s sexual and reproductive health;
• Women’s coping strategies and responses to physical violence by intimate partners.

The film on the results of the survey was prepared by UNFPA CGBV/Armenia in collaboration with Internews NGO and Altera Ltd. You can view the film by clicking here.

Download the Survey executive summary here.