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Table 3 Demographics of referrals

From: A hospital-based independent domestic violence advisor service: demand and response during the Covid-19 pandemic

Victim demographics

Year 1

1st May 2018 – 31st March 2019 (n = 319)

Year 2

1st April 2019 – 31st March 2020 (n = 619)b

COVID-19

1st April 2020 – 31st August 2020 (n = 358)

Other IDVA referralsa (n = 3556)

 

Gender

 Male

49

13.54%

78

12.60%

47

13.13%

130

3.66%

 Female

270

86.46%

541

87.40%

311

86.87%

3381

95.08%

Ageb

 Under 16

0

0.00%

1

0.18%

0

0.00%

13

0.87%

 16–19

24

7.52%

34

6.19%

27

7.54%

202

5.68%

 20–39

191

59.87%

293

53.37%

177

49.44%

2415

67.91%

 40–59

56

17.55%

140

25.50%

95

26.54%

800

22.50%

 60+

48

15.05%

81

14.75%

59

16.48%

108

3.04%

LGBT

–

 

7

1.13%

5

1.40%

78

2.19%

Learning Disability

–

 

12

1.94%

1

0.28%

40

1.12%

BAME

–

 

7

1.13%

3

0.84%

574

16.14%

  1. Notes: aSafe Lives (2019)
  2. bAge bands provided for 549 referrals in Year 2; age bands for SafeLives IDVA demographics differ slightly (Under 18, 18–20, 21–40, 41–60, 61+)
  3. Not provided in data by WWL NHS Foundation Trust