Table 1 Technical description of national and international surveys on violence against women.

Name of the survey		Country	Year	Type of violence		Sample		Administration
Women's Safety Survey		Australia	1996	Physical/sexual/emotional violence		Random sample of 6300 women of 18 years of age or more		Telephone
Not specified		Denmark	1991	Physical violence		Random sample 1000 women and 1,000 men over 15 years of age		Telephone
Canadian Violence Against Women Survey (VAWS)		Canada	1993	Fear for personal safety. Harassment and sexual abuse. Physical violence. Threats		Random sample: 12 300 women of 18 years of age or more who are married or living with their partner		Telephone
National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS)		USA	1996–7	Physical violence/rape/harassment		Random sample: 8000 men and 8000 women of 18 years of age or more		Telephone
National Survey on Violence Against Women		Finland	1997	Physical/sexual/emotional violence		Random sample: women between 18 and 74 years of age		Post
ENVEFF (Enquête nationale sur les violences envers les femmes en France)		France	2000	Psychological/verbal/physical/sexual violence		Random sample: 6970 women between 20 and 59 years of age		One on one interview
Not specified		Italy	2004	Psychological/economic/physical/sexual violence		Random sample: 30 000 between 18 and 70 years of age		Telephone
Not specified		Ireland	1995	Physical/mental/sexual violence		Random sample: 679 women of 18 years of age or more		Post
Not specified		Iceland	1996	Physical violence		Random sample 3000 men and women over 15 years of age		Telephone
Encuesta nacional sobre violencia contra las mujeres (ENVIM)		Mexico	2003	Physical/emotional/sexual/economic violence		Random sample of 26 042 women over 15 years of age who use the health service		One on one interview
Women's Safety Survey		New Zealand	1996	Physical/sexual/emotional violence		Random sample: 500 women of 15 years of age or more		Telephone/one on one interview
National Survey of Wife Abuse		The Netherlands	1986	Physical violence/sexual aggression		Random sample: women between 20 and 60 years of age		One on one interview
Not specified		Portugal	1995	Physical/psychological violence/sociocultural discrimination		Random sample: 1000 women of 18 years of age or more		One on one interview
Violence Against Women Survey		South Africa	1998	Economic/emotional/physical and sexual violence		Non‐probabilistic sample: 1000 women		One on one interview
National Survey on Violence Against Women		Sweden	2002	Physical/sexual violence. Threats. Sexual harassment/controlling behaviour		Representative sample: 6926 women between 18 and 64 years of age		Postal
Not specified		Switzerland	1994	Physical/sexual/psychological violence		Representative sample: 1519 between 20 and 60 years of age who have a partner or are recently separated		Telephone
WHO Violence Against Women Instrument		International	1997	Physical/sexual/emotional violence		Women between 15 and 49 years of age		One on one interview
International Violence Against Survey (IVAWS)		International	2002–3	Physical/sexual violence		Women between 18 and 69 years of age		Telephone

Source: http://www.msc.es/organizacion/sns/planCalidadSNS/pdf/equidad/genero_vg_01.pdf