Table 2.
Summary statistics: average daily calls
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Lockdown | Lockdown | % Change | ||||||
| Domestic Violence Hotlines | Buenos Aires (Argentina) | Mean | 27.1 | 22.1 | 21.4 | 16.6 | 26.9 | 62.0 |
| SD | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.58 | 0.71 | |||
| Obs | 365 | 365 | 365 | 79 | 103 | |||
| Colombia | Mean | 67.8 | 54.4 | 59.6 | 118 | 98.0 | ||
| SD | 0.98 | 0.69 | 1.76 | 2.62 | ||||
| Obs | 365 | 365 | 84 | 98 | ||||
| Peru | Mean | 212.9 | 328.2 | 467.4 | 648.5 | 38.7 | ||
| SD | 4.45 | 4.92 | 18.2 | 24 | ||||
| OBS | 357 | 365 | 75 | 107 | ||||
| Emergency Lines | Ecuador | Mean | 294.0 | 344.3 | 347.1 | 285.3 | −17.8 | |
| SD | 6.12 | 6.58 | 16.49 | 9.58 | ||||
| Obs | 365 | 365 | 71 | 111 | ||||
| Costa Rica | Mean | 127.7 | 108.1 | 116.7 | 108.3 | −7.2 | ||
| SD | 1.78 | 1.64 | 3.49 | 2.43 | ||||
| Obs | 365 | 365 | 82 | 100 | ||||
| Lima (Peru) | Mean | 166.2 | 162.2 | 209.9 | 92.6 | −55.9 | ||
| SD | 5.76 | 2.51 | 6.53 | 3.54 | ||||
| Obs | 61 | 365 | 75 | 107 | ||||
| Police Reports | Colombia | Mean | 130.6 | 146.1 | 162.1 | 104.4 | −35.6 | |
| SD | 1.62 | 1.96 | 5.48 | 3.50 | ||||
| Obs | 365 | 365 | 84 | 91 | ||||
| Ecuador | Mean | 111.2 | 88.0 | 85.6 | 61.3 | −28.4 | ||
| SD | 1.44 | 1.11 | 2.35 | 3.45 | ||||
| Obs | 365 | 365 | 71 | 111 | ||||
| Uruguay | Mean | 174.3 | 173.1 | 195.8 | 156.4 | −20.1 | ||
| SD | 1.53 | 1.65 | 3.87 | 2.04 | ||||
| Obs | 365 | 365 | 72 | 110 | ||||
Source: Authors’ calculations based on data from the following sources: Colombia: Policía Nacional (police reports) and Línea 155 (domestic violence hotline); Uruguay: Ministerio del Interior (police reports); Ecuador: Fiscalía General (police reports) and ECU911 (emergency line); Costa Rica: Ministerio de Seguridad and Instituto Nacional de Mujeres (emergency line); Lima, Peru: Línea 105 (emergency line) and Línea 100 (domestic violence hotline); Buenos Aires, Argentina: Línea 137 (domestic violence hotline)
Note: Lockdown period until June 30, 2020. “% Change” refers to the percentage change in the average number of reports between the 2020 pre-lockdown period and the 2020 lockdown period (until June 30, 2020)