Table 4.
The Impact of the pandemic on domestic violence reports, by type of violence
| Source | Type of Violence | Estimated Effect (β) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calls | IHS (Calls) | |||||
| Coef. | S.E. | Coef. | S.E. | % Change | ||
| Buenos Aires (Domestic Violence Hotline) | Overall | 13.66*** | (1.060) | 0.613*** | (0.0513) | 84 |
| Psychological | 6.386*** | (0.523) | 0.924*** | (0.0889) | 151 | |
| Physical | 3.676*** | (0.656) | 0.344*** | (0.0696) | 41 | |
| Peru (Domestic Violence Hotline) | Overall | 151.7*** | (20.08) | 0.150** | (0.0617) | 16 |
| Psychological | 56.20*** | (6.507) | 0.248*** | (0.0648) | 28 | |
| Physical | −27.26*** | (6.288) | −0.201*** | (0.0640) | −18 | |
| Costa Rica (Emergency Line) | Overall | −12.68*** | (3.768) | −0.103*** | (0.0301) | −10 |
| Psychological | −11.85*** | (3.157) | −0.124*** | (0.0322) | −12 | |
| Physical | 0.308 | (1.218) | 0.0659 | (0.0768) | 6 | |
| Ecuador (Police Reports) | Overall | −18.72*** | (4.055) | −0.533*** | (0.0677) | −41 |
| Psychological | −17.35*** | (3.193) | −0.599*** | (0.0717) | −45 | |
| Physical | −1.174 | (0.998) | −0.344*** | (0.107) | −30 | |
Source: Authors’ calculations based on data from sources described in Section III
Note: The table presents the results of the OLS estimation of Eq. (1). We separately estimate the model for the different types of reports in each country, depending on the type of violence reported. We express the β coefficient as a percentage change following Bellemare and Wichman (2020). We use daily data from January 1 to June 30 for the available years (see Section III for more details). We estimate heteroscedasticity robust standard errors. Stars denote statistical significance: * 10 percent level. ** 5 percent level. *** 1 percent level