Table 4 Distribution (weighted prevalence) of the sociodemographic and health covariates and the subjective social isolation indicators by victims and nonvictims of domestic violence, stratified by the second and sixth COVID-19 Health Survey, Belgium 2020–2021
From: Domestic violence during the COVID-19 confinement: do victims feel more socially isolated?
| Â | Second survey (April 2020) | Sixth survey (March 2021) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Victims (%) (N = 933) | Nonvictims (%) (N = 24,318) | Victims (%) (N = 636) | Nonvictims (%) (N = 11,953) | |
Age group | ||||
 18–34 years | 41.5 | 28.3 | 49.2 | 28.6 |
 35–54 years | 37.4 | 35.3 | 31.8 | 34.9 |
 55+ years | 21.1 | 36.4 | 19.0 | 36.5 |
Gender | ||||
 Men | 47.2 | 50.4 | 41.0 | 49.3 |
 Women | 52.8 | 49.6 | 59.0 | 50.7 |
Household composition | ||||
 Couple, without child (ren) | 19.9 | 41.2 | 23.0 | 42.3 |
 Couple, with child (ren) | 39.5 | 35.4 | 31.1 | 34.0 |
 Living alone with child (ren) | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.0 |
 Living with parents, family, … | 33.2 | 16.8 | 39.2 | 17.7 |
 Other | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
Household size | ||||
 2–4 persons | 80.0 | 89.8 | 84.9 | 89.9 |
 5 persons or more | 20.0 | 10.2 | 15.1 | 10.1 |
Educational attainment | ||||
 Low | 65.7 | 62.3 | 69.5 | 63.9 |
 High | 34.3 | 37.7 | 30.5 | 36.1 |
Impact of COVID-19 on income | ||||
 No (or positive) impact | 42.3 | 59.1 | 74.2 | 82.7 |
 Negative impact (loss) | 57.7 | 40.9 | 25.8 | 17.3 |
Health problem | ||||
 No health problem | 10.8 | 28.3 | 12.5 | 29.2 |
 At least one health problem | 89.2 | 71.7 | 87.5 | 70.8 |
Satisfied with social contact | ||||
 (Rather) unsatisfied | 69.9 | 62.9 | 76.4 | 63.2 |
 (Rather) satisfied | 30.1 | 37.1 | 23.6 | 36.8 |
Quality of social support | ||||
 Weak support | 50.6 | 28.5 | 53.0 | 32.9 |
 Moderate/strong support | 49.4 | 71.5 | 47.0 | 67.1 |
Confidence in health care services | ||||
 Very confident | 86.0 | 92.6 | – | – |
 Less confident | 14.0 | 7.4 | – | – |
Social loneliness | ||||
 Not lonely | – | – | 34.0 | 60.6 |
 Lonely | – | – | 66.0 | 39.4 |
Emotional loneliness | ||||
 Not lonely | – | – | 14.0 | 34.6 |
 Lonely | – | – | 86.0 | 65.4 |