some statistics
In understanding that violence against women is not a humorous matter, here are some statistics:
Domestic ViolenceDomestic Violence-Related Homicide
- 41 – 61% of Asian women report experiencing physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner during their lifetime.1 This is higher than the rates in a national study reported by Whites (21.3%), African Americans (26.3%), Hispanics of any race (21.2%), people of mixed race (27.0%), and American Indians and Alaskan Natives (30.7%), and Asians and Pacific Islanders (12.8%).2
Sexual Violence
- In a six-year period, 160 cases in Asian families resulted in 226 fatalities, of which 72% were adult homicide victims, 10% were child homicide victims, and 18% were suicide deaths.
- 68% of victims were intimate partners (current, estranged, or ex-partners), of which 111 were women and 14 were men.
- 83% of homicide perpetrators were men, 14% were women, 3% unknown.
- Children were the second largest group of victims, and the parents of wives and girlfriends were the third largest group.
Stalking
- 56% of Filipinas and 64% of Indian and Pakistani women had experienced sexual violence by an intimate in a study interviewing 143 women.
Trafficking
- 68% of Filipinas and 50% of Indian and Pakistani women reported being stalked by an intimate partner.
- 5,200 – 7,800 Asians and Pacific Islanders comprise the largest group of people trafficked into the U.S., out of an estimated total of 14,500-17,500 individuals trafficked in 2004.
Children’s Exposure to Family Violence
- 70% of Cambodians, 61% of Chinese, 80% of Koreans, 79% of South Asians, and 72% of Vietnamese men and women reported being hit regularly as children.
- 28% of Cambodians, 18% of Chinese, 30% of Koreans, 8% of South Asians, and 27% of Vietnamese witnessed their fathers regularly hit their mothers.
Source: http://www.apiidv.org/
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15 Stats Brands Should Know About Tumblr
digiday.com
- There are currently 102 million Tumblr blogs. (Tumblr)
- The total number of Tumblr posts to date is 44.6 billion. (Tumblr)
- Tumblr had 29.2 million unique visitors in March 2013. (ComScore)
- Tumblr had 6.6 billion pageviews per month in March 2013. (Quantcast)
- The average usage days per visitor in March 2013 was 4.8. (ComScore)
- Users spent 154.1 minutes on average on Tumblr (per user) in March 2013. (ComScore)
- Users viewed 30.6 pages per visit on average in March 2013. (ComScore)
- 17 percent of Tumblr’s U.S.-based visitors come to Tumblr via mobile devices. (Quantcast)
- 52 percent of Tumblr visitors are male. (ComScore)
- 46.5 percent of Tumblr visitors are 18-34-years-old. (ComScore)
- 67 percent of Tumblr users have no children. (Quantcast)
- 35.2 percent of Tumblr visitors have a household income greater than $100,000 (ComScore).
- 19 percent of Tumblr visitors are Hispanic, which is is almost two times the Internet average. (Quantcast)
- 18.1 percent of Tumblr visitors live in the Pacific time zone. (ComScore)
- The minimum cost for a brand to buy advertising on the site’s “Radar,” where Tumblr highlights blog posts from its users and seen by everyone using the Tumblr dashboard, is $25,000. (Digiday)
