Understanding forced marriage in Scotland

Research carried out to better understand forced marriage in Scotland.


Appendix 1: Tables

These tables relate to Chapter 3: Level and profile of service use relating to forced marriage in Scotland

Table 1: Survey recipients and respondents

N Received (% of those approached) N Responded (% of final sample)
Secondary schools 193 (66%) 54 (50%)
Domestic abuse orgs 54 (18%) 36 (33%)
Minority ethnic orgs 37 (13%) 11 (10%)
Gen. support orgs 9 (3%) 8 (7%)
Total 293 (100%) 109 (100%)

Table 2: Cases reported by study year and area

2011 2012 2013 2014 Total*
Aberdeen City 4 (10%) 4 (10%) 4 (8%) 5 (9%) 17 (9%)
Dundee 2 (5%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (2%) 3 (2%)
East Renfrewshire 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Edinburgh 16 (38%) 17 (41%) 25 (48%) 17 (4%) 75 (39%)
Glasgow City 17 (40%) 20 (49%) 17 (33%) 18 (32%) 72 (38%)
Highlands 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
National sample 3 (7%) 0 (0%) 6 (12%) 15 (27%) 24 (13%)
Total* 42 (100%) 41 (100%) 52 (100%) 56 (100%) 191 (100%)

* Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding

Table 3: Victim demographics

N (%)
Gender
Male 0 (0%)
Age
Under 16 14 (11%)
16-17 years 18 (14%)
18-21 years 36 (27%)
22-25 years 38 (29%)
26-30 years 19 (14%)
31+ years 8 (6%)
Ethnicity
White 4 (3%)
Black African 11 (8%)
Black Caribbean 0 (0%)
Other Black 0 (0%)
Pakistani 79 (55%)
Bangladeshi 7 (5%)
Indian 13 (9%)
Other Asian 8 (6%)
Mixed race 1 (1%)
Other ethnicity 20 (14%)

* Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding

Table 4: Case characteristics

N (%)
Threats 77 (56%)
Marriage contracted 60 (44%)
UK nationals ( UKN)
UKN to non- UKN 37 (48%)
UKN to UKN 5 (6%)
Other 35 (45%)
Country of forced marriage
Scotland 13 (19%)
Other UK 6 (9%)
Western Europe 1 (1%)
Eastern Europe 1 (1%)
Middle East 2 (3%)
Africa 6 (9%)
Caribbean 0 (0%)
Pakistan 25 (37%)
Bangladesh 1 (1%)
India 7 (10%)
Other Asia 1 (1%)
Other 4 (6%)

* Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding

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