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Received: 8 August 2024

Accepted: 19 February 2025

First Online: 25 February 2025

Declarations

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: The data were obtained through the joint teamwork of both the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) and the European Union Statistical Office (SOEU). We obtained this data from TurkStat in return for a contract without needing an ethics committee document and used it in our study.TurkStat is an institution that compiles, evaluates, and presents statistical information to decision-makers to prepare development plans and programs, make economic decisions, and address all other issues needed. TurkStat carries out internationally comparable statistical production activities according to the standards of organizations such as the European Union Statistical Office, the United Nations, OECD, ILO, etc. TurkStat collects data within the scope of the Official Statistics Program. The Official Statistics Program is prepared for five-year periods based on the Turkish Statistics Law No. 5429 to determine the basic principles and standards regarding the production and publication of official statistics and to ensure the production of up-to-date, reliable, timely, transparent and impartial data in areas of need at national and international levels []. TurkStat also conducts the National Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Türkiye within the scope of the Official Statistics Program put into effect by law. Since the National Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Türkiye is conducted within the scope of legal responsibility by the state, ethical approval is not required [].For this study, secondary data were employed. Official approval was received from the Turkish Statistical Institute to use the microdata set from the National Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Türkiye.Field team members were selected from among university graduates or students under the age of 30 who were able to work continuously during the field study process. A two-week training programme was carried out for these team members. The training programme focused on topics such as interviewing techniques, typical questionnaire applications, domestic violence and gender issues. The training was conducted by the project assistants and academic staff of HUIPS, and experts from different organisations and institutions. The programme contributed to raise the awareness of interviewers and provided them with techniques to gather information without disturbing the interviewed women [, ].Each stage of the study was guided by ethical guidelines prepared by the WHO to assure the safety of both the interviewer and the women interviewed. The title of the study was determined so as not to include the word violence in order to avoid further violence against the women interviewed, and the details of the study were not shared with anyone other than these women. Questions were asked after obtaining the respondent’s consent, and only one woman from each household was interviewed to avoid over-representation of any household. Field researchers were trained in the confidentiality of the research and supervised by research supervisors and academic staff. Non-governmental organisations and public institutions dealing with domestic violence were informed about the women who said they were exposed to any form of violence in order to ensure their safety [, ]. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants and their legal guardians.The Turkish Statistical Institute also received a “Letter of Undertaking” authorizing it to use the study’s data.

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: The authors declare no competing interests.