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6. Other costs
In this category we have considered other tangible costs not included in
the previous categories. They are related to the situation of vulnerability of the
victim, the housing needs, and the activities of organizations of the Third
Sector.
The effects of gender violence on the situation of economic vulnerability
of the victims and their families are important. However, due to the lack of
information, it has not been possible to quantify them in this paper.
To estimate the costs of housing needs and the activities of Third Sector
organizations, we have used the accounting method, combining the bottom-
up approach and the prevalence for 2016.
The estimated cost of housing needs for victims of gender violence is €
167,171,335. It is the result of the sum of the costs of travel and moving
expenses (€ 15,320,960) and the costs of shelter (€ 151,850,375). The first type
of cost is paid by the victim and the second by the public sector.
The organizations and associations of the Third Sector focus their activity
mainly on two areas: offering services and orientation to the victims; and
improve awareness of this problem. Based on the Annual Reports of the
activity of these organizations and information from their web pages and
social networks, we analysed the activities and services provided to victims of
gender violence. Using the estimated unit cost per user and considering the
number of victims of gender violence who contacted some NGO/women's
organization from the Survey on Violence against Women 2015, we estimated
the economic cost of the services provided by these organizations in
€ 2,722,593.
The total cost of this category has been estimated in € 169,893,928.

7. Aggregate costs and comparison with other countries
The global estimation of the tangible economic costs of gender violence
in Spain are in a wide range of values oscillating from € 1,281,012,528 to €
8,540,891,420 (see Table 4). The most conservative estimate is 0.11% of GDP
and € 27.6 per capita per year, while the least conservative estimate is 0.76%
of GDP and € 183.9 per capita per year.

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