politicas_publicas_igualdad_violencia.centros_acogida_emergencia

Emergency accommodation centres for women survivors of gender-based violence and their dependants, disaggregated by Spanish province. The dataset records available facilities, capacity, professional staff, and the number of women and children housed in the network of emergency shelters.

• Time period: 2017, 2020, 2022
• Regional breakdown: provincias

Columns

Name	Data Type	Is Nullable	Description
centros_acogida_emergencia_id	serial	NO	primary key
anio	int	NO	reference year
provincia_id	int	NO	references geo.provincias
centros	int	YES	number of emergency accommodation centres
plazas	int	YES	available places in emergency centres
profesionales	int	YES	professional staff working in the centres
mujeres_acogidas	int	YES	women (over or under 18) accommodated during the year
hijos_a_cargo_acogidos	int	YES	accompanying children accommodated during the year

Table definition

CREATE TABLE
  politicas_publicas_igualdad_violencia.centros_acogida_emergencia (
    centros_acogida_emergencia_id serial PRIMARY KEY,
    anio int NOT NULL CHECK (
      anio BETWEEN 1900 AND EXTRACT(
        YEAR
        FROM
          CURRENT_DATE
      )
    ),
    provincia_id int NOT NULL REFERENCES geo.provincias (provincia_id),
    centros int CHECK (centros >= 0),
    plazas int CHECK (plazas >= 0),
    profesionales int CHECK (profesionales >= 0),
    mujeres_acogidas int CHECK (mujeres_acogidas >= 0),
    hijos_a_cargo_acogidos int CHECK (hijos_a_cargo_acogidos >= 0)
  );

Notable transformations

• Limited the series to the three publication years currently released by the Delegación General contra la Violencia de Género; the source does provide null values for absent data points.

Source

Data published by the Delegación General contra la Violencia de Género (DGVG). Consulted on 28 October 2025.