Method Matters

• Tác giả: Claire Cullen
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 625.1 Railroads
• Thông tin xuất bản: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2024
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 292984
• Chủ đề: 1. GENDER; 2. INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; 3. MEASUREMENT; 4. NIGERIA

Tóm tắt

This paper analyzes the magnitude and predictors of misreporting on intimate partner violence. Women in Nigeria were randomly assigned to answer questions using either an indirect method (list experiment) that gives respondents anonymity, or the standard, direct face-to-face method. Intimate partner violence rates were up to 35 percent greater when measured using the list method than the direct method. Misreporting was associated with indicators often targeted in empowerment and development programs, such as education and vulnerability. These results suggest that standard survey methods may generate significant underestimates of the prevalence of intimate partner violence, and biased correlations and treatment effect estimates.