Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges

This paper reviews current practices and common challenges in the measurement of the causes, functioning, and consequences of violent conflict at the micro-level. We review existing conflict- and violence-related survey questionnaires, with a particular focus on the World Bank's Living Standard...

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Main Authors:	Brück, Tilman, Justino, Patricia, Verwimp, Philip, Avdeenko, Alexandra, Tedesco, Andrew
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2017
Subjects:	CONFLICT DEMOGRAPHICS INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT SURVEY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27698

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spelling	okr-10986-276982021-05-26T09:05:19Z Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges Brück, Tilman Justino, Patricia Verwimp, Philip Avdeenko, Alexandra Tedesco, Andrew CONFLICT DEMOGRAPHICS INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT SURVEY This paper reviews current practices and common challenges in the measurement of the causes, functioning, and consequences of violent conflict at the micro-level. We review existing conflict- and violence-related survey questionnaires, with a particular focus on the World Bank's Living Standard Measurement Surveys. We discuss methodological challenges associated with empirical work in conflict-affected and fragile areas—such as operationalizing a definition of conflict, using the appropriate units of analysis, deciding on the timing of the survey, dealing with data biases, and conducting surveys in an ethically sound manner under conditions of insecurity—and propose ways to improve the usefulness of existing surveys to analyze conflict processes at the micro-level. Violent conflict, households, survey methods, questionnaire design. 2017-08-09T21:42:50Z 2017-08-09T21:42:50Z 2016-02 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27698 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Colombia Indonesia Liberia Nigeria Pakistan Rwanda South Africa
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spellingShingle	CONFLICT DEMOGRAPHICS INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT SURVEY Brück, Tilman Justino, Patricia Verwimp, Philip Avdeenko, Alexandra Tedesco, Andrew Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
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description	This paper reviews current practices and common challenges in the measurement of the causes, functioning, and consequences of violent conflict at the micro-level. We review existing conflict- and violence-related survey questionnaires, with a particular focus on the World Bank's Living Standard Measurement Surveys. We discuss methodological challenges associated with empirical work in conflict-affected and fragile areas—such as operationalizing a definition of conflict, using the appropriate units of analysis, deciding on the timing of the survey, dealing with data biases, and conducting surveys in an ethically sound manner under conditions of insecurity—and propose ways to improve the usefulness of existing surveys to analyze conflict processes at the micro-level. Violent conflict, households, survey methods, questionnaire design.
format	Journal Article
author	Brück, Tilman Justino, Patricia Verwimp, Philip Avdeenko, Alexandra Tedesco, Andrew
author_facet	Brück, Tilman Justino, Patricia Verwimp, Philip Avdeenko, Alexandra Tedesco, Andrew
author_sort	Brück, Tilman
title	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_short	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_full	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_fullStr	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_sort	measuring violent conflict in micro-level surveys : current practices and methodological challenges
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2017
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27698
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Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges

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