Method Matters : Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria and Rwanda
This paper analyzes the magnitude and predictors of misreporting on intimate partner and sexual violence in Nigeria and Rwanda. Respondents were randomly assigned to answer questions using one of three survey methods: an indirect method (list exper...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/730981591707408517/Method-Matters-Underreporting-of-Intimate-Partner-Violence-in-Nigeria-and-Rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33876 |
| Summary: | This paper analyzes the magnitude and
predictors of misreporting on intimate partner and sexual
violence in Nigeria and Rwanda. Respondents were randomly
assigned to answer questions using one of three survey
methods: an indirect method (list experiment) that gives
respondents anonymity; a direct, self-administered method
that increases privacy; and the standard, direct
face-to-face method. In Rwanda, intimate partner violence
rates increase by 100 percent, and in Nigeria, they increase
by up to 39 percent when measured using the list method,
compared with direct methods. Misreporting was associated
with indicators often targeted in women's empowerment
programs, such as gender norms and female employment and
education. 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. |
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