Method Matters : Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria and Rwanda

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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Main Author: Cullen, Claire
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
GENDER
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
GENDER NORMS
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/730981591707408517/Method-Matters-Underreporting-of-Intimate-Partner-Violence-in-Nigeria-and-Rwanda
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spelling okr-10986-338762022-09-20T00:11:11Z Method Matters : Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria and Rwanda Cullen, Claire AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GENDER WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT GENDER NORMS FEMALE EMPLOYMENT WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS 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. 2020-06-11T14:57:09Z 2020-06-11T14:57:09Z 2020-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/730981591707408517/Method-Matters-Underreporting-of-Intimate-Partner-Violence-in-Nigeria-and-Rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33876 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Nigeria Rwanda
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topic AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
GENDER
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
GENDER NORMS
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
spellingShingle AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
GENDER
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
GENDER NORMS
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
Cullen, Claire
Method Matters : Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria and Rwanda
geographic_facet Africa
Nigeria
Rwanda
description 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.
format Working Paper
author Cullen, Claire
author_facet Cullen, Claire
author_sort Cullen, Claire
title Method Matters : Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria and Rwanda
title_short Method Matters : Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria and Rwanda
title_full Method Matters : Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria and Rwanda
title_fullStr Method Matters : Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria and Rwanda
title_full_unstemmed Method Matters : Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria and Rwanda
title_sort method matters : underreporting of intimate partner violence in nigeria and rwanda
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/730981591707408517/Method-Matters-Underreporting-of-Intimate-Partner-Violence-in-Nigeria-and-Rwanda
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