Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia
While indirect methods are increasingly widely used to measure sensitive behaviors such as intimate partner violence in order to minimize social desirability biases in responses, in developing countries the use of more complex indirect questioning methods raises important questions around how indivi...
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| author | Gilligan, Daniel O. Hidrobo, Melissa Leight, Jessica Tambet, Heleene |
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| description | While indirect methods are increasingly widely used to measure sensitive behaviors such as intimate partner violence in order to minimize social desirability biases in responses, in developing countries the use of more complex indirect questioning methods raises important questions around how individuals will react to the use of a more unusual and complex question structure. This paper presents evidence from a list experiment measuring multiple forms of intimate partner violence within an extremely poor sample of women in rural Ethiopia. We find that the list experiment does not generate estimates of intimate partner violence that are higher than direct response questions; rather, prevalence estimates using the list experiment are lower vis-à-vis prevalence estimates using the direct reports, and sometimes even negative. We interpret this finding as consistent with “fleeing” behavior by respondents who do not wish to be associated with statements associated with intimate partner violence. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1434172025-12-02T21:03:03Z Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia Gilligan, Daniel O. Hidrobo, Melissa Leight, Jessica Tambet, Heleene rural communities gender capacity development measurement domestic violence While indirect methods are increasingly widely used to measure sensitive behaviors such as intimate partner violence in order to minimize social desirability biases in responses, in developing countries the use of more complex indirect questioning methods raises important questions around how individuals will react to the use of a more unusual and complex question structure. This paper presents evidence from a list experiment measuring multiple forms of intimate partner violence within an extremely poor sample of women in rural Ethiopia. We find that the list experiment does not generate estimates of intimate partner violence that are higher than direct response questions; rather, prevalence estimates using the list experiment are lower vis-à-vis prevalence estimates using the direct reports, and sometimes even negative. We interpret this finding as consistent with “fleeing” behavior by respondents who do not wish to be associated with statements associated with intimate partner violence. 2021-12-31 2024-05-22T12:14:00Z 2024-05-22T12:14:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143417 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134858 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143737 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147203 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133748 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; and Tambet, Heleene. 2021. Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2094. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134961. |
| spellingShingle | rural communities gender capacity development measurement domestic violence Gilligan, Daniel O. Hidrobo, Melissa Leight, Jessica Tambet, Heleene Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia |
| title | Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full | Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_short | Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence cautionary evidence from ethiopia |
| topic | rural communities gender capacity development measurement domestic violence |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143417 |
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