Private But Misunderstood?
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Women may under-report intimate
partner violence (IPV) due to several social and
psychological factors. This study conducts a measurement
experiment in rural Liberia and Malawi in which women were
asked IPV questions via self-interviewing (SI) or
face-to-face interviewing. About a third of women
incorrectly answer basic screening questions in SI, and SI
generates placebo effects on innocuous questions even for
those who “pass” screening. Because the probability of
responding “yes” to any specific IPV question is less than
50 percent, and that IPV is typically reported as an index
(reporting yes to at least one question), such
misunderstanding increases IPV reporting. In Malawi, SI
increases the reported incidence of any type of IPV by 13
percentage points on a base of 20 percent; in Liberia, the
study finds an insignificant increase of 4 percentage points
on a base of 38 percent. Our results suggest SI may
spuriously increase reported IPV rates.
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INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV), SURVEY METHODOLOGY, SELF-INTERVIEW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SENSITIVE INFORMATION, DOMESTIC ABUSE, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SEXUAL CRIME, SELF-INTERVIEW ANOMALIES