Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia

Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Tambet, Heleene

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“…The evidence is mixed that list experiments generate meaningfully higher reporting of IPV compared to traditional, direct elicitation methods. For example, Agüero and Frisancho (2022) and Gilligan et al (2021) both find that list experiments, compared to direct elicitation, do not lead to higher reporting of IPV among women. 12 On the other hand, there are numerous studies with results suggesting that traditional direct elicitation leads to under-reporting of IPV and that list experiments can lead to more accurate estimations of the prevalence of IPV (Joseph et al, 2017;Traunmüller et al, 2019;Bulte & Lensink, 2019;Cullen, 2020;Lépine et al, 2020;Deschênes, 2022).…”

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“…12 12 Indeed, in Ethiopia, Gilligan et al. (2021) find that list experiments lead to lower reporting of IPV among women compared to direct elicitation. This fleeing behavior is not homogeneous; it is more common among women under 30 and those who have higher self‐efficacy. …”

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“…Using this method, the prevalence of IPV is demonstrated by the constant (Column 7).10 We useMcKenzie and Woodruff (2014) to estimate whether our sample is large enough to detect differences, and find that we have 99.99% to detect a 10% difference in prevalence between household groups, 93% power to detect a 5% difference, and we can detect an effect as low as a 4.1% difference with 80% power.11 There are, however, a greater number of studies that analyze discordance in spouse reporting of IPV perpetrated against women, in which the wife is asked to report her experience of IPV and the husband is asked about perpetrating violence. See, for example,Khawaja and Tewtel-Salem (2004),Yount and Li (2012),Yoshikawa et al (2021),Leight et al (2022).12 Indeed, in Ethiopia,Gilligan et al (2021) find that list experiments lead to lower reporting of IPV among women compared to direct elicitation. This fleeing behavior is not homogeneous; it is more common among women under 30 and those who have higher self-efficacy.…”

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Bidirectional intimate partner violence: Evidence from a list experiment in Kenya

Castilla

Murphy

2022

Health Economics

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Psychological, sexual, and physical violence perpetrated against an individual by one's partner, or intimate partner violence (IPV), remains the most common form of violence against women around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 27% of women globally experience IPV in their lifetime, with even higher rates in low income, rural, and polygamous households (Coll et al., 2020). In Kenya, the location of this study, the lifetime prevalence is 38%. Women seldom experience IPV as an isolated event, but often experience multiple victimizations, with escalating frequency and severity (Peterman et al., 2017). IPV is a public health concern and it affects, and is affected by, economic outcomes and policies. For instance, IPV has been linked to increasing the likelihood of default of micro finance loans (Shahriar, 2016), decreasing labor force participation (Riger & Staggs, 2004), lowering school test scores of children exposed to violence at home (Bedoya et al., 2020), and has been found to increase during economic downturns (Agüero, 2021).Despite growing attention to the relationship between IPV and economic outcomes, the focus has been primarily on the effect of women experiencing IPV (Dobash & Dobash, 1979). As a result, the majority of studies think of IPV as unidirectional, and most commonly perpetrated by men against women. The gender inclusive approach studies IPV within the context of family violence and other forms of aggression outside the home (Bates, 2016;Hamel et al., 2007). The key contention across views rests on the extent to which IPV is bidirectional, defined as the case in which each partner is both the perpetrator and the victim of violence in the relationship. One of the consequences of focusing mostly on violence against women is limited

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“… # We note that recent work on measuring intimate partner violence suggests that more indirect questioning techniques that preserve anonymity do not necessarily perform better than direct questioning ( 43 , 44 ). …”

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Religious leaders can motivate men to cede power and reduce intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Uganda

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Paluck

Annan

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Violence committed by men against women in intimate relationships is a pervasive problem around the world. Patriarchal norms that place men as the head of household are often to blame. Previous research suggests that trusted authorities can shift perceptions of norms and create behavior change. In many settings, a compelling authority on behavior in relationships is religious leaders, who are influential sources of information about proper conduct in relationships and gatekeepers of marriage, but may also uphold traditional gender roles. One way leaders exert their influence is through premarital or couples counseling courses. In this study, we test whether, if given an opportunity to offer a more progressive religious interpretation of gender roles during these courses, religious leaders could motivate men to share power and thereby reduce violence. Building on existing faith networks of Christian religious leaders in western Uganda, we conducted a large pair-matched, randomized controlled trial among 1,680 heterosexual couples in which participants were randomized to attend a 12-session group counseling course or wait-listed. We find that the program shifted power from men to women and reduced intimate partner violence by five percentage points, comparable with more intensive secular programs. These improvements were largest among couples counseled by religious leaders who held the most progressive views at baseline and who critically engaged with the material. Our findings suggest that religious leaders can be effective agents of change for reducing violence.

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“…Health topics studied with list experiments include condom use (Jamison et al, 2013;LaBrie & Earleywine, 2000;Lépine, Treibich, Ndour, et al, 2020), intimate partner violence (Agüero & Frisancho, 2017;Cullen, 2020;Gilligan et al, 2021;Peterman et al, 2018), and abortion (Moseson et al, 2017). Evidence of sensitivity bias in health topics is very mixed and strongly depends on the setting and specific topic (Blair et al, 2020).…”

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Summerlee for the price deal on our large order of Lucky Iron Leaves and for his support in determining the number of Lucky Iron Leaves and boiling time required to achieve the correct dose of iron in this setting.Essay 3: Thank you to Kehinde Elijah Owolabi for being our partner in Sokoto, in hours of laminating and more. Thank you to Aminu, not only for your interpretations but also for your kindness and care. Thank you to Joel Ade and thank you to Hamza Kabir and Olujonrin Segun from NOI Polls and all supervisors and enumerators for their hard work during data collection.Essay 4: I am very grateful to Graeme Blair for his support. When I approached him with a request for help after stumbling across inconsistencies in the results, he adjusted the predict function in the List package to address my specific need.

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Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia

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Bidirectional intimate partner violence: Evidence from a list experiment in Kenya

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