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Disclosure of violence against women and girls in Senegal

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Title Disclosure of violence against women and girls in Senegal
 
Creator Peterman, Amber
Dione, Malick
Le Port, Agnès
Briaux, Justine
Lamesse, Fatma
Hidrobo, Melissa
 
Subject surveys
behaviour
gender-based violence
gender
women
girls
domestic violence
measurement
 
Description Measures of violence against women and girls (VAWG) are widely collected in surveys, yet estimates are acknowledged to be lower-bounds of the true prevalence. Disclosure may be affected by numerous factors, including shame and stigma, fear of retaliation, distrust of interviewers or desire to keep the perpetrator's identity confidential. We conduct a survey experiment randomly assigning approximately 3,400 women and girls aged 15 to 35 to either face-to-face interviews or audio computer-assisted self interviews (ACASI). Results show participants in the ACASI group report higher prevalence of lifetime intimate partner violence by 4 to 7 percentage points compared to face-to-face interviews. Differences in reporting for non-partner VAWG are even larger, ranging from 6 to 12 percentage points for physical violence and sexual harassment, respectively. We test for correlates of characteristics which might lead toincreased disclosure, however, we find few notable patterns. Our results suggest that ACASI surveys are a promising way to encourage disclosure, but acknowledge trade-offs that include limits in the complexity of questions that can be asked and higher time costs associated with development and implementation of surveys.
 
Date 2023-06-26
2023-12-14T15:41:27Z
2023-12-14T15:41:27Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Peterman, Amber; Dione, Malick; Le Port, Agnès; Briaux, Justine; Lamesse, Fatma; and Hidrobo, Melissa. 2023. Disclosure of violence against women and girls in Senegal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2195. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136775
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135393
http://books.google.com/books/about?id=HivKEAAAQBAJ
https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136775
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/L9BDWJ
 
Language en
 
Relation https://www.ifpri.org/blog/%E2%80%98who-would-have-thought-cinema-could-reach-far%E2%80%99-lessons-implementing-community-based
IFPRI Discussion Paper
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format 49 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)