Method Matters: The Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence
发现，在尼日利亚，使用匿名列表实验法测量的亲密伴侣暴力发生率比标准面对面调查高出35%，且漏报与教育等赋能指标相关，表明标准调查可能严重低估真实情况。
Abstract This paper analyzes the magnitude and predictors of misreporting on intimate partner violence. Women in Nigeria were randomly assigned to answer questions using either an indirect method (list experiment) that gives respondents anonymity, or the standard, direct face-to-face method. Intimate partner violence rates were up to 35 percent greater when measured using the list method than the direct method. Misreporting was associated with indicators often targeted in empowerment and development programs, such as education and vulnerability. 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.