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Collecting Reliable Information About Violence Against Women Safely in Household Interviews

Experience From a Large-Scale National Survey in South Asia

Neil Andersson

CIET Mexico

Anne Cockcroft

CIET Trust, Johannesburg

Noor Ansari

CIET Pakistan

Khalid Omer

CIET Pakistan

Ubaid Ullah Chaudhry

CIET Pakistan

Amir Khan

University of Peshawar

LuWei Pearson

UNICEF Ethiopia

This article describes the first national survey of violence against women in Pakistan from 2001 to 2004 covering 23,430 women. The survey took account of methodological and ethical recommendations, ensuring privacy of interviews through one person interviewing the mother-in-law while another interviewed the eligible woman privately. The training module for interviewers focused on empathy with respondents, notably increasing disclosure rates. Only 3% of women declined to participate, and 1% were not permitted to participate. Among women who disclosed physical violence, only one third had previously told anyone. Surveys of violence against women in Pakistan not using methods to minimize underreporting could seriously underestimate prevalence.

Key Words: domestic violence • household survey • methodology

This version was published on April 1, 2009

Violence Against Women, Vol. 15, No. 4, 482-496 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208331063
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