Interview Interruption and Responses to Questions about Experiences of Domestic Violence in India Pubblico
Rabel, Brenna Victoria (2011)
Abstract
Background. There is little evidence available regarding
the ways in which interruptions during sensitive interviews can
affect or predict responses to physical and sexual violence-related
questions. This is problematic as it is well established that
interview environment can greatly influence the type of information
gathered from a survey. We expect that interviews that have been
interrupted (where privacy has been breached by another adult) will
be associated with lower reporting of domestic violence of any kind
(less severe and severe physical violence, or sexual
violence).
Objectives. To identify the incidence of interruption among
currently married Indian women during the domestic violence
interview and explore the relationship between interview
interruption and the reporting of physical and sexual spousal
violence among currently married Indian women.
Methods. Using the Domestic Violence module from the NFHS-3,
a sample of 65,610 currently married women aged 15-49 was used to
compare reported acts of physical and sexual violence between women
who had been interrupted during their interview and women who had
not been interrupted during their interview. Logistic regression
and multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to
identify these associations.
Results. Interviews interrupted by women are more likely to
result in positive responses to severe violence questions (OR
1.311) and sexual violence questions (OR 1.269), while interviews
interrupted by men are more likely to result in positive responses
only to sexual violence questions (OR 1.305). Neither male- nor
female- interrupted interviews were significantly associated with
less severe violence in the models.
Conclusions. Contrary to our expectations, findings suggest
that interruptions by both males and females lead to greater
reporting of domestic violence. Also, female interruptions seem to
be more predictive of severe physical violence than male
interruptions, while both male and female interruptions are
similarly predictive of sexual violence. The mechanisms explaining
these findings are unclear, thus highlighting the need for further
research on the topic of interview environment and its impact on
response patterns and on global estimates of domestic violence
prevalence.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE 2
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 3
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 6
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN INDIA 6
VIOLENCE AND HEALTH 7
LAWS ABOUT IPV IN INDIA 7
ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR COLLECTING DV AND IPV DATA 9
PROBLEMS IN MEASURING AND REPORTING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
11
INTERVIEW ENVIRONMENT 12
METHODS 15
DATA 15
SAMPLE 16
MEASURES 16
VARIABLES 17
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 19
RESULTS 21
UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS 21
BIVARIATE ANALYSIS 21
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS 22
DISCUSSION 24
FINDINGS 24
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES 25
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 26
REFERENCES 28
TABLES 30
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