Reducing underreporting of abortion in surveys: Results from two test applications of the list experiment method in Malawi and Senegal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurately measuring abortion incidence poses many challenges. The list experiment is a method designed to increase the reporting of sensitive or stigmatized behaviors in surveys, but has only recently been applied to the measurement of abortion. To further test the utility of the list experiment for measuring abortion incidence, we conducted list experiments in two countries, over two time periods.

Materials and methods

The list experiment is an indirect method of measuring sensitive experiences that protects respondent confidentiality by hiding individual responses to a binary sensitive item (i.e., abortion) by combining this response with answers to other non-sensitive binary control items. Respondents report the number of list items that apply to them, not whi

SUBMITTER: Moseson H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7928519 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature