Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Secondary Reporting to Measure Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Disaster
Publisher: Conflict and Health
Author(s): Lindsay Stark, Les Roberts, Gary Yu, Timothy M. Tan, Aishwarya Nagar, and Alastair Ager
Date: 2020
Topics: Assessment, Gender, Humanitarian Assistance
Accurately identifying the magnitude of gender-based violence (GBV) in humanitarian settings is hindered by logistical and methodological complexities. The ‘Neighborhood Method’, an adapted household survey that uses primary and secondary reporting to assess the prevalence of GBV in humanitarian settings, reduces the length of time and cost associated with traditional surveys. Primary female adult respondents disclose incidents of physical violence, intimate and non-intimate partner rape for themselves, other females in their homes (standard reporting) and other women and children in their social networks (secondary reporting). This study examines the reliability and validity of this inclusion of secondary reporting to determine the comparability of the Neighborhood Method to a traditional survey approach.