2018/01/11 by Elisabetta De Cao, Clemens Lutz, Clémens Lutz · 2 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Economic and Environmental Valuation #Survey Methodology and Nonresponse #Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/obes.12228
openalex created_date 2017/12/22 · openalex publication_date 2018/01/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/02
Abstract Potential bias in survey responses is higher if sensitive outcomes are measured. This study analyses attitudes towards female genital cutting (FGC) in Ethiopia. A list experiment is designed to elicit truthful answers about FGC support and compares these outcomes with the answers given to a direct question. Our results confirm that the average bias is substantial as answers to direct questions underestimate the FGC support by about 10 percentage points. Moreover, our results provide suggestive but not statistically significant evidence that this bias is more pronounced among uneducated women and women targeted by an NGO intervention (not randomly assigned).