
@article{ref1,
title="The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on physical domestic violence: evidence from a list randomization experiment",
journal="SSM - Population Health",
year="2021",
author="Porter, Catherine and Favara, Marta and Sánchez, Alan and Scott, Douglas",
volume="14",
number="",
pages="e100792-e100792",
abstract="We quantify the increase in physical domestic violence (family or intimate partner violence) experienced by young people aged 18-26 during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns in Peru. To do this we use an indirect methodology, the double list randomization experiment. The list experiment was embedded in a telephone survey to participants of the Young Lives study, a long-standing cohort survey. We find that 8.3% of the sample experienced an increase in physical violence within their households during the lockdown period. Those who had already reported experiencing domestic violence in the last round of (in-person) data collection in 2016 are more likely to have experienced increased physical violence during the COVID-19 lockdown, with 23.6% reporting an increase during this time. The reported increase in violence does not differ significantly by gender. List experiments, if carefully conducted, may be a relatively cheap and feasible way to elicit information about sensitive issues during a phone survey.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2352-8273",
doi="10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100792",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100792"
}