Is it Time to Put a Moratorium on List Experiments for Domestic Violence Elicitation

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ID3017329
AutoresA Kotsadam (0000-0002-6910-0734, Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, autor de correspondencia), Mette Løvgren (0000-0003-0977-5972, NOVA, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway)
Año2025
Fecha de publicación2025-09-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00491241251372542
OpenAlexW4414058531
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas29

Using data from over 24,000 respondents in the Norwegian Crime Victimization Survey, we conducted a double list experiment to measure domestic violence (DV). Both list experiments revealed a statistically significant decrease in reporting when including a sensitive DV item. This clear violation of the "no design effects" assumption is not only explained by floor effects. One possibility is that the results indicate a "fleeing" behavior whereby respondents try to avoid association with DV. Combined with the inherent power limitations of list experiments in many contexts, these results underscore the need for caution in employing list experiments to measure DV, even in large samples

Association (psychology) · Domestic violence · Measure (data warehouse) · Norwegian · Poison control · Power (physics) · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques