Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges

This paper reviews both current practices and common challenges of measuring the causes, functioning, and consequences of violent conflict at the micro-level. The authors review existing conflict -- and violence-related survey questionnaires, with...

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Main Authors:	Bruck, Tilman, Justino, Patricia, Verwimp, Philip, Tedesco, Andrew
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	LIVING STANDARDS TERRORISM RISKS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY VILLAGE LEADERS ECONOMIC GROWTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS POLITICS ABUSE FOOD CONSUMPTION DEATHS INCOME POVERTY ESTIMATES COMBATANTS NATIONS ETHNIC GROUPS POPULATION GROUPS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEATH FOOD POLICY CONSTRAINTS UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND POLICY DISCUSSIONS OBSERVER ETHNIC GROUP SOLDIERS PUBLICATIONS VIOLENT EXPERIENCES POPULATION FUND VULNERABILITY CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL BANK MEASURES WARFARE HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS REBELS POLARIZATION KNOWLEDGE ARMED CONFLICT LABOR MARKET INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION POLITICAL VIOLENCE LIFE EVENTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS TRAINING ATROCITIES POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS DEMOCRACY RAPE PEACEBUILDING MIGRATION TRANSFERS VIOLENCE WORLD DEVELOPMENT TRUST LOCAL CONFLICT CONSULTANT POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION GUERRILLA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS SOCIAL SECURITY NEGOTIATIONS HUNGER INSURANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL RIGHT-WING EX-COMBATANTS RURAL ROADS MORTALITY HOUSEHOLD HEADS PROGRESS GENOCIDE UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL SEXUAL ABUSE EXCESS MORTALITY EX- COMBATANTS POLICIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE MORTALITY LEVELS GENOCIDES FOUNDATIONS BASIC NEEDS POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY MAKERS EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE REBEL VULNERABLE GROUPS VICTIMS EX-COMBATANT CONTRACT DEMOBILIZATION VIOLENT CONFLICT IMPACT OF SHOCKS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL ACTION VIOLENT CONFLICTS REFUGEE MALNUTRITION RURAL DEVELOPMENT AID REFUGEES NUTRITION POPULATIONS ACCESS TO MARKETS FIGHTING POLICY ROADS CHILD MORTALITY INSURANCE REFUGEE CAMPS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CIVILIAN POPULATIONS CONFLICT RESEARCH LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE WARS WAR CAUSES OF DISPLACEMENT EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH PROBLEMS ACCESS TO SERVICES POVERTY ILLNESS CRISES DISARMAMENT NUMBER OF DEATHS HUMAN WELFARE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE POPULATION MILITARY SERVICE CONFLICTS LABOR SUPPLY UNIVERSITY TRAUMA POVERTY DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH CIVIL WAR UNFPA POOR FERTILITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PEACE RESEARCH CIVIL WARS REVOLUTIONS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PEACE POLITICAL INSTABILITY ARMED CONFLICTS IMPACT OF CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PEACEKEEPING ECONOMIES BOMBING DEVELOPMENT POLICY INEQUALITY POOR HOUSEHOLDS
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spelling	okr-10986-239202021-04-23T14:04:18Z Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges Bruck, Tilman Justino, Patricia Verwimp, Philip Tedesco, Andrew LIVING STANDARDS TERRORISM RISKS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY VILLAGE LEADERS ECONOMIC GROWTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS POLITICS ABUSE FOOD CONSUMPTION DEATHS INCOME POVERTY ESTIMATES COMBATANTS NATIONS ETHNIC GROUPS POPULATION GROUPS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEATH FOOD POLICY CONSTRAINTS UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND POLICY DISCUSSIONS OBSERVER ETHNIC GROUP SOLDIERS PUBLICATIONS VIOLENT EXPERIENCES POPULATION FUND VULNERABILITY CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL BANK MEASURES WARFARE HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS REBELS POLARIZATION KNOWLEDGE ARMED CONFLICT LABOR MARKET INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION POLITICAL VIOLENCE LIFE EVENTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS TRAINING ATROCITIES POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS DEMOCRACY RAPE PEACEBUILDING MIGRATION TRANSFERS VIOLENCE WORLD DEVELOPMENT TRUST LOCAL CONFLICT CONSULTANT POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION GUERRILLA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS SOCIAL SECURITY NEGOTIATIONS HUNGER INSURANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL RIGHT-WING EX-COMBATANTS RURAL ROADS MORTALITY HOUSEHOLD HEADS PROGRESS GENOCIDE UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL SEXUAL ABUSE EXCESS MORTALITY EX- COMBATANTS POLICIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE MORTALITY LEVELS GENOCIDES FOUNDATIONS BASIC NEEDS POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY MAKERS EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE REBEL VULNERABLE GROUPS VICTIMS EX-COMBATANT CONTRACT DEMOBILIZATION VIOLENT CONFLICT IMPACT OF SHOCKS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL ACTION VIOLENT CONFLICTS REFUGEE MALNUTRITION RURAL DEVELOPMENT AID REFUGEES NUTRITION POPULATIONS ACCESS TO MARKETS FIGHTING POLICY ROADS CHILD MORTALITY INSURANCE REFUGEE CAMPS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CIVILIAN POPULATIONS CONFLICT RESEARCH LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE WARS WAR CAUSES OF DISPLACEMENT EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH PROBLEMS ACCESS TO SERVICES POVERTY ILLNESS CRISES DISARMAMENT NUMBER OF DEATHS HUMAN WELFARE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE POPULATION MILITARY SERVICE CONFLICTS LABOR SUPPLY UNIVERSITY TRAUMA POVERTY DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH CIVIL WAR UNFPA POOR FERTILITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PEACE RESEARCH CIVIL WARS REVOLUTIONS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PEACE POLITICAL INSTABILITY ARMED CONFLICTS IMPACT OF CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PEACEKEEPING ECONOMIES BOMBING DEVELOPMENT POLICY INEQUALITY POOR HOUSEHOLDS This paper reviews both current practices and common challenges of measuring the causes, functioning, and consequences of violent conflict at the micro-level. The authors review existing conflict -- and violence-related survey questionnaires, with a particular focus on the World Bank's Living Standard Measurement Surveys. Further, they discuss methodological challenges associated with empirical work in conflict-affected areas—such as operationalizing a definition of conflict, using the appropriate units of analysis, deciding on the timing of the survey, dealing with data biases and conducting surveys in an ethically sound manner—and propose ways to improve the usefulness of existing surveys to analyze conflict processes at the micro-level. Violent conflict, households, survey methods, questionnaire design. 2016-03-09T22:51:12Z 2016-03-09T22:51:12Z 2016-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25994652/measuring-violent-conflict-micro-level-surveys-current-practices-methodological-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23920 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7585 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	LIVING STANDARDS TERRORISM RISKS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY VILLAGE LEADERS ECONOMIC GROWTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS POLITICS ABUSE FOOD CONSUMPTION DEATHS INCOME POVERTY ESTIMATES COMBATANTS NATIONS ETHNIC GROUPS POPULATION GROUPS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEATH FOOD POLICY CONSTRAINTS UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND POLICY DISCUSSIONS OBSERVER ETHNIC GROUP SOLDIERS PUBLICATIONS VIOLENT EXPERIENCES POPULATION FUND VULNERABILITY CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL BANK MEASURES WARFARE HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS REBELS POLARIZATION KNOWLEDGE ARMED CONFLICT LABOR MARKET INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION POLITICAL VIOLENCE LIFE EVENTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS TRAINING ATROCITIES POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS DEMOCRACY RAPE PEACEBUILDING MIGRATION TRANSFERS VIOLENCE WORLD DEVELOPMENT TRUST LOCAL CONFLICT CONSULTANT POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION GUERRILLA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS SOCIAL SECURITY NEGOTIATIONS HUNGER INSURANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL RIGHT-WING EX-COMBATANTS RURAL ROADS MORTALITY HOUSEHOLD HEADS PROGRESS GENOCIDE UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL SEXUAL ABUSE EXCESS MORTALITY EX- COMBATANTS POLICIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE MORTALITY LEVELS GENOCIDES FOUNDATIONS BASIC NEEDS POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY MAKERS EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE REBEL VULNERABLE GROUPS VICTIMS EX-COMBATANT CONTRACT DEMOBILIZATION VIOLENT CONFLICT IMPACT OF SHOCKS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL ACTION VIOLENT CONFLICTS REFUGEE MALNUTRITION RURAL DEVELOPMENT AID REFUGEES NUTRITION POPULATIONS ACCESS TO MARKETS FIGHTING POLICY ROADS CHILD MORTALITY INSURANCE REFUGEE CAMPS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CIVILIAN POPULATIONS CONFLICT RESEARCH LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE WARS WAR CAUSES OF DISPLACEMENT EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH PROBLEMS ACCESS TO SERVICES POVERTY ILLNESS CRISES DISARMAMENT NUMBER OF DEATHS HUMAN WELFARE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE POPULATION MILITARY SERVICE CONFLICTS LABOR SUPPLY UNIVERSITY TRAUMA POVERTY DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH CIVIL WAR UNFPA POOR FERTILITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PEACE RESEARCH CIVIL WARS REVOLUTIONS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PEACE POLITICAL INSTABILITY ARMED CONFLICTS IMPACT OF CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PEACEKEEPING ECONOMIES BOMBING DEVELOPMENT POLICY INEQUALITY POOR HOUSEHOLDS
spellingShingle	LIVING STANDARDS TERRORISM RISKS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY VILLAGE LEADERS ECONOMIC GROWTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS POLITICS ABUSE FOOD CONSUMPTION DEATHS INCOME POVERTY ESTIMATES COMBATANTS NATIONS ETHNIC GROUPS POPULATION GROUPS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEATH FOOD POLICY CONSTRAINTS UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND POLICY DISCUSSIONS OBSERVER ETHNIC GROUP SOLDIERS PUBLICATIONS VIOLENT EXPERIENCES POPULATION FUND VULNERABILITY CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL BANK MEASURES WARFARE HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS REBELS POLARIZATION KNOWLEDGE ARMED CONFLICT LABOR MARKET INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION POLITICAL VIOLENCE LIFE EVENTS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS TRAINING ATROCITIES POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS DEMOCRACY RAPE PEACEBUILDING MIGRATION TRANSFERS VIOLENCE WORLD DEVELOPMENT TRUST LOCAL CONFLICT CONSULTANT POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION GUERRILLA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS SOCIAL SECURITY NEGOTIATIONS HUNGER INSURANCE PRIMARY SCHOOL RIGHT-WING EX-COMBATANTS RURAL ROADS MORTALITY HOUSEHOLD HEADS PROGRESS GENOCIDE UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL SEXUAL ABUSE EXCESS MORTALITY EX- COMBATANTS POLICIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE MORTALITY LEVELS GENOCIDES FOUNDATIONS BASIC NEEDS POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY MAKERS EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE REBEL VULNERABLE GROUPS VICTIMS EX-COMBATANT CONTRACT DEMOBILIZATION VIOLENT CONFLICT IMPACT OF SHOCKS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL ACTION VIOLENT CONFLICTS REFUGEE MALNUTRITION RURAL DEVELOPMENT AID REFUGEES NUTRITION POPULATIONS ACCESS TO MARKETS FIGHTING POLICY ROADS CHILD MORTALITY INSURANCE REFUGEE CAMPS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CIVILIAN POPULATIONS CONFLICT RESEARCH LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE WARS WAR CAUSES OF DISPLACEMENT EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH PROBLEMS ACCESS TO SERVICES POVERTY ILLNESS CRISES DISARMAMENT NUMBER OF DEATHS HUMAN WELFARE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE POPULATION MILITARY SERVICE CONFLICTS LABOR SUPPLY UNIVERSITY TRAUMA POVERTY DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH CIVIL WAR UNFPA POOR FERTILITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION PEACE RESEARCH CIVIL WARS REVOLUTIONS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PEACE POLITICAL INSTABILITY ARMED CONFLICTS IMPACT OF CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION PEACEKEEPING ECONOMIES BOMBING DEVELOPMENT POLICY INEQUALITY POOR HOUSEHOLDS Bruck, Tilman Justino, Patricia Verwimp, Philip Tedesco, Andrew Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7585
description	This paper reviews both current practices and common challenges of measuring the causes, functioning, and consequences of violent conflict at the micro-level. The authors review existing conflict -- and violence-related survey questionnaires, with a particular focus on the World Bank's Living Standard Measurement Surveys. Further, they discuss methodological challenges associated with empirical work in conflict-affected areas—such as operationalizing a definition of conflict, using the appropriate units of analysis, deciding on the timing of the survey, dealing with data biases and conducting surveys in an ethically sound manner—and propose ways to improve the usefulness of existing surveys to analyze conflict processes at the micro-level. Violent conflict, households, survey methods, questionnaire design.
format	Working Paper
author	Bruck, Tilman Justino, Patricia Verwimp, Philip Tedesco, Andrew
author_facet	Bruck, Tilman Justino, Patricia Verwimp, Philip Tedesco, Andrew
author_sort	Bruck, Tilman
title	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_short	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_full	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_fullStr	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys : Current Practices and Methodological Challenges
title_sort	measuring violent conflict in micro-level surveys : current practices and methodological challenges
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25994652/measuring-violent-conflict-micro-level-surveys-current-practices-methodological-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23920
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