Sex, Lies, and Surveys : The Role of Interviewer Characteristics

This paper examines how easily observable interviewer characteristics, such as gender and physical attractiveness, and more difficult to observe characteristics, such as attitudes and beliefs, affect adolescent girls' disclosure of sexual beha...

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Main Authors:	Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia, Montalvao, Joao
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL ACTIVITY GENDER SURVEY DESIGN INTERVIEWER EFFECT ADOLESCENT GIRLS ATTITUDES BELIEFS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/562961549556686832/Sex-Lies-and-Surveys-The-Role-of-Interviewer-Characteristics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31264

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spelling	okr-10986-312642021-09-17T05:11:43Z Sex, Lies, and Surveys : The Role of Interviewer Characteristics Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia Montalvao, Joao SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL ACTIVITY GENDER SURVEY DESIGN INTERVIEWER EFFECT ADOLESCENT GIRLS ATTITUDES BELIEFS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB This paper examines how easily observable interviewer characteristics, such as gender and physical attractiveness, and more difficult to observe characteristics, such as attitudes and beliefs, affect adolescent girls' disclosure of sexual behavior during a baseline survey for an adolescent girls program in Liberia. The study finds that girls are more likely to report sexual activity to better-looking interviewers, and less likely to do so to interviewers holding more discriminatory gender attitudes and greater expectations about the program. The study finds no evidence that the gender of the interviewer matters. 2019-02-13T17:11:01Z 2019-02-13T17:11:01Z 2019-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/562961549556686832/Sex-Lies-and-Surveys-The-Role-of-Interviewer-Characteristics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31264 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8732 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 Africa Liberia
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topic	SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL ACTIVITY GENDER SURVEY DESIGN INTERVIEWER EFFECT ADOLESCENT GIRLS ATTITUDES BELIEFS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB
spellingShingle	SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL ACTIVITY GENDER SURVEY DESIGN INTERVIEWER EFFECT ADOLESCENT GIRLS ATTITUDES BELIEFS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia Montalvao, Joao Sex, Lies, and Surveys : The Role of Interviewer Characteristics
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description	This paper examines how easily observable interviewer characteristics, such as gender and physical attractiveness, and more difficult to observe characteristics, such as attitudes and beliefs, affect adolescent girls' disclosure of sexual behavior during a baseline survey for an adolescent girls program in Liberia. The study finds that girls are more likely to report sexual activity to better-looking interviewers, and less likely to do so to interviewers holding more discriminatory gender attitudes and greater expectations about the program. The study finds no evidence that the gender of the interviewer matters.
format	Working Paper
author	Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia Montalvao, Joao
author_facet	Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia Montalvao, Joao
author_sort	Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia
title	Sex, Lies, and Surveys : The Role of Interviewer Characteristics
title_short	Sex, Lies, and Surveys : The Role of Interviewer Characteristics
title_full	Sex, Lies, and Surveys : The Role of Interviewer Characteristics
title_fullStr	Sex, Lies, and Surveys : The Role of Interviewer Characteristics
title_full_unstemmed	Sex, Lies, and Surveys : The Role of Interviewer Characteristics
title_sort	sex, lies, and surveys : the role of interviewer characteristics
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/562961549556686832/Sex-Lies-and-Surveys-The-Role-of-Interviewer-Characteristics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31264
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