Measurement Error in Self-Reported Data on Stigmatized Behavior: Experimental Evidence on Intimate Partner Violence

This paper is dedicated to the memory of Jorge Agüero, a cherished colleague whose foundational work and intellectual contributions made this research possible. Research reported in this publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (under Award Number R01HD101581), the Innovations for Poverty Action Intimate Partner Violence Initiative, the Inter-American Development Bank, the J-PAL Crime and Violence Initiative, the J-PAL Government Partnership Initiative, the SAMRC Sexual Violence Research Initiative, the World Bank’s Latin America and the Caribbean Gender Innovation Lab, and the World Bank’s Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (UFGE). The UFGE has received generous contributions from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund. Gustavo Acosta, Daniel Hurtado, Gshan Irigoin, Glenn Ortiz, Cindy Rojas, Juan Pablo Rossi, and Hugo Salas, provided excellent research assistance at various stages of this project. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work are entirely those of the authors and should not be attributed in any manner to the National Institutes of Health, the World Bank, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. All errors are our own. Duke Institutional Review Board number: 2018-0262. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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