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Abstract #302457

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Activity Number: 174
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Monday, August 8, 2005 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #302457
Title: Designing Questionnaires for Human Rights Violations Measurement
Author(s): Daniel Manrique*+ and Jana Asher
Companies: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and Carnegie Mellon University
Address: Calle Buenos Aires #220, Miraflores, Lima 18, , Peru
Keywords: survey ; human rights ; households ; questionnaire
Abstract:

After a situation of war or political unrest, it is often highly desirable to determine if mass human rights violations occurred and, if so, what percentage of the population experienced these violations. A household-based random sample survey can be an effective measurement tool, but only if the questionnaire used is designed well. Potential questionnaire forms include open-ended designs ("tell us your story") and more structured designs. This talk will compare the two design types and discuss methodology for questionnaire development and testing based on the author's experiences with human rights surveys in East Timor, Iraq, and Sierra Leone.

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