Reducing under-reporting of stigmatized health events using the List Experiment: results from a randomized, population-based study of abortion in Liberia | Zendy

Heidi Moseson | Zendy; Moses Massaquoi | Zendy; Christine Dehlendorf | Zendy; Luke Bawo | Zendy; Bernice Dahn | Zendy; Yah Zolia | Zendy; Eric Vittinghoff | Zendy; Robert A. Hiatt | Zendy; Caitlin Gerdts | Zendy

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Reducing under-reporting of stigmatized health events using the List Experiment: results from a randomized, population-based study of abortion in Liberia

Author(s) -

Heidi Moseson,

Moses Massaquoi,

Christine Dehlendorf,

Luke Bawo,

Bernice Dahn,

Yah Zolia,

Eric Vittinghoff,

Robert A. Hiatt,

Caitlin Gerdts

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv174

Subject(s) - abortion , respondent , medicine , demography , confidence interval , population , incidence (geometry) , family planning , statistics , pregnancy , environmental health , mathematics , research methodology , genetics , geometry , sociology , political science , law , biology

Direct measurement of sensitive health events is often limited by high levels of under-reporting due to stigma and concerns about privacy. Abortion in particular is notoriously difficult to measure. This study implements a novel method to estimate the cumulative lifetime incidence of induced abortion in Liberia.

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