Improving the Quality of Survey Data on College Campus Woman Abuse: The Contribution of a Supplementary Open-Ended Question

Obtaining accurate survey data on the prevalence of woman abuse in institutions of higher education continues to be a major methodological challenge. Underreporting is difficult to overcome; yet, there may be effective ways of minimizing this problem. One is adding a supplementary open-ended questio...

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Autores principales: DeKeseredy, Walter S. (Autor) ; Stoneberg, Danielle M. (Autor) ; Nolan, James (Autor) ; Lory, Gabrielle L. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2021
En: Violence against women
Año: 2021, Volumen: 27, Número: 12/13, Páginas: 2477-2490
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supplementary open-ended questions
woman abuse
Campus climate surveys
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Sumario:Obtaining accurate survey data on the prevalence of woman abuse in institutions of higher education continues to be a major methodological challenge. Underreporting is difficult to overcome; yet, there may be effective ways of minimizing this problem. One is adding a supplementary open-ended question to a primarily quantitative questionnaire. Using data derived from the Campus Quality of Life Survey (CQLS), this article examines whether asking respondents to complete such a question increases the prevalence rates of four types of woman abuse and provides information on behaviors that are not included in widely used and validated measures of these harms.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801220975496