Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-Level Surveys

This paper reviews both current practices and common challenges of measuring the causes, functioning, and consequences of violent conflict at the micro-level. The authors review existing conflict -- and violence-related survey questionnaires, with a particular focus on the World Bank's Living Standard Measurement Surveys. Further, they discuss methodological challenges associated with empirical work in conflict-affected areas—such as operationalizing a definition of conflict, using the appropriate units of analysis, deciding on the timing of the survey, dealing with data biases and conducting surveys in an ethically sound manner—and propose ways to improve the usefulness of existing surveys to analyze conflict processes at the micro-level. Violent conflict, households, survey methods, questionnaire design.

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Main Authors:	Bruck, Tilman, Justino, Patricia, Verwimp, Philip, Tedesco, Andrew
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-02
Subjects:	LIVING STANDARDS, TERRORISM, RISKS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, VILLAGE LEADERS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, POLITICS, ABUSE, FOOD CONSUMPTION, DEATHS, INCOME, POVERTY ESTIMATES, COMBATANTS, NATIONS, ETHNIC GROUPS, POPULATION GROUPS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEATH, FOOD POLICY, CONSTRAINTS, UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, OBSERVER, ETHNIC GROUP, SOLDIERS, PUBLICATIONS, VIOLENT EXPERIENCES, POPULATION FUND, VULNERABILITY, CONFLICT, INTERNATIONAL BANK, MEASURES, WARFARE, HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS, REBELS, POLARIZATION, KNOWLEDGE, ARMED CONFLICT, LABOR MARKET, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, LIFE EVENTS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, TRAINING, ATROCITIES, POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS, DEMOCRACY, RAPE, PEACEBUILDING, MIGRATION, TRANSFERS, VIOLENCE, WORLD DEVELOPMENT, TRUST, LOCAL CONFLICT, CONSULTANT, POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, GUERRILLA, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, SOCIAL SECURITY, NEGOTIATIONS, HUNGER INSURANCE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, RIGHT-WING, EX-COMBATANTS, RURAL ROADS, MORTALITY, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, PROGRESS, GENOCIDE, UNEMPLOYMENT, HUMAN CAPITAL, SEXUAL ABUSE, EXCESS MORTALITY, EX- COMBATANTS, POLICIES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MORTALITY LEVELS, GENOCIDES, FOUNDATIONS, BASIC NEEDS, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLICY MAKERS, EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE, REBEL, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VICTIMS, EX-COMBATANT, CONTRACT, DEMOBILIZATION, VIOLENT CONFLICT, IMPACT OF SHOCKS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL ACTION, VIOLENT CONFLICTS, REFUGEE, MALNUTRITION, RURAL, DEVELOPMENT AID, REFUGEES, NUTRITION, POPULATIONS, ACCESS TO MARKETS, FIGHTING, POLICY, ROADS, CHILD MORTALITY, INSURANCE, REFUGEE CAMPS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CIVILIAN POPULATIONS, CONFLICT RESEARCH, LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WARS, WAR, CAUSES OF DISPLACEMENT, EXTREME POVERTY, HEALTH PROBLEMS, ACCESS TO SERVICES, POVERTY, ILLNESS, CRISES, DISARMAMENT, NUMBER OF DEATHS, HUMAN WELFARE, INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE, POPULATION, MILITARY SERVICE, CONFLICTS, LABOR SUPPLY, UNIVERSITY, TRAUMA, POVERTY DYNAMICS, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, POLICY RESEARCH, CIVIL WAR, UNFPA, POOR, FERTILITY, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PEACE RESEARCH, CIVIL WARS, REVOLUTIONS, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, PEACE, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, ARMED CONFLICTS, IMPACT OF CONFLICT, RECONSTRUCTION, PEACEKEEPING, ECONOMIES, BOMBING, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, INEQUALITY, POOR HOUSEHOLDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25994652/measuring-violent-conflict-micro-level-surveys-current-practices-methodological-challenges https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23920
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