Peterman, AmberDione, MalickLe Port, AgnesBriaux, JustineLamesse, FatmaHidrobo, Melissa2025-08-072025-08-072024-09-06The World Bank Economic Review0258-6770 (print)1564-698X (online)https://hdl.handle.net/10986/43558Measures of violence against women and girls (VAWG) are widely collected in surveys, yet estimates are acknowledged to be lower bounds of the true prevalence. This study reports on a survey experiment randomly assigning 3,400 women and girls to either face-to-face interviews or audio computer-assisted self-interviews (ACASI), a modality that increases privacy and confidentiality of responses. Results show the ACASI group discloses higher prevalence of lifetime intimate partner violence by 4 to 7 percentage points compared to face- to-face interviews. Differences in disclosure for non-partner VAWG are even larger, ranging from 6 to 12 per- centage points. Tests for correlates of characteristics that might lead to increased disclosure show few notable patterns. Overall results suggest ACASI are a promising way to encourage disclosure, however trade-offs include limits in the complexity of questions that can be asked and higher time costs associated with development and implementation of surveys.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCEMEASUREMENTSENEGALJournal ArticleWorld Bank