Bruck, TilmanJustino, PatriciaVerwimp, PhilipTedesco, Andrew2016-03-092016-03-092016-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23920This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOLIVING STANDARDSTERRORISMRISKSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYVILLAGE LEADERSECONOMIC GROWTHNEEDS ASSESSMENTSPOLITICSABUSEFOOD CONSUMPTIONDEATHSINCOMEPOVERTY ESTIMATESCOMBATANTSNATIONSETHNIC GROUPSPOPULATION GROUPSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEATHFOOD POLICYCONSTRAINTSUNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUNDPOLICY DISCUSSIONSOBSERVERETHNIC GROUPSOLDIERSPUBLICATIONSVIOLENT EXPERIENCESPOPULATION FUNDVULNERABILITYCONFLICTINTERNATIONAL BANKMEASURESWARFAREHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICSREBELSPOLARIZATIONKNOWLEDGEARMED CONFLICTLABOR MARKETINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONPOLITICAL VIOLENCELIFE EVENTSRURAL HOUSEHOLDSTRAININGATROCITIESPOLITICAL CONSTRAINTSDEMOCRACYRAPEPEACEBUILDINGMIGRATIONTRANSFERSVIOLENCEWORLD DEVELOPMENTTRUSTLOCAL CONFLICTCONSULTANTPOST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTIONGUERRILLAHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSSOCIAL SECURITYNEGOTIATIONSHUNGER INSURANCEPRIMARY SCHOOLRIGHT-WINGEX-COMBATANTSRURAL ROADSMORTALITYHOUSEHOLD HEADSPROGRESSGENOCIDEUNEMPLOYMENTHUMAN CAPITALSEXUAL ABUSEEXCESS MORTALITYEX- COMBATANTSPOLICIESSUBSTANCE ABUSEMORTALITY LEVELSGENOCIDESFOUNDATIONSBASIC NEEDSPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLICY MAKERSEXPOSURE TO VIOLENCEREBELVULNERABLE GROUPSVICTIMSEX-COMBATANTCONTRACTDEMOBILIZATIONVIOLENT CONFLICTIMPACT OF SHOCKSSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL ACTIONVIOLENT CONFLICTSREFUGEEMALNUTRITIONRURALDEVELOPMENT AIDREFUGEESNUTRITIONPOPULATIONSACCESS TO MARKETSFIGHTINGPOLICYROADSCHILD MORTALITYINSURANCEREFUGEE CAMPSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTCIVILIAN POPULATIONSCONFLICT RESEARCHLACK OF INFRASTRUCTUREWARSWARCAUSES OF DISPLACEMENTEXTREME POVERTYHEALTH PROBLEMSACCESS TO SERVICESPOVERTYILLNESSCRISESDISARMAMENTNUMBER OF DEATHSHUMAN WELFAREINTERNATIONAL COMMITTEEPOPULATIONMILITARY SERVICECONFLICTSLABOR SUPPLYUNIVERSITYTRAUMAPOVERTY DYNAMICSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREPOLICY RESEARCHCIVIL WARUNFPAPOORFERTILITYCONFLICT RESOLUTIONPEACE RESEARCHCIVIL WARSREVOLUTIONSPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPEACEPOLITICAL INSTABILITYARMED CONFLICTSIMPACT OF CONFLICTRECONSTRUCTIONPEACEKEEPINGECONOMIESBOMBINGDEVELOPMENT POLICYINEQUALITYPOOR HOUSEHOLDSWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7585