Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Economic Preferences

Last registered on December 03, 2024
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Economic Preferences
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014038
Initial registration date
July 17, 2024

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First published
July 17, 2024, 2:22 PM EDT

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Last updated
December 03, 2024, 5:07 AM EST

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Primary Investigator

Name
Anaya Dam
Affiliation
Utrecht University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Dan Anderberg
PI Affiliation
Royal Holloway University of London
PI Name
Rachel Cassidy
PI Affiliation
Institute for Fiscal Studies & World Bank
PI Name
Melissa Hidrobo
PI Affiliation
International Food Policy Research Institute
PI Name
Jessica Leight
PI Affiliation
International Food Policy Research Institute
PI Name
Karlijn Morsink
PI Affiliation
Utrecht University, Wageningen University, Cornell University & Center for Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR), Georgia State University

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2023-10-03
End date
2025-12-31
Keywords
Crime, Violence, & Conflict, Gender, Health
Additional Keywords
Household
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This project puts forward and tests the hypothesis that intimate partner violence impacts women’s economic decision-making. We estimate the causal impact of intimate partner violence on women's time preferences, cognitive functioning and risk preferences using a survey experiment. We assign respondents randomly to one of our two experimental arms. Respondents in the treatment arm are primed to think about episodes of IPV they may have experienced, using a survey instrument based on the well-established DHS and WHO instruments. Respondents in our control arm receive a placebo module. After the treatment or control module, respondents participate in incentivised activities to measure risk preferences, time preferences and cognitive functioning.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Anderberg, Dan et al. 2024. "Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Economic Preferences." AEA RCT Registry. December 03. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14038-3.0
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2023-10-03
Intervention End Date
2024-01-10

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Risk preferences, time preferences, cognitive function
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We leverage the sample of female respondents of an ongoing RCT in rural communities in Ethiopia. We add our survey experiment to the end of the endline survey conducted a year post-intervention. The sample consists of women from households registered and assisted by the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) in Amhara and Oromia regions of Ethiopia.

We assign respondents randomly to one of our two survey experimental arms. Respondents in the treatment arm are primed to think about episodes of IPV they may have experienced, using a survey instrument based on the well-established DHS and WHO instruments. Respondents in our control arm receive a placebo module. After the treatment or control module, respondents participate in incentivised activities to measure risk preferences, time preferences, and cognitive functioning.

The interviews were conducted in person by a trained enumerator using computer-assisted personal interviews from October 2023 to January 2024. Each interview took on average two hours to complete: 1.5 hours for the survey modules and half an hour for the survey experiment which was conducted at the end of the interview. Experiment modules consisted of the randomized treatment/control module (Prime 1 -- IPV experiences; Control -- placebo) and then the post-prime incentivized activities. We usethe demographic information collected in the modules before the survey experiment for balance checks and descriptives. Finally, women who had not received Prime 1 were also asked the IPV module at the end of the incentivized activities. This implies that we have data on IPV from all participants, but the risk, time and cognitive tasks were not primed for those women who were not assigned to the treatment arm.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
The treatment arm (prime) assignment was determined by a STATA-assigned random number prior to start of the survey period. This randomization was stratified by 1) region (Amhara or Oromia), 2) experimental arms of the RCT (cash, psychotherapy, cash+psychotherapy, or control), and 3) women's cohabitation status as per the previous survey round.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
1666 women
Sample size: planned number of observations
1666 women
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
833 women in treatment and 833 women in control group.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
International Food Policy Research Institute
IRB Approval Date
2023-07-09
IRB Approval Number
IFPRI PHND-22-0631MM
IRB Name
Ethiopian Public Health Association
IRB Approval Date
2023-07-13
IRB Approval Number
EPHA/OG/724/23
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