European Survey Research Association (ESRA) conference

Description

The devolved government in Northern Ireland is working on a policy to tackle the ongoing violence against women and girls. As part of this policy, government aims to develop key policy indicators (KPIs) that they intend to regularly monitor using two annual social attitude surveys run by ARK. ARK is Northern Ireland’s Social Policy Hub which was set up in 2000 by academics from Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University. ARK has collected and disseminated social science information on Northern Ireland since then.

This conference presentation 'Using attitude surveys to measure attitudes towards, and experiences of, violence against women and girls.
Learning for KPI development' reported on methodological issues and challenges of using cross-sectional attitude surveys to develop and monitor KPIs on violence against women and girls. The two surveys used for this project were the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT), a survey of adults aged 18 years and over which has run since 1998, and Young Life and Times (YLT) – a survey of 16 year olds undertaken since 2003. Explorative question modules to capture experience of, and attitudes towards, violence against women and girls were placed in NILT and YLT in 2022.

In this presentation, the main descriptive survey findings from NILT and YLT were highlighted. In addition, the paper discussed gender and other differences in relation to the completion rate of the surveys, and some of the methodological challenges faced. The paper concluded with a report on some of the learning from the surveys with regard to capturing sensitive information of this nature.

Period	19 Jul 2023
Event type	Conference
Location	Milan, ItalyShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International