Empirical Insights for Improving Sexual Assault Prevention: Evidence From Baseline Data for a Cluster-Randomized Trial of IMPower and Sources of Strength. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rosenman, Evan; Sarnquist, Clea; Friedberg, Rina; Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Mary; Oguda, Gabriel; Otieno, Dorothy; Baiocchi, Michael
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 26:Number 15/16(2020)
• Page Start: 1855
• Page End: 1875
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: rape -- prevention -- adolescents -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- causal inference; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/1077801219886380
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

The empirical science of measuring and preventing sexual assault is in its infancy, especially when considering adolescents in developing nations. We analyze pre-intervention data collected in a two-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial of a classroom-based sexual assault prevention program deployed to Class 6 students around Nairobi, Kenya. We estimate that 7.2% of girls were raped in the prior 12 months. We identify school- and individual-level risk factors for rape. We isolate, as much as possible, variation in probability of rape attributable to a subset of these risk factors. We discuss statistical challenges and solutions in each of these domains.