Using Surveys to Estimate Casualties Post-Conflict
Using Surveys to Estimate Casualties Post-Conflict
Developments for the Developing World
Random sample surveys use structured questions to elicit responses from representative populations, providing systematic, standardized data subject to statistical analysis. Although survey research is a mature methodology, its use in casualty estimation is accompanied by particular challenges to those who address the complex, sensitive issues associated with eliciting reports related to civilian casualties in post-conflict situations in developing countries. The chapter discusses how those challenges can be addressed and provides illustrative examples with a focus on the author’s research in East Timor (now Timor-Leste) and Sierra Leone.
Keywords: civilian casualties, methodology, peacebuilding, survey research, developing countries, casualty estimation
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