International Workshop on Social Statistics
Beijing, China, 22-24 November 2010
The National Survey on Domestic
Violence Against Women in Viet Nam
By: Mrs. Pham Y Tu
Mr. Do Anh Kiem
General Statistical Office (GSO),
Viet Nam
Research Objectives - Direct
1. Obtain reliable estimates of the prevalence of
DV against women in Viet Nam
2. Document the health consequences of DV
against women
3. Identify the factors that may either protect or
put women at risk of DV
4. Explore and compare coping strategies and
services used by women to deal with DV
Research Objectives - Indirect
1. Build research capacity of all involved
research team members and fieldworkers
2. Raise and increase awareness about DV and
DV Law among participants and respondents
3. Contribute to cross-sectoral collaboration
4. Contribute to the development of a network
of people committed to address DV
Research Team
• GSO: Overall coordination + Leader for quantitative data
collection and analysis
• WHO Office in Viet Nam: Overall coordination and technical
assistance
• National experts from MOH, VASS, CIHP: Technical assistance
for quantitative part + Leader for qualitative part + Data
analysis and report writing
• International expert Dr Henriette Jansen: Technical expertise
for quantitative and qualitative work
Steps for the Research Implementation
April 2009  November 2010
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Negotiation of contracts with all concerned parties
Translation of all research materials & tools
Planning Workshop for training & team-building
Adaptation of all research materials & tools
Pre-testing and revision of questionnaires & guidelines
Training of fieldworkers
Data collection (quantitative, followed by qualitative)
Data entry and cleaning
Data analysis and report writing
Final revision of report
Dissemination and advocacy activities
Methodology
• Methodology developed by WHO for a multi-country study on
women’s health and violence against women. The tools include:
Study Protocol, Ethical and Safety Recommendations,
Questionnaire, Training Manual, Interviewer's manual, Supervisor's
manual, Data processing manual, Data entry program and Code
book .
• Tools and materials are being adapted to the specific situation and
needs of Viet Nam.
• The study has a quantitative and a qualitative component.
– For the quantitative component, a survey will be conducted in whole
Viet Nam, with face to face interviews with a representative sample of
women.
– For the qualitative component, a limited number of focus group
discussions and in-depth interviews will be done in selected provinces
with men, with women who experienced DV, and with professionals or
volunteers who work with women and men facing DV.
Safety and ethical issues
1. Safe name: “Women health and life
experience” was used in all survey
documents/ transactions…
2. Confidentiality
3. Support for interviewers and respondents
4. One woman per household
5. Venue for the interviews
6. One site, one day
Sample for quantitative component (1)
• Population based household (HH) survey
• Household = group of people usually living and eating together, including
domestic workers staying at least 5 nights/week and visitors who stayed
the last 4 weeks or more.
• In the survey, the household is the statistical unit. Eligible women are
chosen to the survey through their HH.
• One woman per household selected at random
• Women from 18 to 60 years old
• Sample size: 5,520 HHs with the objective to complete 4,600 interviews.
• To account for sample loss, non-response, non-accessible HHs and HHs
without women in eligibile age group, there will be a 20% oversample.
Thus the plan is to survey 5,520 HHs.
Sample for quantitative component (2)
• Sample area: whole country, divided into the 6
“economic region” of Viet Nam:
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Red River Delta
Northern midlands and mountain areas
North central area and central coast area
Central highlands
South east
Mekong River Delta
• The results of the survey will be representative for
urban and rural areas in the 6 economic region of Viet
Nam (12 strata)
Personnel mobilization
– The selection criteria for field workers included being
female and between 30 and 60 years old.
– Previous experience in survey was required, so they were
selected among the staff from Provincial Statistics offices
and GSO.
– Important skills sought were: ability to interact with all
classes of people; non-judgmental attitude; maturity and
life experience
– Good interpersonal skills to build a rapport with
interviewee; and experience in dealing with sensitive
issues
Training (1)
• Training based on the 3-weeks standardized
training module developed by WHO.
• Duration: 2 weeks
• Trainers: Members of research team, led by Dr
Henriette Jansen
Training (2)
• Objectives:
– To increase sensitivity of participants to gender issues
– To develop a basic understanding of gender-based and domestic
violence
– To understand the objectives of the research
– To learn skills for interviewing, taking into account safety and ethical
guidelines
– To become familiar with the questionnaire
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Presentations by national and international experts
Detailed question by question explanation of questionnaire
Role plays
Field practice
Data Collection for Quantitative
Component (1)
• Data collection organized by GSO, according to their regular procedures,
but taking into account all the agreed ethical and safety recommendations.
• Time: December 2009 to January 2010
• Face to face interviews with female interviewers
• Interviews will take place in the private place, during day time but also in
evenings and weekends
• Each interviewer should not conduct more than about 100 interviews
throughout the course of the survey.
• In rural areas it is advisable to finish one EA in one day so that safety and
confidentiality do not get compromised.
• Each interviewer is expected to do 3 interviews on a day.
• Interviewers will have a reference booklet to hand out to the respondents,
that will include information on DV, the law and reference addresses for
services
Data Collection for Quantitative
Component (2)
10 teams of 5 fieldworkers each:
– 1 supervisor is responsible for overseeing all
activities of the team in each EA.
– 1 field editor is responsible for checking through
each questionnaire once it has been finished to
ensure it has been filled in correctly.
– 3 interviewers: The interviewer’s primary task is to
conduct the face-to-face interviews with the
females identified as being in scope of the survey.
Mechanism for quality control
– Editors and team leaders
– Supervision trips from GSO
– Supervision trips from GSO, national consultants
and UN staff
– Core research team with support from
international consultant
Questionnaire
The questionnaire for Viet Nam was adapted
from WHO Multi-country Study quantitative
questionnaire version 10 (Rev. 26 January
2005). It was adapted to the needs of Viet
Nam and adapted from the lessons learned
from most recent studies in Turkey and Tonga.
It was pilot-tested in 2 provinces before it was
finalized
Qualitative component (with 90
IDIs and 12 FGs were conducted)
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To clarify and provide more in-depth information
on the data collected through the quantitative
survey.
• Method:
+ Focus group discussions with women who
experienced DV, and with men
+ in-depth interviews with professionals and
volunteers.
Data analysis and report writing: 2010
• Team work, with research from different
disciplines/sectors
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Analysis and initial findings: April to July
Report writing workshop: July
Stakeholders consultation: August
Process of peer review and approval from Steering
Committee: September-October
– Launching event: 25 November 2010 for the
International Day to Eliminate Violence Against
Women
Research outputs
• General Report includes:
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Context, including the process that lead to the decision to organize
this survey, an overview of the legal and policy framework for
domestic violence in VN, and an overview of the services available
for victims and/or perpetrators and their families;
A description of the methodology and process;
The data analysis and findings; and
Recommendations to different stakeholders, including for capacity
building of duty-bearers and rights-holders.
• Summary Report
• One or more Policy Briefs
• All these documents were made available in hard and soft copies on
internet. They will be presented at dissemination workshops in
North, Central and South.
Thank you!