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Survey Data for WP9269: Demand for "Safe Spaces": Avoiding Harassment and Stigma 2015-2016

Brazil, 2015 - 2017
Development Impact Evaluation (DIME)
Florence Kondylis, Arianna Legovini, Kate Vyborny, Astrid Zwager, Luiza Andrade
Created on July 21, 2020 Last modified July 21, 2020 Page views 2110 Download 100 Documentation in PDF Metadata DDI/XML JSON
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Identification

Survey ID Number
BRA_2015-2016_DSS_v01_M
Title
Survey Data for WP9269: Demand for "Safe Spaces": Avoiding Harassment and Stigma 2015-2016
Country
Name Country code
Brazil BRA
Abstract
Sexual harassment on a woman’s commute is pervasive and widens the gender wage gap. To capture the economic costs of this violence, we randomize the price of a women-reserved "safe space" in Rio de Janeiro. We recruit 363 women riders to crowdsource information on their behavior and experience across 22,000 rides. Women riding in the public space experience harassment once a week. A fifth of riders are willing to forgo the equivalent of a 20% fare subsidy to ride in the "safe space". Randomly assigning riders to the "safe space" reduces the incidence of physical harassment by 50%, implying a cost of avoiding physical harassment of $1.45 per incident. While the reserved space is safer in relative terms, Implicit Association Tests reveal that commuters associate women riding in the public space with more openness to sexual advances. The welfare implications of creating women-reserved spaces are ambiguous.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Florence Kondylis World Bank
Arianna Legovini World Bank
Kate Vyborny Duke University
Astrid Zwager World Bank
Luiza Andrade World Bank
Producers
Name Affiliation
Development Impact Evaluation World Bank Group
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name Affiliation Role
Rafael Dantas World Bank Field Coordinator

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End Cycle
2015/09/14 2016/07/04 First Wave of Rider Recruitment
2016/08/02 2017/02/17 Second Wave of Rider Recruitment
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collection Notes
Data on metro rides was crowd-sourced through a custom-made app during rush hour (Monday-Friday, 6AM-9AM and 5PM-8PM). A total of 363 women commuters and 51 men commuters were recruited to participate in the study through online social media and networks, referrals, and flyers distributed at the train stations. The recruiting material invited respondents to download a smartphone application and respond to survey questions regarding their experience with the SuperVia (Rio suburban metro system). None of the recruitment material mentioned gender, harassment or the reserved space. Women riders reported their behavior and experience across 22,000 rides, and men riders collected data on crowding and enforcement of the gender reservation policy from the metro platform.

A CAPI survey and IAT test were also administered with a random sample of metro riders who did not participate in the crowd-sourced data collection. Two woman enumerators administered the survey at the platforms and one man enumerator administered the IAT at the tent location. There were 5 sets of platforms covering the lines that departures from Central. The enumerators covered the lines in a randomized order. That order was randomized in Stata and shared with the platforms enumerators at the beginning of each day.

Please refer to the Platform Survey and IAT Protocol and the Ethics document provided as supporting documentation for more information.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Astrid Zwager DIME, World Bank azwager@worldbank.org
Florence Kondylis DIME, World Bank fkondylis@worldbank.org
Luiza Andrade DIME, World Bank lcardoso@worldbank.org
Confidentiality
Citation requirements
Example:

Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download

Example:
Kondylis, F (World Bank), A. Legovini (World Bank), K.Vyborny (Duke University), A. Zwager (World Bank), L. Andrade (World Bank). Survey Data for WP9269: Demand for "Safe Spaces": Avoiding Harassment and Stigma 2015-2016 (DSS 2015-2016). Ref (BRA_2015-2016_DSS_v01_M). Downloaded from [url] on [date].

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_BRA_2015-2016_DSS_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Data Group DECDG World Bank Documentation of the Study
Date of Metadata Production
2020-07-20
DDI Document version
Version 01
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