Gender attitudes in the Arab region – The role of framing and priming effects

authored by

Ann Kristin Reitmann, Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm, Eleonora E.M. Nillesen

Abstract

Most evidence on survey response effects is based in the Western world. We use data from two randomized experiments built into a nation-wide representative household survey in Tunisia to analyze the effects of framing and priming on responses to gender attitudes in the Arab context. Our first experiment shows that questions on attitudes towards decision-making power when framed in an equality frame reduce responses in favor of gender inequality. In our second experiment we find that responses to attitudes towards domestic violence are susceptible to an audio primer. Oral statistical information about the incidence of domestic violence in Tunisia increases disapproval of domestic violence among the male subsample further, but does not affect women. In terms of impact heterogeneity, we find mixed results for treatment interventions interacting with the gender of the interviewer and the interviewer's perceived religiosity.

External Organisation(s)

University of Passau
United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Maastricht University

Type

Article

Journal

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volume

80

ISSN

0167-4870

Publication date

10.2020

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sociology and Political Science, Applied Psychology, Economics and Econometrics

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2020.102288 (Access: Open)