The Enforcing Contracts measure uses 2 items from the 2019 World Bank Doing Business Survey-a project to measure the regulations and enforcement of these regulations on small and medium sized companies in the private sector of 190 countries. The Enforcing Contracts module asks about laws regarding the weight of testimony of women compared to men in a civil procedure law. Navigational aspects (i.e. skip-out patterns and next question sequences) have not been included on this page but can be viewed on the original questionnaire located here.
Short Measure
Multi-Country
Gender Equality
2. According to the applicable civil procedure law, does a woman’s testimony carry the same evidentiary weight in court as a man’s in all types of court cases?
Response Options:* Yes No
2. If not, in which kind of cases do they not carry the same weight (e.g. commercial, family, etc.)?
Response Options: _____ [Open response]
* Numeric codes for the Response Options above were not provided in the original questionnaire.
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
Male
AGE RANGE:
Adults
Not Applicable
PRIMARY CITATION:
World Bank Group. (2019). Doing Business 2019 - Enforcing Contracts Questionnaire. https://www.doingbusiness.org/content/dam/doingBusiness/media/Methodology/Survey-Instruments/DB19/DB19-EC-questionnaire-en.pdf
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