УПОТРЕБАТА НА ВЪПРОСИ-ВИНЕТКИ ПРИ ИЗСЛЕДВАНЕ НА ЧУВСТВИТЕЛНИ ТЕМИ В РОМСКИТЕ ОБЩНОСТИ
THE USE OF VIGNETTE QUESTIONS IN A CASE OF SENSITIVE TOPICS IN RESEARCH ON THE ROMA COMMUNITIES
Author(s): Alexey PamporovSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Институт за изследване на населението и човека - Българска академия на науките
Summary/Abstract: The outcome of a rapid assessment study on the knowledge and attitudes towards risky sexual behaviour of Roma youths living in four distant provinces in Bulgaria is the main topic of the discussion. The paper focuses on the possible use of vignette questions when sensitive issues appear to be a research subject. The fieldwork was based on four focused group discussions with young people and 12 focused discussions with medical doctors, health mediators and Roma women. Six sensitive situations were presented in the style of a soup opera plot as follows: early coitarche, teenage pregnancy, single motherhood, abortion and contraception, sexual transmitted diseases and traffic in women and girls. The outcome of the study suggests that there is an extremely high level of tolerance towards the teenage pregnancy and a high level of tolerance towards the early beginning of the sexual life, which puts young Roma women in a risky situation. Trafficking in women and girls seems to be the less risky situation from all listed above. However, it could be that it is simply better known because it is the most widespread among the Roma population in Bulgaria. This should be a topic of further discussions and a possible part of a representative survey which can use the same vignettes but with pre-defined answers based on the outcomes from the focused groups.
Journal: Население
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 22-35
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Bulgarian
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