Previous research has found that adults often underreport their own drug use.

This number appeared to underreport significantly the level of violence against women in the country.

But most experts agree that one sure way to draw an audit is to underreport income.

Indeed, even in surveys, women are apt to underreport rape.

In other cases, American companies underreport their assets or their activity.

Employees, they reason, would not underreport their hours, even if their employers might.

Some studies suggest people underreport their caloric intake by 30 percent or more.

Furthermore, it has also been found that Indian women frequently underreport illnesses.

Obese people also underreport how much food they consume compared to those of normal weight.

We know people underreport by about 30 percent.

But such a system tends to emphasize unusual complications and underreport others.

The Census has stated that its surveys likely underreport insurance coverage.

Why do people underreport the magnitude of their debts?

By law, officials are required to file financial disclosure statements, although these often underreport actual income.

Both sides routinely exaggerate enemy losses and underreport their own.

People may underreport, he says, because of the “socially undesirable nature of the term envy”.

Company leaders admitted trying to underreport the death toll from the accident

One possibility is that men have been socialized to be more stoic, so they underreport pain.

Women who are victimised by domestic violence may underreport or fail to report instances.

Many employers underreport their labor force to avoid paying taxes and benefits, creating a significant gray market.

"There's no - no one in the government, here or on the ground, is going to underreport what's happening," he said.

That data is highly reliable for information like method of delivery and birth weight, but may underreport individual medical risk factors.

That same report said workers may underreport injuries because they fear retaliation, or the loss of rewards based on safety records.

That could result more from client pressure to underreport than from aggressive action by lawyers, the report said.

There have been reports that precincts underreport crimes for fear of rebukes from above.

And women in particular may be likely to under-report this number.

This leads such indexes to under-report the market's true return.

Accordingly, most foreign observers believe that the official numbers under-report the problem.

It is common in the country for small business owners to under-report sales and pay lower value-added tax.

As well, households consistently under-report the amount of money they spend on gambling.

These official figures are likely to under-report actual numbers.

Now, in contrast, managers are tempted to under-report their performance, to avoid taxes.

Numerous western military analysts believe China to under-report its military spend.

It is probably not only married women who under-report, but this is just the one area in which comparison can be made.

"The government has no way of tracking how much I make, so I'll just under-report."

They are conservative and may under-report the actual numbers of those killed, according to the UN.

The single biggest contributor to the tax gap - accounting for 84% of it - are people who simply under-report their income.

According to Chicago Magazine, superiors often pressure officers to under-report crime.

Still, before the "one child policy" was introduced a dozen years ago, there was no obvious reason to under-report girls.

Although social assistance recipients were eligible for drug benefits in each province, they also tended to under-report.

Older people also tend to under-report their symptoms.

Yes, because we have fishing everywhere, and all countries with distant-water fleets under-report their impact.

For example, why any person would intentionally under-report income on a tax return for a reason other than personal gain is a mystery.

Researchers now want funding to expand the study to see whether the behaviour is widespread, but suspect victims will under-report substance use.

Actual income, especially in urban areas like Cheboksary, is significantly higher because many people under-report their true earnings.

The total figure may overstate intra-company lending but under-report oligarchs’ private borrowing.

Many of the top catcher nations under-report their catches, in violation of international regulations.

Patrol officers have claimed that they are pushed to under-report crimes, thus making precinct statistics look better.

Obese people consistently under-report their food consumption as compared to people of normal weight.

"Some researchers argue that women might over-report health problems, and men might under-report.