The Women's Empowerment Scale is a contextually defined measure of women's empowerment developed for the present study and derived from the Mason and Smith (2000) Measures of Women's Empowerment and Couples Communication questions.
Developed by:
Lwendo Moonzwe Davis, Stephen L. Schensul, Jean J. Schensul, Ravi Verma, Bonnie K. Nastasi, Rajendra Sing
Measure domains:
Domestic decision-making
Control over sexual relations
Freedom of movement/mobility
Control over sexual relations
Freedom of movement/mobility
Items and subscales:
23 items
Outcomes predicted:
General health problems
Pregnancy-related health problems
Pregnancy-related health problems
Cronbach's alpha:
0.82
Study population(s):
Married women between the ages of 18 and 48 from three marginalized communities in Mumbai.
Measure validated?:
N
Link(s) to Validation Study and/or Measure:
Citation of original article
Get citationDavis, L.M., Schensul, S.L., Schensul, J.J., Verma, R., Nastasi, B.K., Sing, R. (2014). Women's empowerment and its differential impact on health in low income communities in Mumbai, India. Glob Public Health, 9(5), 481-494.doi:10.1080/17441692.2014.904919.