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Women's Empowerment Scale

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

Items and subscales:

23 items

Outcomes predicted:

General 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

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Davis, 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.