000265532 001__ 265532 000265532 005__ 20250626144221.0 000265532 022__ $$aNot assigned 000265532 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.22004/ag.econ.265532 000265532 037__ $$a302-2017-2918 000265532 041__ $$aeng 000265532 245__ $$aUsing cognitive interviewing to improve the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index survey instruments: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda 000265532 260__ $$c2017 000265532 269__ $$a2017-04 000265532 336__ $$aJournal Article 000265532 520__ $$aThe purpose of cognitive interviewing is to systematically identify and analyze sources of response error in surveys, and to use that information to improve the quality and accuracy of survey instruments. This paper describes the cognitive interviews undertaken in Bangladesh and Uganda in 2014 as part of the second round of pilots intended to refine the original version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Index (WEAI). The WEAI is a survey-based tool that assesses gendered empowerment in agriculture. Baseline data were collected in 19 countries, but implementers reported some problems, such as confusion among both respondents and enumerators regarding the meaning of abstract concepts in the autonomy sub-module and difficulties recalling the sequence and duration of activities in the time-use sub-module. The results revealed potential problems with the survey questions and informed the revision of the WEAI, called the Abbreviated WEAI (or A-WEAI), which has less potential for response errors. 000265532 546__ $$aEnglish 000265532 650__ $$aLabor and Human Capital 000265532 650__ $$aPublic Economics 000265532 6531_ $$aAgriculture 000265532 6531_ $$aBangladesh 000265532 6531_ $$acognitive interviewing 000265532 6531_ $$acognitive testing 000265532 6531_ $$asurvey methodology 000265532 6531_ $$aUganda 000265532 6531_ $$awomen’s empowerment 000265532 700__ $$aMalapit, Hazel Jean L. 000265532 700__ $$aSproule, Kathryn 000265532 700__ $$aKovarik, Chiara 000265532 773__ $$j02$$k02$$q1$$o22$$tJournal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender) 000265532 8560_ $$fweidm015@umn.edu 000265532 8564_ $$9f92698c3-7a68-4968-9f0b-f622c923e857$$s448553$$uhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/265532/files/JGAFS222017-1-Paper.pdf 000265532 8564_ $$9bf2c9fb5-b841-4e57-8d2c-0977575c9c46$$xpdfa$$s1600770$$uhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/265532/files/JGAFS222017-1-Paper.pdf?subformat=pdfa 000265532 909CO $$ooai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:265532$$pGLOBAL_SET 000265532 913__ $$aBy depositing this Content ('Content') in AgEcon Search, I agree that I am solely responsible for any consequences of uploading this Content to AgEcon Search and making it publicly available, and I represent and warrant that: I am either the sole creator and the owner of the copyrights and all other rights in the Content; or, without obtaining another’s permission, I have the right to deposit the Content in an archive such as AgEcon Search. To the extent that any portions of the Content are not my own creation, they are used with the copyright holder’s express permission or as permitted by law. Additionally, the Content does not infringe the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of another, nor does the Content violate any laws or another’s rights of privacy or publicity. The Content contains no restricted, private, confidential, or otherwise protected data or information that should not be publicly shared. I understand that AgEcon Search will do its best to provide perpetual access to my Content. In order to support these efforts, I grant the Regents of the University of Minnesota ('University'), through AgEcon Search, the following non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, world-wide rights and licenses: to access, reproduce, distribute and publicly display the Content, in whole or in part, in order to secure, preserve and make it publicly available, and to make derivative works based upon the Content in order to migrate the Content to other media or formats, or to preserve its public access. These terms do not transfer ownership of the copyright(s) in the Content. These terms only grant to the University the limited license outlined above. 000265532 980__ $$a302