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Understanding women’s empowerment using an exploratory mixed-methods index

Nkwake, Apollo M. ; Bensolomon, Baraka ; Mentz, Melody ; Fouché, Nadia

2017

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Title

Understanding women’s empowerment using an exploratory mixed-methods index

Keywords

Empowerment measurement; Women’s empowerment; index development; science capacity

Author(s)

Nkwake, Apollo M.
Bensolomon, Baraka
Mentz, Melody
Fouché, Nadia

Editor(s)

Empowerment is
a
multi-dimensional and contextually nuanced
construct,
which poses
measurement challenges.
An important feature of indices is their
ability to summarize multi-dimensional information into a single measure. However, the
key limitation of indices is their
inability to capture complex aspects that are best captured by qualitative methods.
This article
explores the development of an empowerment index using mixed-methods data in the context of
a female
scientist’s
empowerment program to explore the relationship between program
activities and empowerment, as well as participant demographics and empowerment.
The article
seeks to draw conclusions that will inform the design of indices for measuring women’s
empowerment at the individual level in research contexts.

Subject(s)

Labor and Human Capital
Research Methods/Statistical Methods

Issue Date

4/1/2017

Publication Type

Journal Article

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.262300

Record Identifier

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262300

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Not assigned

Language

English

Published in

Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender)

Volume

02

Issue

01

Page Range

149 - 171

Record Appears in

Africa Centre for Gender, Social Research and Impact Assessment > Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security (Agri-Gender)

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