Assessment of women's empowerment

An exploratory study to develop a valid and reliable Persian-version tool

Bibliographic Data

ID15218808
AuthorsHassan Rafiey (0000-0003-2818-5150, Assistant Professor, Social Welfare Management Research Centre, Department of Social Welfare, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email address), Mostafa Amini Rarani (PhD in health policy, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Email address), Mostafa Amini‐rarani (0000-0002-4809-2237, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences), Fardin Alipour (0000-0002-1091-4100, Assistant Professor, Social Welfare Management Research Centre, Department of Social Work, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98 2122180064. Email address, corresponding author), Narges Rouhi (0000-0003-4027-4957, PhD candidate in Health in disaster and emergency, Health in disaster and emergency department, school of health management and information sciences, Iran university of medical sciences. Email address), Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae (0000-0003-2172-9653, University of Liverpool)
Year2018
Volume39
Issue10
Pages1110-1122
Publication date2018-03-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2018.1442837
PMID29505350
OpenAlexW2793393067
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited30

Lack of a valid and reliable women's empowerment tool was reported by previous studies in Iran. The authors of this paper, accordingly, intended to fill this gap by developing a valid questionnaire. 600 women in Dezful city, southeast of Iran, took part in the study in 2014-2015. Multistage sampling method was used to recruit the participants. Our exploratory factor analysis revealed that 18 items of the model loaded on 4 factors. Internal consistency of the questionnaire was suitable as Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.77. Considering high validity and shortness of the questionnaire, it can be used as a trustful and comprehensive tool to measure women's empowerment in future studies

Cronbach's alpha · Empowerment · Exploratory factor analysis · Internal consistency · Persian · Political science · Psychometrics · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Community Health and Development · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology

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