Greco, G;
Skordis-Worrall, J;
Mills, A;
(2018)
Development, Validity, and Reliability of the Women's Capabilities Index.
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
, 19
(3)
pp. 271-288.
10.1080/19452829.2017.1422704.
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Abstract
We report the results of a series of validity and reliability tests performed during the development of the Women’s Capabilities Index (WCI) in Malawi. The WCI is a multidimensional measure based on Sen’s capability framework for assessing women’s quality of life. Construct validity was assessed by investigating the expected relationships of the dimensions with key socioeconomic characteristics. The majority of hypothesized associations were found to be statistically significant in the expected direction. This provides evidence that the index is measuring quality of life as intended in the conceptual model. Further evidence in support of the index’s validity was given by the high degree of correlation between the WCI and another scale measuring comparable (but not identical) domains of quality of life. The results from the internal consistency and the test–retest repeatability also offered encouraging evidence on the reliability of the instrument. This is the first study to rigorously and comprehensively test for validity and reliability a capabilities index for a low-income setting. The results of the validity and reliability tests provide supportive evidence that a locally developed measure of capabilities can be used as a robust tool for the assessment of women’s quality of life.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Development, Validity, and Reliability of the Women's Capabilities Index |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19452829.2017.1422704 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2017.1422704 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Planning & Development, Public Administration, Capability approach, Gender, Health, Measurement, Well-being, Validity, Reliability, Outcome measure, Low- and middle-income countries, Developing countries, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, CONSTRUCT-VALIDITY, OUTCOME MEASUREMENT, HEALTH ECONOMICS, VALIDATION |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10052263 |
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