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Assessment of Women's Empowerment: An Exploratory Study to Develop a Valid and Reliable Persian-Version Tool Publisher Pubmed



Rafiey H1 ; Rarani MA2 ; Alipour F1 ; Rouhi N3 ; Morasae EK4
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Source: Health Care for Women International Published:2018


Abstract

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. © 2018, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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