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Development, Validity, and Reliability of the Women's Capabilities Index.
Giulia Greco1, Jolene Skordis-Worrall2, Anne Mills1
1Department for global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
|July 6, 2018
Summary
The Women's Capabilities Index (WCI) effectively measures women's quality of life in Malawi. This study confirms the WCI
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Health Economics
- Development Studies
Background:
- Assessing women's quality of life is crucial for development.
- Existing measures may not capture context-specific capabilities.
- Sen's capability framework offers a robust theoretical basis.
Purpose of the Study:
- To report validity and reliability testing of the Women's Capabilities Index (WCI) in Malawi.
- To establish the WCI as a reliable tool for assessing women's quality of life in low-income settings.
Main Methods:
- Construct validity assessed via relationships with socioeconomic factors.
- Correlation analysis with comparable quality of life scales.
- Internal consistency and test-retest reliability evaluated.
Main Results:
- Most hypothesized associations between WCI dimensions and socioeconomic characteristics were statistically significant.
- High correlation found between WCI and a comparable quality of life scale.
- Internal consistency and test-retest reliability tests yielded encouraging results.
Conclusions:
- The Women's Capabilities Index (WCI) demonstrates strong validity and reliability for assessing women's quality of life in Malawi.
- The WCI is a robust, locally developed tool suitable for low-income contexts.
- This research provides a validated instrument for measuring women's well-being.