How to Better Capture Women’s Agency Through Decision-making Measures : Five Tips from Research in the Philippines
Accurately measuring and understanding agency, or one’s ability to make choices and achieve desired outcomes can support the design and targeting of effective development interventions, as well as tracking their impacts. To maximize the effectivene...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/799341619600129275/How-to-Better-Capture-Women-s-Agency-Through-Decision-making-Measures-Five-Tips-from-Research-in-the-Philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35529 |
| Summary: | Accurately measuring and understanding
agency, or one’s ability to make choices and achieve desired
outcomes can support the design and targeting of effective
development interventions, as well as tracking their
impacts. To maximize the effectiveness of development
interventions, it is critical to understand women’s agency
and how agency may influence the effectiveness of program
design. Women’s decision-making in the household is
frequently captured in surveys as a proxy for women’s
agency. Using new analysis from a spousal survey with
farming households in the Philippines, the authors explore
which survey questions can accurately capture the difference
in agency of women. |
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