The Time measure is one of ten total scales in the Agency, Resources, and Institutional Structures for Sanitation-related Empowerment (ARISE) Scales. This measure is intended to capture time spent on sanitation-related responsibilities and time spent meeting personal sanitation needs, such as needing to wake up earlier or needing to rush.
Geographies Tested: India,Uganda
Populations Included: Female
Age Range: Adults
1. The sanitation-related needs and responsibilities of my household prevent me from completing other household work.
2. The sanitation-related needs and responsibilities of my household require that I often have to wake up earlier than I want.
3. The sanitation-related needs and responsibilities of my household often make me miss out on other activities that I would like to do.
4. It often takes too much time to access and use my sanitation location.
5. I often have to rush when I am using my sanitation location.
6. I often have to wake up earlier than I want to access a sanitation location.
Response Options:
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
Items in the scale are summed. A weighted score is not necessary.
Sinharoy, S. S., McManus, S., Conrad, A., Patrick, M., & Caruso, B. A. (2023). The Agency, Resources, and Institutional Structures for Sanitation-related Empowerment (ARISE) Scales: Development and validation of measures of women's empowerment in urban sanitation for low- and middle-income countries. World Development, 164, 106183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106183
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