Adolescent Empowerment Measure – Freedom of Movement
ADOLESCENT EMPOWERMENT MEASURE - FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
The Adolescent Empowerment Measure-Freedom of Movement is a 5-item scale designed to assess and compare the ability for young adolescents (10-14 years old) to travel and attend various activities independently. This measure was developed using data from the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS), a multi-context questionnaire designed to assess the ability for young people to expand their goals and aspirations in order to gain greater autonomy and achieve their goals.
High Psychometric Score
Short Measure
Multi-Country
ITEMS:
Can you tell me how often you are allowed to do the following alone?
- Go to after school activities (like sports clubs)
- Go to a party with boys and girls
- Meet with friends after school
- Go to a community center/movies/youth center
- Visit a friend of the opposite sex
Response Options:
Never/rarely - 0
Sometimes - 1
Often - 2
Don't know - 999
Refuse - 996
PSYCHOMETRIC SCORE
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
Bolivia
Burkina Faso
China
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ecuador
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
United Kingdom
United States of America
Vietnam
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
Male
AGE RANGE:
Adolescents
Scoring Procedures:
Mean scores were calculated based on each set of scaled items, which ranged from 1 to 4. Scale-based mean scores were calculated, across scaled items, as the average of summed scores of items, which individually was weighted by its corresponding factor loading.
PRIMARY CITATION:
Zimmerman, L. A., Li, M., Moreau, C., Wilopo, S., & Blum, R. (2019). Measuring agency as a dimension of empowerment among young adolescents globally; findings from the Global Early Adolescent Study. SSM-population health, 8, 100454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100454
Pyschometric Score:
Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
Internal
Test-retest
Interrater
Content
Face
Criterion (gold-standard)
Construct
Psychometric Scoring
Total Score: 6.00/8 Points (HIGH)
Citation Frequency
KEY
FULL POINTS
PARTIAL POINTS NOT ASSESSED NOT APPLICABLEFor more details, see Scoring Methodology
