The Collective Action measure is one of ten total scales in the Agency, Resources, and Institutional Structures for Sanitation-related Empowerment (ARISE) Scales. The measure is intended to capture a sense of trust and community, mutual support, and mutual goals and interests within one's community, particularly regarding sanitation.
Geographies Tested: India,Uganda
Populations Included: Female
Age Range: Adults
1. Community members and I share common goals for improving sanitation in this community.
2. The sanitation-related goals I share with my community motivate me to work with others, even when that is challenging.
3. I am confident that members of my community will work with one another to achieve sanitation related goals.
4. People in this community would be willing to contribute time/labor, money, or other resources toward common sanitation goals.
5. If I need help with a sanitation-related project, there are people in this community who I could trust to help me.
6. If there was a sanitation problem in this community, it is likely that people would cooperate to try to solve the problem.
7. If there is a problem that affects the entire community, people in this community would help each other to address the issue.
8. Most people in this community would be willing to help each other with sanitation-related projects.
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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