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Agency, Resources, and Institutional Structures for Sanitation-related Empowerment (ARISE): Knowledge

The Knowledge 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 knowledge and skills related to 1) community sanitation, 2) personal sanitation repairs and maintenance, 3) influencing community-level sanitation decisions.

Categories

Geographies Tested: India,Uganda

Populations Included: Female

Age Range: Adults

Items:

1. I have skills – such as budgeting, organization, or mobilizing people in my community – to contribute to sanitation related projects in my community.
2. I know how decisions about sanitation are made in my community.
3. I know how to manage money for a sanitation project in my community.
4. If my toilet/latrine needed repairs, I would know how to get it fixed.
5. I know how to make minor repairs or improvements to a latrine/toilet, like unclogging, replacing a lightbulb, or fixing a door.
6. I have enough knowledge to contribute to decisions on sanitation in my community.
7. I am knowledgeable about my community’s sanitation issues.
8. If my community had the opportunity to improve our sanitation conditions, I would have ideas about what the community needs most.
9. I have skills – such as budgeting and organization – to contribute to sanitation related projects in my household.
10. I know how to manage money for a sanitation project in my household.

Response Options:
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree

Scoring Procedures

Items in the scale are summed. A weighted score is not necessary.

Original Citation

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


Psychometric Score

Ease of Use Score

Scoring breakdown

Formative Research

Qualitative Research

Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework

Field Expert Input

Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing

Reliability

Internal

Test-retest

Interrater

Validity

Content

Face

Criterion (gold-standard)

Construct

KEY

Ease of Use

Readability

Scoring Clarity

Length

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