Household Economic Decision Making
Household Economic Decision Making
Household Economic Decision Making includes a single multi-response item which asks women about their ability to make economic decisions such as taking out a loan or buying goods for business. This measure was included as part of The Status of Women Survey, which aims to capture individual experiences of empowerment after participation in a microcredit program. The survey was conducted by the Asian Development Bank in 2006.
Short Measure
Multi-Country
ITEMS:
1. Who in your household decides…?
- To take out a loan?
- How to use loans you have taken?
- What you buy for your business?
- How your product is sold?
- How to use profits from your business?
- What work you do during a normal day?
Response Options:* No answer Husband only Mostly husband Husband and wife equally Mostly wife Wife only Don’t know Not applicable
* Numeric codes for the Response Options above were not provided in the original report.
PSYCHOMETRIC SCORE
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
Philippines
Uzbekistan
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
AGE RANGE:
Adolescents
Adults
Scoring Procedures:
Not Applicable
PRIMARY CITATION:
Asian Development Bank. (2007). Effect of Microfinance Operations on Poor Rural Households and the Status of Women. https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/evaluation-document/35432/files/sst-reg-2007-19.pdf
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: 0.00/10 Points (NO DATA)
Citation Frequency
KEY
FULL POINTS
PARTIAL POINTS NOT ASSESSED NOT APPLICABLEFor more details, see Scoring Methodology
