Abstract
The objective of the research was to construct a multidimensional (viz., economic,
familial, socio-cultural, and psychological) index of women’s empowerment that
comprised two independent studies. In Study 1, individual measures of women’s
empowerment were constructed separately, and factorial validity of the measures
were established via exploratory factor analysis on a sample of 202 women of age
ranged between 21- 60 year (Mean= 39.5, SD= 10.70), belonging to five major
cities of Pakistan. In Study 2, the Composite Women’s Empowerment Index was
validated. Data of 500 women of age ranged between 21 and 60 year (Mean= 38.50,
SD= 9.40) from five major cities of Pakistan on all dimensions of women’s
empowerment were individually subjected to exploratory factor analyses by using
Varimax Rotation method. Factor analyses were yielded by Principal Component
Analysis (PCA). Women’s empowerment index as a latent variable appeared as a
good model fitthrough confirmatory factor analyses. The scale showed reasonably
high internal consistency.The results indicated that economic, familial, social and,
psychological empowerment were interrelated and complement each other.
Irrespective of the limitations, the study has immense scope.
Syeda Shahida Batool, Syeda Azra Batool. (2018) Construction and Validation of Composite Women’s Empowerment Index (CWEI), Journal of Arts and Social sciences, Volume 5, Issue 2.
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