The SWPER index for women's empowerment in Africa: development and validation of an index based on survey data

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2017, Pages e916-e923

  Ewerling, Fernanda ^a   Lynch, John W ^b,c   Victora, Cesar G ^a   van Eerdewijk, Anouka ^d   Tyszler, Marcelo ^d   Barros, Aluisio J D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ATTITUDE TO VIOLENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GENDER DEVELOPMENT INDEX; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INDEPENDENCE; STUNTING; SURVEY BASED WOMENS EMPOWERMENT INDEX; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; AFRICA; BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026265861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30292-9     Document Type: Article

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