To make agency measurement more practical and scalable, MAGNET has developed short-form versions of four tools, now being piloted across five data collections. These innovations aim to reduce respondent burden while preserving the reliability and richness of the original measures. The Critical Consciousness Scale was streamlined from 45 to 12 questions through rigorous psychometric analysis […]
New working paper: When is there power in not deciding?
A new World Bank Working Paper, Deciding Not to Decide: When Is There Power in Not Deciding? by Marya Hillesland, Cheryl R. Doss, Serena Masino, Martina Querejeta, Aletheia Amalia Donald, Greg Seymour, and Clare Clingain, challenges traditional ways of measuring empowerment. Drawing on unique mixed methods data with over 1,800 adults in rural Kenya, the […]
MAGNET is launching household surveys
The MAGNET initiative is launching household surveys in India and Uganda to test new tools for measuring agency developed by the initiative over past two years. In India, the survey will include interviews with approximately 1,700 men and women respondents from rural and urban households within the Bengaluru, Mysore, and Udupi districts of Karnataka. In […]
MAGNET paper presented at IPA-Northwestern Methods & Measurement Conference
Aletheia Donald presented four new scales from the forthcoming MAGNET paper “Measuring Psychological Constructs in Low-Income Settings” (co-authored with Clare Clingain and Maria Hernandez-de-Benito) at the IPA-Northwestern Methods & Measurement Conference on October 12th. At the conference, researchers from around the world discussed recent advances in measurement under IPA’s Research Methods Initiative’s three strands: Research […]
MAGNET tools presented at REACH Conference
Maria Hernandez de Benito andMarya Hillesland presented four of MAGNET’s new decision-making survey tools at the REACH Water Security & Poverty Conference at the University of Oxford on September 22, 2023. The seminar was convened by Professor Cheryl R. Doss and focused on tools for measuring women’s empowerment and agency in the water sector. To […]
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