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 […]
MAGNET researchers present at IAFFE Conference
At the 33rd Annual IAFFE Conference on July 4, 2025, Cheryl Doss (Tufts University) presented Half of Whole or All of Half? Exploring Preferences and Understandings of Joint Property Ownership, a paper co-authored with Martina Querejeta (Universidad de la República), and Marya Hillesland (KIT institute and University of Oxford). The presentation examined how individuals conceptualize […]
Cheryl Doss presents MAGNET reasearch at CSDI workshop in North Macedonia
Cheryl Doss (Tufts University) presented new MAGNET research at the Comparative Survey Design and Implementation (CSDI) workshop in April 2025 in Skopje, North Macedonia. Drawing on survey research from several sub-Saharan countries and cross-country validation work, Cheryl Doss highlighted how enumerator beliefs and the definition of “ownership” can reshape measures of women’s agency during the […]
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 […]
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