An inception workshop for the Gender, Agriculture & Assets Project Phase 2 (GAAP2): Developing Project-Level Indicators to Measure Women’s Empowerment was held in January 2016.
In this presentation Hazel Malapit of IFPRI introduces the Abbreviated WEAI (A-WEAI).
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The Abbreviated WEAI (A-WEAI) - GAAP2 Inception Workshop
1. The Abbreviated WEAI
(A-WEAI)
Hazel Malapit, h.malapit@cgiar.org
Research Coordinator, International Food Policy Research Institute
GAAP2 Inception Workshop, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya
January 27, 2016
2. Creating the A-WEAI
USAID Goals
Streamline survey
Reduce time to administer by ~30%
Improve problematic modules (time use, autonomy in production, credit, and speaking
in public)
Process
Developed pilot questionnaire (2013-early 2014)
Conducted cognitive testing (summer 2014)
Pilot fieldwork in Bangladesh and Uganda (summer-fall 2014)
Analyzed data from pilots (early 2015)
Outcomes
Version of WEAI with 6 indicators and streamlined questions
Intended for use by USAID, other donors, and potentially by national statistical systems
for household surveys
3. Original WEAI vs A-WEAI
DOMAIN INDICATORS WEIGHT
1 Production Input in productive
decisions
Autonomy in
production
1/10
1/10
2 Resources Ownership of assets
Purchase, sale, or
transfer of assets
Access to and
decisions on credit
1/15
1/15
1/15
3 Income Control over use of
income
1/5
4 Leadership Group membership
Speaking in public
1/10
1/10
5 Time Workload
Leisure
1/10
1/10
TOTAL 100%
DOMAIN INDICATORS WEIGHT
1 Production Input in productive
decisions
1/5
2 Resources Ownership of assets
Access to and
decisions on credit
2/15
1/15
3 Income Control over use of
income
1/5
4 Leadership Group membership 1/5
5 Time Workload 1/5
TOTAL 100%
Original: 5 domains, 10 indicators A-WEAI: 5 domains, 6 indicators
4. A-WEAI
Pros:
Shorter administration time compared with the original WEAI (reduced by 30%)
Does not include some of the more problematic modules from original baselines
When compared to the original WEAI using the second pilot data, the top two
constraints contributing to women’s and men’s disempowerment remained the
same
Cons:
Measures fewer indicators of empowerment; dropping four indicators
Only comparable to original baselines if analysis is restricted to 6 indicators
When compared to the original WEAI using the second pilot data, one of the top
three indicators contributing to women’s and men’s disempowerment changed
CAVEAT: Pilots are based on small samples in 2 countries, so results are only
indicative
6. Production: Input in productive decisions
Inadequacy cutoff
Inadequate if (1) individual participates BUT does not have at least some
input in decisions or (2) does not make the decisions nor feels s/he could to
at least a medium extent
Aggregation method
Respondent must have achievement in two (must be above the threshold
for two activities)
8. Resources: Ownership of assets
Inadequacy cutoff
Inadequate if household owns the type of asset BUT s/he does not own it
solely or jointly
Aggregation method
Achievement if at least one asset except if only one small asset (D - Poultry,
F - non-mechanized equipment, K -small consumer durable)
10. Resources: Access to and decisions on credit
Inadequacy cutoff
Inadequate if household (1) has no credit OR (2) used a source of credit BUT
s/he did not participate in ANY decisions about it
Aggregation method
Achievement in any
12. Income: Control over use of income
Inadequacy cutoff
Inadequate if (1)individual participates BUT does not have at least some
input in decisions or (2) does not make the decisions nor feels s/he could to
at least a medium extent
Aggregation method
Achievement if individual has some input in at least one activity as long as
not only (G) minor household expenditures
16. Time: Workload (FTF Haiti midterm survey)
CAPI example
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18. Question: We are not sure we have the time to collect the entire A-WEAI module.
Is it possible to only measure particular domains of the A-WEAI and not administer
the Index in its entirety without threats to validity and reliability?
Answer: You can certainly measure particular domains (or even indicators) by
themselves, but please note that doing so does not result in the A-WEAI. The A-
WEAI is obtained by taking a weighted average of two subindexes, the 5DE and
GPI, and both of them are obtained by taking the weighted average of the 6
indicators representing the 5 domains. These 6 indicators can each be interpreted
on their own, so if you do not have time to administer the entire module but wish
to collect some gender-relevant indicators, you can try to see which
domains/indicators are most relevant to you. There is a discussion paper available
that describes some of the validity testing that was done for the original
indicators; please see: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/women-s-empowerment-
agriculture-index. In addition, we recommend referring to the versions table to
determine which version of the index is best for you.
Frequently asked questions (1)
19. Question: How much does it cost to collect the A-WEAI module?
Answer: The second pilot cost $44-$83k but that included a longer module that
included all the questions we were testing but didn’t use, as well as 2 rounds of
cognitive testing. The original WEAI pilots cost between $36-$56k across the three
countries. The Feed the Future baselines (which collected many more modules)
were much more expensive. The Rwanda survey (2000 households) cost $160,000
but included two dietary diversity modules and the Household Hunger Scale. The
Tajikistan survey (2000 households) cost $425,000 and collected many more
modules on consumption, expenditure, dietary diversity, anthropometric
measurement, etc.
Question: How long does it take to administer the A-WEAI?
Answer: Based on IFPRI’s experience implementing the A-WEAI pilots, the final A-
WEAI questionnaire is estimated to take 25-30 minutes per person. If the surveys
are done concurrently with men and women, then the additional time per dual-
adult household is also 25-30 minutes.
Frequently asked questions (2)
20. Thank you!
Any questions?
Contact Hazel Malapit at h.malapit@cgiar.org
Visit the WEAI Resource Center:
https://www.ifpri.org/topic/weai-resource-center
Notas do Editor
Note that the rows are incomplete.
A lot of variation on responses, more nuance
Took more time, need well-trained enumerators