Calculating the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Agenda of the Webinar 1. Purpose and use of the WEAI 2. Video providing overview 3. How the WEAI and sub-indices are calculated 4. How the Indicators are calculated 5. Tools and procedures for analyzing the data ***Knowledge Checks throughout***
Purpose and Use of the WEAI Monitor change in women’s empowerment under FTF Evaluate Diagnostic tool approaches for to identify effectiveness constraints
Questions?
How is the WEAI constructed? All range from zero to one; higher values = greater empowerment Women’s Empowerment Five domains of Gender parity in Agriculture empowerment Index (GPI) (5DE) Index (WEAI)
Indicators are used to build individual empowerment profiles Five domains of empowerment
Who is empowered? An individual who has achieved ‘adequacy’ in 80% or more of the weighted indicators
5DE Formula
Example: Bangladesh 0.732
GPI formula
Example: Bangladesh 0.899
T otal WEAI Formula WEAI = 0.9(5DE) + 0.1(GPI) or WEAI = 0.9{H e + (H n x A a )} + 0.1{1 - (H w x R p )}
Example: Bangladesh T otal WEAI Formula WEAI = 0.9(5DE) + 0.1(GPI) WEAI = 0.9(0.732) + 0.1(0.899) WEAI Score = 0.7487
Questions?
Calculating the WEAI Indicators
Indicator Title MODULE #: MODULE TITLE FROM WEAI QUESTIONNAIRE -- page # Activity Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Activi Activity Description G2.01 G2.02 G2.03 ty Code A Food crop farming B Cash crop farming C Livestock raising E Wage and salary employment F Fishing or fishpond culture G2.02/G2.03: Input into decision making Questions in WHITE are used to calculate the indicator No input………………………………….1 Input into very few decisions…2 Questions in GRAY are NOT used for the indicator Input into some decisions………3 Input into most decisions……….4 Codes in BLUE demonstrate adequacy Input into all decisions……………5 No decision made……………………6
Input in Productive Decisions (1 of 2) MODULE G2: ROLE IN HOUSEHOLD DECISION-MAKING AROUND PRODUCTION AND INCOME GENERATION -- page 2 Activity Did you (singular) participate in How much input did How much input [ACTIVITY] in the past 12 months you have in making did you have in (that is during the last [one/two] decisions about decisions on the cropping seasons)? [ACTIVITY]? use of income Yes 1 generated from No 2 >> next activity [ACTIVITY] Activi Activity Description G2.01 G2.02 G2.03 tyCod e Food crop farming: crops that are grown primarily for A household food consumption Cash crop farming: crops that are grown primary for sale B in the market C Livestock raising Non-farm economic activities: Small business, self- D employment, buy-and-sell Wage and salary employment: in-kind or monetary work E both agriculture and other wage work F Fishing or fishpond culture G2.02/G2.03: Input into decision making No input 1 Input into very few decisions 2 Input into some decisions 3 Input into most decisions 4 Input into all decisions 5 No decision made 6
Input in Productive Decisions (2 of 2) MODULE G5: DECISION MAKING – page 7 When decisions are made regarding the To what extent do you feel you can make your own ENUMERATOR: Ask G5.01 for all categories of activities following aspects of household life, who is it personal decisions regarding these aspects of household before asking G5.02. Do not ask G5.02 if G5.01 that normally takes the decision? life if you want(ed) to? response is 1 and respondent is male OR G5.01 response is 2 and respondent is female. Ask only if G5.01 is 1 and respondent is female, G5.01 is 2 and respondent is male, or G5.01 is 3-7. If household does not engage in that particular activity, enter 98 and proceed to next activity. G5.01 G5.02 A Getting inputs for agricultural production The types of crops to grow for agricultural B production C Taking crops to the market (or not) D Livestock raising Your own (singular) wage or salary E employment Major household expenditures (such as a large F appliance for the house like refrigerator) Minor household expenditures (such as food G for daily consumption or other household needs) G5.01: Who makes decision G5.02: Extent of participation in decision making Main male or husband ……………………1 (if MALE) Not at all …………………………1 Main female or wife………………....2 (if FEMALE) Small extent……………………..2 Husband and wife jointly………………… 3 Medium extent…………………..3 Someone else in the household………………… 4 To a high extent…………………4 Jointly with someone else inside the HH………… 5 Jointly with someone else outside the HH………… 6 Someone outside the HH/other………………… 7 Household does not engage in activity/Decision not made……….98
Input in Productive Decisions Inadequacy cut-off: 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)
Autonomy MODULE G5 continued: MOTIVATION FOR DECISION MAKING – page 8 My actions in [ASPECT] Regarding [ASPECT] I do Regarding [ASPECT] I do are partly because I will what I do so others what I do because I ENUMERATOR: This set of questions is very important. I am get in trouble with don’t think poorly of me. personally think it is the going to give you some reasons why you act as you do in the someone if I act right thing to do. aspects of household life I just mentioned. You might have differently. several reasons for doing what you do and there is no right or [READ OPTIONS: Always . wrong answer. Please tell me how true it would be to say: [READ OPTIONS: Always True, Somewhat True, [READ OPTIONS: Always [If household does not engage in that particular activity, enter True, Somewhat True, Not Very True, or Never True, Somewhat True, 98 and proceed to next activity.] Not Very True, or Never True] Not Very True, or Never True] True] G5.03 G5.04 G5.05 A Getting inputs for agricultural production B The types of crops to grow for agricultural production C Taking crops to the market (or not) D Livestock raising G5.03/G5.04/G5.05: Motivation for activity To calculate RAI: Never true …………………………………..1 1. Responses are scored with Never true as lowest (=1) and Not very true …………………………………..2 Always true as highest (=4) Somewhat true …………………………………..3 2. For A, B, C, and D compute: Always true …………………………………..4 RAI = (- 2 x G5.03) – G5.04 + (3 x G5.05) Household does not engage in activity/ Decision not made……………98
Example of Autonomy Scoring My actions in [ASPECT] Regarding [ASPECT] I do Regarding [ASPECT] I do are partly because I will what I do so others what I do because I ENUMERATOR: This set of questions is very important. I am get in trouble with don’t think poorly of me. personally think it is the going to give you some reasons why you act as you do in the someone if I act right thing to do. aspects of household life I just mentioned. You might have differently. several reasons for doing what you do and there is no right or [READ OPTIONS: Always . wrong answer. Please tell me how true it would be to say: [READ OPTIONS: Always True, Somewhat True, [READ OPTIONS: Always [If household does not engage in that particular activity, enter True, Somewhat True, Not Very True, or Never True, Somewhat True, 98 and proceed to next activity.] Not Very True, or Never True] Not Very True, or Never True] True] G5.03 G5.04 G5.05 Never true = score 1 Never true = 1 Always true = 4 A Getting inputs for agricultural production B The types of crops to grow for agricultural production C Taking crops to the market (or not) D Livestock raising G5.03/G5.04/G5.05: Motivation for activity: Score To calculate RAI: Never true ………………………………….. 1 1. Responses are scored with Never true as lowest (=1) and Not very true ………………………………….. 2 Always true as highest (=4) Somewhat true ………………………………….. 3 2. For each A, B, C, and D compute: Always true ………………………………….. 4 RAI = (- 2 x 1) – 1 + (3 x 4) = 9 Household does not engage in activity/ Decision not made……………98
Autonomy Inadequacy cut-off: Inadequate if Relative Autonomy Indicator (RAI) ≤ 1 RAI is a weighted sum of G5.03-G5.05 for each activity Aggregation Method: Respondent must have achievement in at least one
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