The Adolescent Empowerment Measure-Freedom of Movement is a 5-item measure designed to assess and compare the ability for young adolescents (10-14 years old) to travel and attend various activities independently. This measure was developed using data from the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS), a multi-context questionnaire designed to assess the ability for young people to expand their goals and aspirations in order to gain greater autonomy and achieve their goals.
Geographies Tested: Belgium,Bolivia,Burkina Faso,China,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Ecuador,Egypt,India,Indonesia,Kenya,Malawi,Mali,Nigeria,United Kingdom,United States of America,Vietnam
Populations Included: Female, Male
Age Range: Adolescents
ITEMS:
Can you tell me how often you are allowed to do the following alone?
Response Options:
0=Neverrarely 1=Sometimes 2=Often 999=Don't know 996=Refuse
Mean scores to be calculated as the average of summed scores of items, which individually is weighted by its corresponding factor loading.
Zimmerman, L. A., Li, M., Moreau, C., Wilopo, S., & Blum, R. (2019). Measuring agency as a dimension of empowerment among young adolescents globally; findings from the Global Early Adolescent Study. SSM-population health, 8.
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