Women empowerment and access to maternity and reproductive healthcare in Pakistan: cross-validation of a Survey-based Index in Afghanistan (SWEI-A)

Table 2 The internal reliability of individual items, domains, and whole index

Domain (score range)	Variables	Cronbach’s α
Domain (score range)		Item	Overall
Labor Force Participation (0–13)	Occupation	0.94	0.96
	Earning	0.96
	Work autonomy	0.96
	Seasonality	0.94
Attitudes towards violence (0–5)	Justified if goes out without telling husband	0.87	0.90
	Justified if neglects children	0.88
	Justified if argues with husband	0.87
	Justified if refuses sex	0.88
	Justified if burns food	0.90
Access to Healthcare (4–8)	Permission	0.72	0.78
	Money	0.72
	Distance	0.69
	Going Alone	0.76
Decision-making (0–6)	Women's health	0.78	0.83
	Large household purchases	0.74
	Visiting relatives/family	0.78
Literacy (0–5)	Educational level	0.92	0.92
Literacy (0–5)	Literacy	0.92	0.92
Age at critical Life events (22–79)	Age at cohabitation	0.91	0.91
Age at critical Life events (22–79)	Age at first birth	0.91	0.91
Property-owning (0–6)	House ownership	0.47	0.47
Property-owning (0–6)	Land ownership	0.47	0.47
Total index	Included Factor 7		0.699
Total index	Without factor 7		0.702

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