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Table 1 WELI dimensions and weights

From: Can women’s empowerment in livestock farming improve household food security? Empirical evidence from rural households in Malawi

Empowerment dimension

Dimension weight

Indicator

Indicator weight

Agricultural production related decisions

1/5

a. Production decisions input

1/10

b. Production autonomy

1/10

Decisions related to nutrition

1/5

a. Nutrition related decisions

1/5

Income control and use

1/5

a. Farm income control

1/15

b. non-farm income control

1/15

c. Expense’s control

1/15

Resources access and control

1/5

a. Ownership and control over land and crop assets

1/15

b. Ownership and control over livestock assets

1/15

c. Credit access

1/15

Opportunities access and control

1/5

a. Membership to influential groups

1/5

  1. The researchers dropped the workload and control over own time dimension from the initial list of empowerment dimensions because it was deemed less relevant to household food security. It also takes more time and resources to administer. The researchers believe that this omission does not affect the study's outcome.
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Agriculture & Food Security

ISSN: 2048-7010