Typical Item | Response categories | Number of items | Cronbach Alpha for Worker data | Cronbach Alpha for Management data | Method of scaling | Hypothesis regarding expected change | |
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Primary outcomes | |||||||
Physical IPV during past 12 months | In the past 12 months, how many times your current husband has slapped you or something to you that could hurt you? | Never, once, few, many | 5 | – | – | Binary - never compared to once or more | Decrease |
Sexual IPV during past 12 months | In the past 12 months, how many times your current husband has physically forced you to have sexual intercourse when you did not want to? | Never, once, few, many | 5 | – | – | Binary - never compared to once or more | Decrease |
Severe physical and/or sexual IPV during past 12 months | Questions asked for measuring physical and sexual violence during past 12 months | Never, once, few, many | 10 | – | – | Binary - never compared to once or more | Decrease |
Witnessed or experienced workplace violence | In the past four weeks, how often have you experienced or witnessed a manager call a worker names? | Never, once, 2-3 times, many times | 8 | 0.83 | Mean | Decrease | |
Secondary outcomes | |||||||
Gender attitudes and responses to violence | |||||||
Acceptance of VAWG among female workers | In your opinion, does a man have good reason to hit his wife if she disobeys him? | 4-point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree | 6 | 0.69 | – | Mean | Decrease |
Positive gender attitudes among management staff | I think that a woman needs her husband’s permission to do paid work. | 4-point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree | 13 | – | 0.68 | Mean | Decrease |
Response to IPV | Did you go to any person/place for help when you experienced any physical or sexual violence during last 12 months? | Yes, no | 1 | – | – | Binary – yes compared to no | Increase |
Knowledge of services in response to IPV | Do you know from where one can get help for such experience? If yes, where? | Yes, no | 1 | – | – | Binary – yes compared to no | Increase |
Women’s well-being | |||||||
Self-esteem of the female garment workers | At times, You think you are no good at all. | 4-point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree | 10 | 0.76 | – | Mean | Increase |
Depression among female garment workers during past week | During the past week you thought your life had been a failure. | Rarely or none of the time; some or a little of the time; moderate amount of time; most or all of the time | 13 | 0.87 | – | Mean | Decrease |
Management knowledge, practices and experiences | |||||||
Better management style of management staff | If you do not comply with your supervisor, you will not be rewarded | Very unlikely; Somewhat likely; Very likely | 14 | 0.90 | – | Mean | Increase |
Correct knowledge regarding laws and policies | Are there laws/policies in this country that protect women from spousal violence? | Yes; no; don’t know | 5 | – | – | % correct compared to % incorrect | Increase |
Positive attitudes regarding laws and policies | To your opinion - “Sexual remark and gesture is an act of workplace violence” | Strongly agree; agree; no opinion; disagree; strongly disagree | 5 | – | Mean | Increase | |
Burn out among management staff | You feel used up at the end of the workday | Never; A few times year; Monthly; A few times a month; Every Week; A few times a week; Everyday | 16 | – | 0.67 | Mean | Decrease |