Table 2 Empowerment indicator means, proportions, and factor loadings^a

Dimension 1: Access to information

 Completed level of education, mean (SD)

5.1 (3.4)

0.570

0.050

0.032

0.084

-0.072

0.150

 Watches TV, % (n)

28.5 (549)

0.635

0.117

0.039

0.004

-0.091

-0.013

 Reads newspaper or magazine, % (n)

18.9 (364)

0.763

-0.181

0.016

-0.011

0.003

0.048

 Listens to the radio, % (n)

55.0 (1060)

0.771

0.025

-0.155

0.004

0.060

-0.035

Dimension 2: Barriers to healthcare

 Getting permission, % (n)

81.4 (1569)

0.002

0.876

-0.070

0.017

0.040

0.014

 Money, % (n)

54.8 (1056)

0.074

0.737

0.021

-0.016

-0.010

-0.024

 Distance, % (n)

55.6 (1072)

0.020

0.878

0.046

-0.042

-0.037

-0.016

 Going alone, % (n)

69.4 (1337)

-0.027

0.840

-0.007

0.046

0.024

0.035

Dimension 3: Social independence

 Age at 1^st marriage, mean (SD)

16.0 (1.6)

0.053

0.004

-0.038

0.008

0.011

0.895

 Age at 1^st sex, mean (SD)

15.5 (1.7)

0.051

-0.012

0.057

-0.023

0.001

0.693

 Partner age difference, mean (SD)

-7.4 (4.6)

E

E

E

E

E

E

 Partner education difference, mean (SD)

-1.1 (3.7)

E

E

E

E

E

E

Dimension 4: Asset ownership

E

E

E

E

E

E

 Earns a cash income, % (n)^b

28.1 (541)

E

E

E

E

E

E

 Owns house alone or jointly, % (n)

39.5 (761)

-0.091

-0.015

0.022

-0.003

0.827

0.013

 Owns land alone or jointly, % (n)

32.9 (633)

0.033

0.030

0.000

0.006

0.998

-0.004

Dimension 5: Role in HH decision-making

 Own healthcare, % (n)

67.6 (1301)

0.099

-0.031

0.831

-0.022

0.004

0.008

 HH purchases, % (n)

52.3 (1007)

-0.034

0.007

0.929

0.013

0.043

-0.024

 Visits to family and friends, % (n)

62.1 (1195)

-0.166

0.075

0.795

0.060

-0.086

0.042

 Use of husband income, % (n)

57.45 (1103)

0.097

-0.046

0.742

-0.039

0.081

-0.034

Dimension 6: Rejects IPV

 Goes out without permission, % (n)

55.0 (1059)

-0.035

0.051

0.043

0.881

-0.009

-0.029

 Burns food, % (n)

72.9 (1404)

0.233

0.030

-0.037

0.743

-0.026

0.027

 Neglects child, % (n)

48.4 (933)

-0.031

-0.066

-0.006

0.938

0.045

-0.046

 Refuses sex, % (n)

64.5 (1243)

0.141

-0.016

-0.005

0.820

0.010

0.030

 Argues with husband, % (n)

53.2 (1025)

-0.001

0.004

0.026

0.885

-0.022

0.020