Emic definitions of empowerment for just development: learnings from Kenya

Table 2 Pro-WEAI score

Indicator	Women	Men
Number of observations	343	267
3DE score	0.88	0.86
Disempowerment score (1–3DE)	0.12	0.14
% achieving empowerment	0.64	0.63
% not achieving empowerment	0.36	0.37
Mean 3DE score for not yet empowered	0.66	0.62
Mean disempowerment score (1–3DE)	0.34	0.38
Gender Parity Index (GPI)	0.97
Number of dual-adult households	267
% achieving gender parity	0.75
% not achieving gender parity	0.25
Average empowerment gap	0.12
Pro-WEAI score	0.89

Source: Authors
The Pro-WEAI score is derived from the weighted average of two sub-indices: the Three Domains of Empowerment Index (3DE), with a weight of 0.90, and the Gender Parity Index (GPI), with a weight of 0.10. Both the Pro-WEAI score and the values of the two sub-indices are highlighted in bold. Additional illustrative statistics pertaining to the sub-indices are also provided

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