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Table 1 Data sources, sample sizes, years, and number of items for composite indicators of the LoVI and other national indicators

From: Development and validation of the LoVI: the Laws on Violence against women and girls Index

Construct and Indicators or Index

Data Source

# of Countries

Years

# of Items (Scale)

Laws on VAWG Index (LoVI)

 Sexual harassment

WB-WBL

189

2016/2018

3 (0,1)

 Child marriage

WB-WBL

186

2016/2018

1 (0,1)

 Domestic violence

WB-WBL

189

2016/2018

5 (0,1)

 Marital rape

WB-WBL

189

2016/2018

1 (0,1)

Laws on Women’s Economic Equality (LoWEE)

WB-WBL

189

2018

5 (0,1)

VAWG Programs

 VAWG Prevention Programs Index (VPPI)

2014 UN Report

133

2014

6 (0,1,2)

 VAWG Response Programs Index (VRPI)

2014 UN Report

133

2014

3 (0,1,2) 2 (0,1,2,3)

Societal Norms about VAWG

 Justification of physical IPV

DHS, MICS

78

2001–2017

 

 Exposure to physical/sexual IPV, ever

DHS

45

2005–2017

 

 Exposure to physical/sexual IPV, in prior year

DHS

46

2005–2017

 

Human development, income inequality

 Human Development Index (HDI)

Human Development Reports

183

2015

 

 Gender-related Development Index (GDI)

Human Development Reports

158

2015

 

 Gini coefficient (Gini)

The World Factbook

157

2003–2016

 
  1. DHS Demographic and Health Survey, IPV intimate partner violence, LoVI laws on violence against women and girls index, MICS Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, UN United Nations, VAWG violence against women and girls, WB-WBL World Bank, Women Business and Law database