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Table 2 Pairwise tetrachoric correlationsa of national laws against violence against women and girls, using data for 2016 and 2018 from the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law database

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

2016
 SH_comSH_genSH_empSH_eduChildMarDV_comDV_genDV_phyDV_sexDV_emoDV_ecoMarRape
SH_com1.00           
SH_gen0.78*1.00          
SH_emp0.88*0.97*1.00         
SH_edu0.99*0.79*0.79*1.00        
ChildMar0.50*0.160.60*0.51*1.00       
DV_com0.250.170.230.29*0.381.00      
DV_gen0.42*0.39*0.52*0.43*0.71*0.90*1.00     
DV_phy0.45*0.35*0.50*0.46*0.69*0.91*0.99*1.00    
DV_sex0.31*0.180.34*0.34*0.51*0.98*0.95*0.96*1.00   
DV_emo0.37*0.31*0.49*0.39*0.67*0.92*0.99*0.99*0.97*1.00  
DV_eco0.210.120.170.250.40*0.99*0.91*0.92*0.93*0.93*1.00 
MarRape0.240.35*0.45*0.240.350.56*0.64*0.67*0.59*0.65*0.54*1.00
2018
 SH_comSH_genSH_empSH_eduChildMarDV_comDV_genDV_phyDV_sexDV_emoDV_ecoMarRape
SH_com1.00           
SH_gen0.77*1.00          
SH_emp0.87*0.96*1.00         
SH_edu0.99*0.78*0.79*1.00        
ChildMar0.44−0.020.56*0.451.00       
DV_com0.27*0.070.180.30*0.45*1.00      
DV_gen0.52*0.260.44*0.53*0.65*0.91*1.00     
DV_phy0.54*0.230.49*0.55*0.63*0.92*0.99*1.00    
DV_sex0.38*0.090.32*0.40*0.48*0.97*0.97*0.97*1.00   
DV_emo0.49*0.220.43*0.51*0.62*0.92*0.99*0.99*0.97*1.00  
DV_eco0.28*0.090.200.31*0.46*0.99*0.92*0.92*0.95*0.93*1.00 
MarRape0.230.260.42*0.230.360.57*0.62*0.64*0.63*0.60*0.57*1.00
  1. SH Sexual Harassment, _com Composite, _gen general legislation, _emp employment, _edu education, ChildMar Child Marriage, DV Domestic Violence, _phy physical, _sex sexual, _emo emotional, _eco economic, MarRape Marital Rape
  2. Tetrachoric correlations are zero-adjusted so that when a cell has a zero count; Stata increases the frequency from zero to one-half while maintaining row and column totals
  3. *next to figures indicates significance at 0.05 level
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