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Table 3 Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the Laws on Violence against Women and Girls Index (LoVI), using data for 2016 and 2018 from World Bank’s Women, Business, and Law Database

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

Composite legal indicator

WB 2016 EFA

Factor 1 (N = 189)

WB 2018 CFA

Factor 1 (N = 189)

Anti-child-marriage legislation

0.71

0.70

Anti-sexual-harassment legislation

0.39

0.39

Anti-domestic-violence legislation

0.74

0.79

Anti-marital-rape legislation

0.58

0.61

Model fit statistics

 Comparative Fit Index (CFI)

0.99

1.00

  1. CFA confirmatory factor analysis, EFA exploratory factor analysis