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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of International Development |
| Early online date | 23 Feb 2024 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 23 Feb 2024 |
Abstract
Youth empowerment has become a growing concern for achieving sustainable development worldwide. Yet, there is limited evidence on which domains of empowerment are important for youth and how they can be operationalized with indicators for measurement. We propose four domains of youth empowerment with corresponding indicators and use a well-established methodology for constructing a composite index. Using data from a household survey in Tunisia, we assess youth empowerment in the proposed domains and explore their relation to youth well-being. The proposed approach can help monitor youth empowerment in various contexts and evaluate the effectiveness of youth interventions.
Keywords
- measurement, Middle East and North Africa region, multidimensional index, well-being, youth empowerment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Social Sciences(all)
- Development
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In: Journal of International Development, 23.02.2024.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring youth empowerment
T2 - An application to Tunisia
AU - Goedhuys, Micheline
AU - Grimm, Michael
AU - Meysonnat, Aline
AU - Nillesen, Eleonora
AU - Reitmann, Ann Kristin
N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by funds from the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland (TAQEEM Initiative). The ILO had no involvement in any stage of this study. Funding information
PY - 2024/2/23
Y1 - 2024/2/23
N2 - Youth empowerment has become a growing concern for achieving sustainable development worldwide. Yet, there is limited evidence on which domains of empowerment are important for youth and how they can be operationalized with indicators for measurement. We propose four domains of youth empowerment with corresponding indicators and use a well-established methodology for constructing a composite index. Using data from a household survey in Tunisia, we assess youth empowerment in the proposed domains and explore their relation to youth well-being. The proposed approach can help monitor youth empowerment in various contexts and evaluate the effectiveness of youth interventions.
AB - Youth empowerment has become a growing concern for achieving sustainable development worldwide. Yet, there is limited evidence on which domains of empowerment are important for youth and how they can be operationalized with indicators for measurement. We propose four domains of youth empowerment with corresponding indicators and use a well-established methodology for constructing a composite index. Using data from a household survey in Tunisia, we assess youth empowerment in the proposed domains and explore their relation to youth well-being. The proposed approach can help monitor youth empowerment in various contexts and evaluate the effectiveness of youth interventions.
KW - measurement
KW - Middle East and North Africa region
KW - multidimensional index
KW - well-being
KW - youth empowerment
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U2 - 10.1002/jid.3886
DO - 10.1002/jid.3886
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85186450013
JO - Journal of International Development
JF - Journal of International Development
SN - 0954-1748
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