Table 2.

Factor analysis for indicators of empowerment (weighted n = 7033 in Senegal; 4445 in Tanzania), Senegal and Tanzania DHS 2010

Latent construct	Aspects that survey asked	Factor loadings
		Senegal	Tanzania
Household decision-making	Decision on own health care	0.916	0.795
	Decision on major household purchases	0.869	0.865
	Decision on visits to family or relatives	0.851	0.939
Perceptions of gender norms against violence	Violence if going out without telling husband	0.917	0.890
	Violence if neglects the children	0.933	0.922
	Violence if argues with him	0.963	0.929
	Violence if refuses to have sex with him	0.911	0.883
	Violence if burnsthe food	0.822	0.863
Perceptions of gendernorms for sex negotiation	Perceived ability in refusing sex	0.803	0.844
	Perceived ability in asking condom use	0.771	0.693

Factor loadings from the three factor models are presented. All the loadings are significant at p < 0.05

Model fit statistics: [EFA for Senegal] RMSEA = 0.034, CFI = 0.996, TLI = 0.989, SRMS = 0.013

[EFA for Tanzania] RMSEA = 0.036, CFI = 0.996, TLI = 0.989, SRMS = 0.018