Table 1.

Scale properties for maternal capabilities measurement domains

Scale domain	Items in final scale	Scale range	Mean score (SE)	Cronbach's alpha	Inter‐item covariance
Social support subscale	10	10 to 50	33.8 ± 0.5	0.80	0.45
Psychological well‐being subscale	16	16 to 64	44.7 ± 0.6	0.85	0.23
Decision‐making subscale	11	11 to 51	32.5 ± 0.3	0.60	0.15
Freedom/empowerment sub‐scale	5	1 to 5	2.7 ± 0.08	0.49	0.03
Summary maternal capabilities composite index	4	4 to 20	11.6 ± 0.3	0.50	0.48