Support for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: a new index based on World Values Survey data

Svallfors, Signe; Båge, Karin; Ekström, Anna Mia; Dessie, Yadeta; Wado, Yohannes Dibaba; Fagbemi, Mariam; Larsson, Elin C.; Litorp, Helena; Puranen, Bi; Sundewall, Jesper; Uthman, Olalekan A.; Kågesten, Anna E.

doi:10.1186/s12978-024-01820-2

Reproductive Health

Table 3 Summary statistics of the SRHR Support Index and its five subindices

From: Support for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: a new index based on World Values Survey data

Population	Mean	Std. Dev	Median	IQR
SRHR Support Index (Cronbach’s α = 0.80)
Total population	39.19	15.27	36.22	28.93;46.04
Ethiopia	40.41	13.63	37.93	32.94;43.74
Kenya	45.48	16.78	43.54	33.20;55.98
Zimbabwe	32.65	13.77	30.06	23.72;37.38
Men	39.24	15.72	36.27	28.97;46.02
Women	39.12	15.76	36.18	28.82;45.92
Subindex 1: Sexual and Reproductive Rights (Cronbach’s α = 0.92)
Total population	15.75	23.56	4.67	0.89;20.76
Ethiopia	9.95	22.69	1.01	0.71;7.34
Kenya	26.38	22.82	21.22	7.38;41.05
Zimbabwe	11.13	21.69	1.27	0.86;9.51
Men	16.38	23.36	5.47	0.90;22.71
Women	15.06	23.73	3.87	0.87;18.38
Subindex 2: Neighborhood Sexual Safety (Cronbach’s α = 0.86)
Total population	57.30	28.76	59.45	35.88;81.48
Ethiopia	76.10	23.83	85.29	62.39;96.58
Kenya	52.59	27.13	56.16	31.54;70.86
Zimbabwe	46.09	26.19	46.38	27.01;65.28
Men	57.76	28.16	59.42	36.43;81.71
Women	56.82	29.38	59.47	34.86;81.20
Subindex 3: Gender-Equitable Relationship (Cronbach’s α = 0.71)
Total population	48.01	18.20	47.03	35.71;60.22
Ethiopia	49.36	19.11	48.29	36.46;61.45
Kenya	55.33	16.81	55.91	43.90;66.07
Zimbabwe	40.47	15.54	39.82	32.01;49.54
Men	47.56	18.34	46.47	35.35;59.62
Women	48.48	18.05	47.43	36.17;60.80
Subindex 4: Equitable Masculinity Norms (Cronbach’s α = 0.65)
Total population	65.97	16.93	64.81	56.34;81.01
Ethiopia	68.68	16.47	70.39	58.19;82.96
Kenya	63.10	18.45	63.04	53.17;79.06
Zimbabwe	66.28	15.46	63.49	56.65;80.26
Men	64.56	17.22	62.98	55.41;80.02
Women	67.47	16.48	67.85	57.41;81.89
Subindex 5: SRHR Interventions (Cronbach’s α = 0.57)
Total population	50.26	15.28	48.79	40.41;60.00
Ethiopia	51.03	14.86	51.76	41.48;60.74
Kenya	53.25	18.10	53.12	39.91;66.82
Zimbabwe	47.01	11.95	45.88	40.06;54.36
Men	50.97	15.38	49.81	40.98;60.47
Women	49.53	15.15	48.05	39.62;59.34

N = 3,135. The SRHR Support Index and five subindices are measured on a 0–100 scale

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