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Investigating the suitability of dichotomous responses for the Water Insecurity Experience (WISE) Scales using nationally representative data from 39 countries

Investigating the suitability of dichotomous responses for the Water Insecurity Experience (WISE) Scales using nationally representative data from 39 countries

This is a Preprint and has not been peer reviewed. The published version of this Preprint is available: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000338. This is version 1 of this Preprint.

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Authors

Indira Bose , Joshua D Miller , Hilary J Bethancourt, Olga P Garcia , ...  more

Abstract

Background 
The Water Insecurity Experiences (WISE) Scales have been validated to comparably measure water insecurity globally. The scales consist of 12 items that can be administered in approximately 3 minutes. There is interest in developing more rapid WISE Scale versions, for use when time is limited. One alternative is to use a subset of 4 items, which has been validated, but has some drawbacks. Here we investigate another alternative: dichotomous (yes/no) response options instead of the original four levels of frequency-based (polytomous) responses. 
Methods/principle findings
We used nationally representative data fro...  more

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31223/X5ZM7Z

Subjects

Environmental Studies

Keywords

Scales, Scale development, validation, Water Security, Sustainable Development Goal 6, water

Dates

Published: 2025-01-10 13:35

Last Updated: 2025-01-10 21:35

License

CC BY Attribution 4.0 International

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Data Availability (Reason not available):
This study was based on survey data collected by Gallup World Poll (GWP) and ENSANUT 2021. Data from ENSANUT are publicly available on the website of the National Institute of Public Health (Mexico). Nationally aggregated WISE data can be accessed from https://doi.org/10.21985/n2-avk4-9932, additional data can be requested by emailing WISE_scales@northwestern.edu.