Measuring pregnancy planning
Open Access
- 6 August 2010
- journal article
- Published by Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Demographic Research
- Vol. 23, 293-334
- https://doi.org/10.4054/demres.2010.23.11
Abstract
We evaluated the psychometric properties of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy among Indian women using classical methods and Item Response Modeling. The scale exhibited good internal consistency and internal structure, with overall scores correlating well with each item’s response categories. Items performed similarly for pregnant and non-pregnant women, and scores decreased with increasing parity, providing evidence for validity. Analyses also detected limitations, including infrequent selection of middle response categories and some evidence of differential item functioning by parity. We conclude that the LMUP represents an improvement over existing measures but recommend steps for enhancing scale performance for this cultural context.Keywords
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