TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rocca, Corinne
A1  - Krishnan, Suneeta
A1  - Barrett, Geraldine
A1  - Wilson, Mark
T1  - Measuring pregnancy planning: An assessment of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy among urban, south Indian women
Y1  - 2010/08/06
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 293
EP  - 334
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.11
VL  - 23
IS  - 11
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/11/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/11/23-11.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/11/23-11.pdf
N2  - 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 detected small disadvantages, including low endorsement of middle response categories and some evidence of differential item functioning by parity.  We conclude that the LMUP is suitable for use in India and recommend steps for improving scale performance for this cultural context.  

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