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Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Initiative Impact Evaluation - Baseline Survey, 2018
Baseline

Chad, 2018
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TCD_2018_SWEDDIE-BL_v01_M
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Markus Olapade, Estelle Koussoubé, Léa Rouanet, Claire Boxho
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    Survey ID number

    TCD_2018_SWEDDIE-BL_v01_M

    Title

    Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Initiative Impact Evaluation - Baseline Survey, 2018

    Subtitle

    Baseline

    Abbreviation or Acronym

    TCD SWEDD BL 2018

    Country
    Name Country code
    Chad TCD
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

    Abstract

    The SWEDD is a regional project aiming to accelerate the demographic transition by addressing both supply- and demand-side constraints to family planning and reproductive and sexual health. To achieve its objective, the project targets adolescent girls and young women mainly between the ages of 8 and 24, who are vulnerable to early marriage, teenage pregnancy, and early school drop-out. The project targeted 9 countries of the Sahel and Western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger) and is expanding in other African countries. The SWEDD is structured into three main components: component 1 seeks to generate demand for reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child health and nutrition products and services; component 2 seeks to improve supply of these products and qualified personnel; and component 3 seeks to strengthen national capacity and policy dialogue.

    The World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab and its partners conducted a baseline survey to support the interventions under component 1. These were (i) safe spaces to empower girls through the provision of life skills and SRH education; (ii) Cash transfer to cover girls’ expenses (transportation cost, food…); (iii) support to income-generating activities (IGA) with the provision of grants and entrepreneurship training and finally (iv) community sensitization by religious and village leaders. The latter two have the objective to change restrictive social norms and create an enabling environment for girls’ empowerment.

    These data represent the first round of data collection (baseline) for the impact evaluation. The sample comprises 2,165 households and girls living in the regions of Hadjar Lamis, Kanem, Lac and Salamat.

    The information gathered from the survey may aid decision makers in the formulation of economic and social policies to:

    • reduce fertility and child marriage by improving access to contraceptive methods and improving reproductive health knowledge.
    • foster women’s empowerment through enhancing their access to economic activities.

    The survey can be an important source of information for planners to know how to improve the quality of people's living standards, in particular women’s living conditions. The Ministry of Social Affairs, Children and Families and the Ministry of National Education of Chad would benefit from the data of this survey, together with other public organizations working on girls and women empowerment and reproductive health. District Authorities, Research Institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations and the general public will also benefit from the survey data.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households, individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Four regions of Chad : Hadjar Lamis, Kanem, Lac and Salamat.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Markus Olapade Center for Evaluation and Development
    Estelle Koussoubé World Bank
    Léa Rouanet World Bank
    Claire Boxho World Bank
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    The World Bank
    The Government of Chad

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The sample covers 2,165 girls across 40 secondary schools and 200 rural villages in the regions of Hadjer Lamis, Kanem, Lac, and Salamat. A share of the sample targets in-school girls aged 10 to 19. For these, the Ministry of National Education provided a list of 48 eligible lower and upper secondary schools.

    For the community-based safe spaces, which target out-of-school or never-schooled girls aged 12 to 24, 130 rural villages located around the 16 treatment schools were selected.

    The objective of the baseline survey was to build a comprehensive dataset that captures the pre-intervention characteristics of all targeted populations, thereby serving as a reliable reference point for evaluating changes attributable to the program during subsequent follow-up rounds.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The data consists of responses from households to questions pertaining to:

    1. List of household members
    2. Education and employment of household members
    3. Characteristics of housing and durable goods
    4. Chocs and food security
    5. Household head's aspirations for their children
    6. Attitudes on women's empowerment and gender equality

    The questionnaire administrated to girls contains the following sections:

    1. Education
    2. Marriage and children
    3. Aspirations
    4. Reproductive health and family planning
    5. Psycho-social
    6. Women's empowerment
    7. Gender-based violence
    8. Income-generating activities
    9. Savings and credits
    10. Personal relationships and social networks
    11. Migration

    The household questionnaire was administered to the head of the household or to an authorized person capable of answering questions about all individuals in the household. The adolescent questionnaire was administered to an eligible pre-selected girl within the household. Considering the modules of the adolescent questionnaire, it was only administered by female enumerators. The questionnaires were written in French and programmed on tablets in French using the CAPI program.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2018-03 2018-05 Baseline
    Mode of data collection
    • Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
    Data Collection Notes

    The main mode of data collection was the use of a structured questionnaire. The respondent was provided with coded answers from which to choose. These questionnaires were administered by enumerators who visited the homes of the participating households at a time convenient for the respondents.

    Depositor information

    Depositor
    Name
    World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:
    Markus Olapade (Center for Evaluation and Development), Estelle Koussoubé (World Bank), Léa Rouanet (World Bank), Claire Boxho (World Bank). Chad - Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Initiative Impact Evaluation - Baseline Survey, 2018, Baseline (TCD SWEDD BL 2018). Ref: TCD_2018_SWEDDIE-BL_v01_M. Downloaded from [uri] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_TCD_2018_SWEDDIE-BL_v01_M_WB

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Development Data Group DECDG World Bank Documentation of the study
    Date of Metadata Production

    2025-06-30

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (2025-06-30)

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