Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment: Impact Evaluation of a Safe Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria
- Conditions
- Sexual and Reproductive HealthAdolescent BehaviorDigital SkillsEarning OutcomesLife Skills
- Interventions
- Other: Safe Space based life skills training programOther: Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills
- Registration Number
- NCT05951673
- Lead Sponsor
- World Bank
- Brief Summary
The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial in secondary schools in Nigeria to evaluate the impact of school-based life skills training delivered in safe spaces with and without digital literacy training. This study aims to estimate the causal impacts of the training on adolescents' school performances and retention, socio-emotional skills, digital skills, health, marriage, fertility, and labor market outcomes.
- Detailed Description
This study will evaluate the impact of a safe-space based life skills training program as well as a combination of life skills and digital literacy training programs on adolescent girls' empowerment, education, economic and sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The interventions form two sub-components of the Adolescent Girls' Initiative for Learning and Empowerment project. The interventions will be delivered to secondary school girls in Northern Nigeria.
The study will be conducted in the Kaduna, Katsina and Kano states of Nigeria. The study has a randomized controlled trial research design where schools are randomly allocated to three groups. Girls in schools assigned to the first treatment group will receive the safe-space based life skills training program. Schools allocated to the second treatment group will deliver a digital literacy training program along with a safe-space based life skills training program. The third group of schools will receive neither training program until the completion of the study. Girls between the age of 15 - 20 form the target group of the study.
The study will evaluate the impact of (i) a safe space-based life skills training program on adolescent girls' empowerment, education, economic and sexual and reproductive health outcomes; and (ii) a combination of a safe-space based life skills and digital literacy training programs on adolescent girls' empowerment, education, economic and sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
A total of 8,463 girls are drawn from 273 schools in the three states. The study will conduct baseline, midline and endline surveys by interviewing the girls and their respective caregivers. The baseline survey is conducted before the intervention roll-out. The midline survey will be conducted six months after intervention completion, while the endline survey will be conducted two years after the completion of the intervention.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 8463
- Enrolled in study schools
- Enrolled in Senior Secondary 1 level
- Parental consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Treatment 1 - Receives Safe Space based life skills training program Safe Space based life skills training program Adolescent girls in this group receive a safe space-based life skills training program within their school. Treatment 2 - Recieves Safe Space based life skills training program + digital literacy training Safe Space based life skills training program Adolescent girls in this group receive a safe space-based life skills training program and a digital literacy training program within their school. Treatment 2 - Recieves Safe Space based life skills training program + digital literacy training Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills Adolescent girls in this group receive a safe space-based life skills training program and a digital literacy training program within their school.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Engagement in non-farm income generating activities 24 months post intervention a binary indicator coded 1 if a girl engaged in any paid non-farm activity in the last completed month
School retention 6 months post intervention a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl is in school based on school registers
High school graduation 24 months post intervention a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl has obtained a high school diploma
Marriage 24 months post intervention a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been married (including cohabitation) and 0 otherwise.
Digital financial literacy 24 months post intervention a composite score based on 30 items that measure respondent's financial literacy and access to digital tools, with a higher score indicating greater literacy and access
Socio-emotional skills index 24 months post intervention a composite score based on indices that measure different socio-emotional skills, e.g., personal initiative, negotiation, decision-making, and communication
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Goal setting capacity 24 months post intervention a composite score based on 8 items that measure the respondent's ability to set a goal
Sexual violence 24 months post intervention a composite score based on the frequency of different types of sexual violence reported by the respondent
Sexual behavior - ever had sex 24 months post intervention a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever had sex and 0 otherwise.
Pregnancy 24 months post intervention a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been pregnant and 0 otherwise.
Knowledge of climate change 24 months post intervention a composite score calculated based on the correct answers to a list of questions related to climate change
Knowledge of productivity program 24 months post intervention a composite score of items developed based on the digital literacy training curriculum
Gender attitudes and beliefs 24 months post intervention a composite score for (a) gender equality beliefs based on the frequency of the different types of favorable gender equality beliefs, and (b) acceptability of IPV based on the frequency of the different types of violence girls find acceptable
Aspiration - education attainment 24 months post intervention a variable that indicates the level of formal education the respondent would like to complete
Perceived social support 24 months post intervention mean score from the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
Drug use - ever used drug 24 months post intervention a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever used drugs and 0 otherwise
Income 24 months post intervention aggregate income earned in the last completed month
Savings 24 months post intervention amount saved in the last completed month
Digital skills and knowledge 24 months post intervention a composite score based on 31 items that measure respondent's technical and operational skills, information navigation and processing skills, communication and interaction skills, and content creation and production skills
School engagement 6 months post intervention a composite score based on 8 items that measure respondent's school engagement
School absenteeism 6 months post intervention number of days a girl missed in the last completed month
Enrollment in tertiary education 24 months post intervention a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl is enrolled in tertiary education
Bullying 24 months post intervention a composite score based on the frequency of different types of bullying reported by the respondent
Knowledge on school-related gender-based violence 24 months post intervention the fraction of correct responses to 12 questions that ask whether an act is considered violence
Health knowledge 24 months post intervention a composite score for (a) correct answers on knowledge of SRH, menstruation, and puberty, and (b) correct answers on knowledge of nutrition
Sector - ICT 24 months post intervention a binary indicator coded 1 if a girl engages in income-generating activities related to ICT
Number of days worked 24 months post intervention number of days a girl was engaged in paid work in the last complete month
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
World Bank Group
🇳🇬Abuja, Nigeria