Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme (AGEP) - 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa
Zambia

The Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program is a randomized evaluation testing the effectiveness of a set of interventions aimed at improving vulnerable girls’ social, health, and economic resources so that they can stay in school longer; avoid early marriage; delay sexual activity; and prevent unintended pregnancy, HIV, and other STIs.

Study Website

Adolescents: 2,500-4,999

Sex:

Females

Age Range:

10-14
15-19

Study Design:

Experimental

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2017; 2016; 2015; 2014; 2013

Areas Covered: Provinces: Lusaka; Central; Copperbelt; North-Western

Investigators: Karen Austrian (Population Council); Paul C. Hewett (Population Council)

Funders: UK Department for International Development (DFID)

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Age range during first survey round.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning, School quality;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Endorsement of violence against women, Gender role beliefs, Marriage attitudes;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge, Testing;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

Reproductive Health - Family planning/contraception, Fertility, Sexual behavior;

Violence - Emotional/psychological violence, Physical violence, Sexual violence;