Malawi - Schooling, Income, and Health Risk Impact Evaluation Household Survey - 2010

Malawi
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Schooling Income and Health Risk (SIHR) project is a randomized evaluation of a conditional and unconditional cash transfer intervention that provided incentives (in the form of school fees and cash transfers) to current schoolgirls and recent female dropouts to stay in or return to school in Malawi. The program, known as the Zomba Cash Transfer Program (ZCTP), took place in Zomba, Malawi during 2008 and 2009.

Study Website

Adolescents: 2,500-4,999

Sex:

Females

Age Range:

10-14
15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Experimental

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2010; 2008-2009; 2007-2008

Areas Covered: District: Zomba

Investigators: Berk Ozler (World Bank); Sarah Baird (George Washington University); Craig McIntosh (University of California, San Diego); Ephraim Chirwa (University of Malawi)

Funders: Global Development Network; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); World Bank

Series:

Health Risk Impact Evaluation Household Survey
Income
Schooling

Notes: Age range during first survey round. Project website link is to the baseline data only.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning;

Family/Household Structure;

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

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

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

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;