Work and Community-Based Childcare Services for Market Women in Uganda

Last registered on November 05, 2023
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Work and Community-Based Childcare Services for Market Women in Uganda
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011467
Initial registration date
October 30, 2023

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
November 01, 2023, 4:39 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated
November 05, 2023, 9:34 PM EST

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Primary Investigator

Name
Jacklyn Makaaru Arinaitwe
Affiliation
Ace Policy Research Institute
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Alex Aliga
PI Affiliation
Ace Policy Research Institute
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PI Name
Sylvan Herskowitz
PI Affiliation
World Bank
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PI Name
Anna Fiore
PI Affiliation
World Bank
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PI Name
Francis Mwesigye
PI Affiliation
Ace Policy Research Institute
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2023-01-28
End date
2024-12-30
Keywords
Other
Additional Keywords
Unpaid care work, childcare, women economic empowerment, time use, business profitability, vulnerable businesswomen
JEL code(s)
J13, J22, O1
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Heavy childcare responsibilities can negatively impact both women's economic outcomes and well-being. A growing literature has shown positive impacts of gaining access to childcare, although there remains almost no evidence of what types of services work best and the implications of different alternatives. In a sample of 972 women working in six markets in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda, this project uses a randomized controlled trial to test and contrast the impacts of gaining free access to two alternative childcare services frequently considered by policy-makers. The first has been set up as a publicly provisioned model of workplace-based childcare, situated in or adjacent to the markets where women work. The second leverages existing private sector childcare service providers located in the communities near where women live.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Aliga, Alex et al. 2023. "Work and Community-Based Childcare Services for Market Women in Uganda." AEA RCT Registry. November 05. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11467-1.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Women are frequently faced with disproportionate responsibility to contribute to unpaid care work. Childcare constitutes a large share of this burden and is especially high when children are young, before reaching school age. Recent research suggests that these childcare responsibilities may greatly impact women’s time use, labor outcomes, and psychosocial measures as well as, potentially, those of their children. In a population of 972 working women at selected markets in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, this project aims to assess the impacts of two models of childcare services: workplace-based childcare at or near the markets where they are working and privately provided community-based childcare near the areas where the women reside. We anticipate both differential uptake and impacts between these alternative models of childcare linked to women’s mobility and accessibility of services.
Intervention Start Date
2023-02-06
Intervention End Date
2023-12-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
o Women’s childcare burden
o Women’s time spent on income-generating activities
o Women’s business performance
o Women’s well-being
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
- Women’s time use on domestic work and leisure
- Children’s development
- Women's household bargaining power
- Children's primary caregiver
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The trial began with a listing to ensure eligibility of the sample among women working in five selected markets around Kampala. Eligible women were identified in these markets, given a baseline survey, and participated in a raffle, randomly assigning them to one of three treatment groups. The total study sample consists of 972 women.
1. 279 women were assigned to the work-based childcare treatment group. Free spaces in one of these centers.
2. 273 women were assigned to the community-based childcare treatment group. Full subsidy (up to a cap) for a suitably identified service provider.
3. 420 women are in the control group and will be included in the follow up data collection but not offered any childcare support.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Public lottery
Randomization Unit
Individuals
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
NA
Sample size: planned number of observations
972
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
279 women in work-based childcare treatment group.
273 women in community-based childcare treatment group
420 women in control group
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Contained in PAP
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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Makerere University College of Humanities and Social Sciences
IRB Approval Date
2023-10-05
IRB Approval Number
MAKSSREC08.23.694
IRB Name
Uganda National Council For Science and Technology
IRB Approval Date
2021-08-16
IRB Approval Number
SS944ES
Analysis Plan

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