Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment: Impact Evaluation of a Safe Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria

Last registered on July 19, 2023

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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment: Impact Evaluation of a Safe Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011734
Initial registration date
July 12, 2023

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First published
July 19, 2023, 2:25 PM EDT

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Primary Investigator

Affiliation
World Bank Group

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
World Bank
PI Affiliation
Trinity College Dublin
PI Affiliation
World Bank

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2023-04-03
End date
2026-08-31
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
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.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Chang, Wei et al. 2023. "Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment: Impact Evaluation of a Safe Space-Based Life Skills Training and Digital Literacy Training in Nigeria." AEA RCT Registry. July 19. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11734-1.0
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2023-06-13
Intervention End Date
2024-08-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
- High school graduation: a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl has obtained a high school diploma
- School retention: a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl is in school based on school registers
- Marriage: a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been married (including cohabitation) and 0 otherwise.
- Engagement in non-farm income generating activities: a binary indicator coded 1 if a girl engaged in any paid non-farm activity in the last completed month
- Digital financial literacy: 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: a composite score based on indices that measure different socio-emotional skills, e.g., personal initiative, negotiation, decision-making, and communication
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
- Goal setting capacity: a composite score based on 8 items that measure the respondent's ability to set a goal
- Aspiration - education attainment: a variable that indicates the level of formal education the respondent would like to complete
- Knowledge of climate change: a composite score calculated based on the correct answers to a list of questions related to climate change
- Digital skills and knowledge: 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
- Knowledge of productivity program: a composite score of items developed based on the digital literacy training curriculum
- School engagement: a composite score based on 8 items that measure respondent's school engagement
- School absenteeism: number of days a girl missed in the last completed month
- Enrollment in tertiary education: a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl is enrolled in tertiary education
- Sexual violence: a composite score based on the frequency of different types of sexual violence reported by the respondent
- Bullying: a composite score based on the frequency of different types of bullying reported by the respondent
- Knowledge on school-related gender-based violence: the fraction of correct responses to 12 questions that ask whether an act is considered violence
- Gender attitudes and beliefs: 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
- Pregnancy: a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been pregnant and 0 otherwise.
- Sexual behavior - ever had sex: a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever had sex and 0 otherwise.
- Drug use - ever used drug: a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever used drugs and 0 otherwise.
- Health knowledge: a composite score for (a) correct answers on knowledge of SRH, menstruation, and puberty, and (b) correct answers on knowledge of nutrition
- Sector - ICT: a binary indicator coded 1 if a girl engages in income-generating activities related to ICT
- Number of days worked: number of days a girl was engaged in paid work in the last complete month
- Income: aggregate income earned in the last completed month
- Savings: amount saved in the last completed month
- Perceived social support: mean score from the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
This study is designed as a cluster randomized controlled trial. Randomization of the intervention will occur at the school level. A total of 273 schools will be randomized into one of the three study arms: life skills training, life skills plus digital skills training, or control. Data will be collected from schools, pupils, and pupils' caregivers at baseline and two follow-up time points (6 months and 24 months after the completion of the intervention).
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
School
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
273 schools
Sample size: planned number of observations
8463 pupils and 8463 caregivers
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
94 schools control, 90 schools life skills training, 89 schools life skills and digital literacy training
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
National Health Research Ethics Committee
IRB Approval Date
2023-02-28
IRB Approval Number
NHREC/01/01/2007