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

Adolescent Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05951673
• Other study ID #: AGILE IE
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 3, 2023
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: World Bank
• Contact: Adiam Hagos Hailemicheal, MSc
• Phone: +17038431640
• Email: ahailemicheal[@]worldbank.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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 information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 8463
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: August 31, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 15 Years to 20 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrolled in study schools

• Enrolled in Senior Secondary 1 level

• Parental consent

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent Behavior
• Sexual and Reproductive Health

Intervention

Other:
• Safe Space based life skills training program
This is a Safe Space based life skills training program given to adolescent girls. Girls receive a 12 month long training on life skills such as negotiation skills, communication skills, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and climate change.
• Safe Space based life skills training program + Digital Skills
This is a Safe Space based life skills training program given to adolescent girls complemented with a digital literacy training program. Girls receive a 12 month long training on life skills such as negotiation skills, communication skills, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and climate change. The adolescent girls in this group also receive a digital literacy training program that covers content on word processing. database management and analysis, online marketing, online safety and programming.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Nigeria	World Bank Group	Abuja

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
World Bank

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Nigeria, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	High school graduation	a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl has obtained a high school diploma	24 months post intervention
Primary	School retention	a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl is in school based on school registers	6 months post intervention
Primary	Marriage	a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been married (including cohabitation) and 0 otherwise.	6 months post intervention
Primary	Marriage	a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been married (including cohabitation) and 0 otherwise.	24 months post intervention
Primary	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	6 months post intervention
Primary	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	24 months post intervention
Primary	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	6 months post intervention
Primary	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	24 months post intervention
Primary	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	6 months post intervention
Primary	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	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Goal setting capacity	a composite score based on 8 items that measure the respondent's ability to set a goal	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Goal setting capacity	a composite score based on 8 items that measure the respondent's ability to set a goal	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Aspiration - education attainment	a variable that indicates the level of formal education the respondent would like to complete	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Aspiration - education attainment	a variable that indicates the level of formal education the respondent would like to complete	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Knowledge of climate change	a composite score calculated based on the correct answers to a list of questions related to climate change	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Knowledge of climate change	a composite score calculated based on the correct answers to a list of questions related to climate change	24 months post intervention
Secondary	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	6 months post intervention
Secondary	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	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Knowledge of productivity program	a composite score of items developed based on the digital literacy training curriculum	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Knowledge of productivity program	a composite score of items developed based on the digital literacy training curriculum	24 months post intervention
Secondary	School engagement	a composite score based on 8 items that measure respondent's school engagement	6 months post intervention
Secondary	School absenteeism	number of days a girl missed in the last completed month	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Enrollment in tertiary education	a binary indicator coded to 1 if a girl is enrolled in tertiary education	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Sexual violence	a composite score based on the frequency of different types of sexual violence reported by the respondent	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Sexual violence	a composite score based on the frequency of different types of sexual violence reported by the respondent	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Bullying	a composite score based on the frequency of different types of bullying reported by the respondent	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Bullying	a composite score based on the frequency of different types of bullying reported by the respondent	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Knowledge on school-related gender-based violence	the fraction of correct responses to 12 questions that ask whether an act is considered violence	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Knowledge on school-related gender-based violence	the fraction of correct responses to 12 questions that ask whether an act is considered violence	24 months post intervention
Secondary	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	6 months post intervention
Secondary	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	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Pregnancy	a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been pregnant and 0 otherwise.	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Pregnancy	a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever been pregnant and 0 otherwise.	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Sexual behavior - ever had sex	a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever had sex and 0 otherwise.	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Sexual behavior - ever had sex	a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever had sex and 0 otherwise.	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Drug use - ever used drug	a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever used drugs and 0 otherwise	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Drug use - ever used drug	a binary indicator coded 1 if an adolescent girl has ever used drugs and 0 otherwise	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Health knowledge	a composite score for (a) correct answers on knowledge of SRH, menstruation, and puberty, and (b) correct answers on knowledge of nutrition	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Health knowledge	a composite score for (a) correct answers on knowledge of SRH, menstruation, and puberty, and (b) correct answers on knowledge of nutrition	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Sector - ICT	a binary indicator coded 1 if a girl engages in income-generating activities related to ICT	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Number of days worked	number of days a girl was engaged in paid work in the last complete month	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Number of days worked	number of days a girl was engaged in paid work in the last complete month	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Income	aggregate income earned in the last completed month	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Income	aggregate income earned in the last completed month	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Savings	amount saved in the last completed month	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Savings	amount saved in the last completed month	24 months post intervention
Secondary	Perceived social support	mean score from the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support	6 months post intervention
Secondary	Perceived social support	mean score from the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support	24 months post intervention