Impact Evaluation of an Intimate-Partner Violence Prevention Program in Rwanda – 2017-2019
Baseline and Follow-up

Rwanda, 2017 - 2019

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Reference ID

RWA_2017-2019_IPVIE_v01_M

Producer(s)

Claire Cullen, Arthur Alik-Lagrange, Muthoni Ngatia, Julia Vaillant

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Impact Evaluation Surveys

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May 19, 2025

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Identification

Survey ID number

RWA_2017-2019_IPVIE_v01_M

Title

Impact Evaluation of an Intimate-Partner Violence Prevention Program in Rwanda – 2017-2019

Subtitle

Baseline and Follow-up

Abbreviation or Acronym

IPV IE 2017-2019

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Rwanda	RWA

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

This study evaluates the impact of an intimate partner violence prevention program in Rwanda, using a randomized controlled trial. The intervention was a group-based training program for couples led by the Rwandan Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion and implemented by local and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The 22-week program was designed to prevent IPV by improving couples’ marital communication skills, changing conservative gender attitudes, and promoting new progressive gender norms in the community. Using a two-level randomized trial design, 98 villages and 2,042 couples belonging to village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) were assigned to treatment or control groups, producing three study groups: a treatment group, a spillover group, and a control group. Two rounds of survey were conducted: one before implementation and the second six months post-program. Information was collected on women’s self-reported experience of emotional, physical, and sexual IPV, and a range of other indicators including gender attitudes, well-being, and economic empowerment.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Individual, separate survey for women and men

Version

Version Description

Edited version with direct identifying variables removed (variables related to names, phone numbers, addresses and GPS coordinates were anonymized).

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The study sample comes from 98 villages or Rwanda’s Eastern Province, 49 of which were randomly selected to receive the treatment. The intervention recruited couples through village savings and loan associations (VSLAs). The Government of Rwanda, in partnership with province and district authorities, selected four districts and eight sectors in Eastern Province with high IPV rates and VSLA concentrations. Within these sectors, 98 villages were selected that had both sufficient VSLAs (minimum 3) and geographic separation to minimize contamination risk between study villages.

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Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Claire Cullen	Youth Impact
Arthur Alik-Lagrange	The World Bank
Muthoni Ngatia
Julia Vaillant	The World Bank

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

VSLA members were invited to sensitization sessions about a group training on “improving family relationships.” Interested couples participated in public lotteries within their VSLAs to determine program eligibility. To apply for the couples training, lottery participants had to meet the following eligibility criteria: i) married or cohabiting for at least 12 months, ii) at least one partner being a VSLA member for at least three months, iii) both partners aged 18 or over, and iv) both partners willing to attend all 22 weekly sessions. Then in all study villages, public VSLA lotteries were used to rank eligible couples from 1 to 30 (the maximum VSLA size). The first 60% of couples from each VSLA lottery were assigned to treatment, stratified by sector and number of lottery applicants.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The survey was developed in English and subsequently translated Kinyarwanda.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
2017-11-05	2018-02-05	Baseline
2019-02-05	2019-03-05	Endline

Data Collection Mode

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Data Collection Notes

Data collection included two rounds of panel surveys. We conducted baseline surveys from November 2017 to February 2018, before the intervention (March–August 2018), and endline surveys six to eight months after completion (February–March 2019).

All data were collected electronically separately for women and men, on tablets (computer-assisted personal interviewing) equipped with the software SurveyCTO and by gender-matched enumerators. For sensitive outcomes, audio computer-assisted self-interviews (ACASI) were used in order to limit potential under-reporting and preserve confidentiality, using SurveyCTO as well.

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Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation, which would include:

the Identification of the Primary Investigators ;
the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation) ;
the survey reference number ;
the source and date of download.

Example:
Claire Cullen, Arthur Alik-Lagrange, Muthoni Ngatia and Julia Vaillant. The Unintended Impacts of an Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda, 2025. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

Depositor information

Depositor

Name
The World Bank Gender Impact Evaluation (AFEGI)

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_RWA_2017-2019_IPVIE_v01_M_WB

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Development Data Group	DECDG	World Bank	Documentation of the study

Date of Metadata Production

2025-05-19

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01 (2025-05-19)

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Impact Evaluation of an Intimate-Partner Violence Prevention Program in Rwanda – 2017-2019 Baseline and Follow-up