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A Sequential and Adaptive Experiment to Increase the Uptake of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Among Adolescent Females, Impact Evaluation 2021-2022

Cameroon, 2021 - 2022
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Reference ID
CMR_2021-2022_SAEIULRCAF-IE_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/x0vb-jt82
Producer(s)
Susan Athey, Katy Bergstrom, Vitor Hadad, Julian C. Jamison, Berk Özler, Luca Parisotto, Julius Dohbit Sama
Collection(s)
The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) Impact Evaluation Surveys
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Sep 02, 2025
Last modified
Sep 02, 2025
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Access policy
  • Depositor information
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production
  • Citation

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    CMR_2021-2022_SAEIULRCAF-IE_v01_M
    Title

    A Sequential and Adaptive Experiment to Increase the Uptake of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Among Adolescent Females, Impact Evaluation 2021-2022
    Country/Economy
    Name Country code
    Cameroon CMR
    Study type

    1-2-3 Survey, phase 3 [hh/123-3]
    Abstract
    Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) are highly effective in preventing unintended pregnancies, but like many promising modern technologies take-up remains low. This paper analyzes a randomized controlled trial of a personalized digital counseling intervention addressing informational constraints and choice architecture, cross-randomized with discounts for LARCs. The counseling intervention encourages shared decision-making (SDM) using a tablet-based app, which provides a tailored ranking of modern methods to each client according to their elicited needs and preferences. Take-up of LARCs in the status quo regime at full price was 11%, which increased to 28% with discounts. SDM roughly tripled the share of clients adopting a LARC at full price to 35% and discounts had no incremental impact in this group. Consistent with theoretical models of consumer search, SDM clients evaluated more methods, which led to higher adoption rates for second- or lower-ranked LARCs. Our findings suggest that low-cost individualized recommendations can potentially be as effective in increasing unfamiliar technology adoption as providing large subsidies.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Client level

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1.0, first published version on Harvard Dataverse
    Version Date

    2025-07-09T04:00:00.000Z

    Scope

    Notes

    This study is a randomized controlled trial of a personalized digital counseling intervention for long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). The survey includes questions related to fertility and births, consultations, and medical history.
    Keywords
    Gender Health Adolescent health Sexual and reproductive health Modern contraceptives Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARCs) Cameroon

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Susan Athey Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
    Katy Bergstrom Department of Economics, Tulane University
    Vitor Hadad Amazon
    Julian C. Jamison Business School, University of Exeter
    Berk Özler Development Research Group, The World Bank
    Luca Parisotto Department of Economics, Bocconi University
    Julius Dohbit Sama Department of Gynaecology-Obstetrics, University of Yaoundé
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation
    Golub Capital Social Impact Lab
    World Bank Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund SIEF
    World Bank Knowledge for Change Program
    World Bank Global Financing Facility
    World Bank Research Support Budget

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Details on sampling procedure and experimental design can be found on the AEA RCT Registry here: https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/3514

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The survey questionnaires are provided in English and French and are available to download.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2021-03-09 2022-12-31 All
    Mode of data collection
    • Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
    Data Collection Notes

    The data is from a randomized controlled trial of a personalized digital counseling intervention for long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). The data includes experiment data at the client level, some metadata from the data collection instrument, and administrative data. The study is registered at the AEA RCT registry (AEARCTR-0003514) and clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03733678). The published study is available to download and can also be found here: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adg4420. The Replication Package can also be found here: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/9PXEGE.

    Access policy

    Location of Data Collection

    World Bank Microdata Library

    Depositor information

    Depositor
    Name Affiliation
    Meyhar Mohammed LNU The World Bank
    Date of Deposit

    2025-02-06T05:00:00.000Z

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund The World Bank https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/sief-trust-fund siefimpact@worldbank.org
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?
    true
    Access conditions

    Public Access
    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
    •the identification of the Primary Investigator
    •the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    •the survey reference number
    •the source and date of download

    Example:
    Susan Athey (Graduate School of Business, Stanford University), Katy Bergstrom (Department of Economics, Tulane University), Vitor Hadad (Amazon), Julian C. Jamison (Business School, University of Exeter), Berk Özler (Development Research Group, The World Bank), Luca Parisotto (Department of Economics, Bocconi University), and Julius Dohbit Sama (Department of Gynaecology-Obstetrics, University of Yaoundé). Cameroon - A Sequential and Adaptive Experiment to Increase the Uptake of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Among Adolescent Females, Impact Evaluation 2021-2022. Ref: CMR_2021-2022_SAEIULRCAF-IE_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

    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.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund The World Bank siefimpact@worldbank.org https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/sief-trust-fund

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_CMR_2021-2022_SAEIULRCAF-IE_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Development Economics Data Group DECDG The World Bank Documentation of the study
    Date of Metadata Production

    2025-07-09T04:00:00.000Z

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (July 2025)
    Version date

    2025-07-09T04:00:00.000Z

    Citation

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