SLE_2020_FEPIE_v01_M DDI_SLE_2020_FEPIE_v01_M_WB Development Data Group 2024-11-08 Python 3 Free Education Project Impact Evaluation, 2020 Midline and Endline Surveys FEPIE 2020 SLE_2020_FEPIE_v01_M David Evans Lee Crawfurd Susannah Hares Justin Sandefur Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund David Evans Justin Sandefur Susannah Hares SIEF Impact World Bank Other Household Survey [hh/oth] This study includes midline and endline survey data collected for a randomized control trial testing impacts of SMS reminders to take-up remote instruction (radio broadcasts), phone tutorials from private school teachers, and phone tutorials from public school teachers. No baseline survey was conducted. The dataset is used to generate the publication 'Live tutoring calls did not improve learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone' that is published at the Journal of Development Economics: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438782300069X. Third party data was also used in the analysis. While not distributed here with the survey data, details on how to access it are provided below: DSTI data can be requested from the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) in the Office of the President https://educationdatahub.dsti.gov.sl/ NPSE 2020 Exams are available from Freetown Council https://fcc.gov.sl/national-primary-school-examination-npse-2020/ EMIS data is available from the Ministry of Education https://mbsse.gov.sl/emis/ Shapefiles are available online: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-sle? Version 01: Midline and endline surveys for the FEPIE 2020 - edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution. Sierra Leone The survey covered 25 schools in four districts in Sierra Leone Sample survey data [ssd] SIEF Impact 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. midline_anon Midline survey dataset 815 102 World Bank midline_students Midline survey students dataset 974 7 World Bank SL Analysis Endline survey dataset 5557 72 World Bank Household ID 815 0 13 4407 district 815 0 1 gender 815 0 1 lit_score 508 307 0 4 1 digit 508 307 0 3 1 addition 508 307 0 1 1 subtraction 508 307 0 1 1 multiplication 508 307 0 1 1 division 508 307 0 1 1 male 476 339 0 1 1 sexmissing 508 307 0 1 1 sch_owner 815 0 7 gender 815 0 7 lit_score 0 815 7 digit 0 815 7 addition 0 815 7 subtraction 0 815 7 multiplication 0 815 7 division 0 815 7 male 0 815 7 sexmissing 0 815 7 sch_owner 815 0 Randomization blocks 813 2 1 1097 Treatment status 813 2 1 4 1 Control 204 2 SMS 201 3 Rising 204 4 Government 204 Sysmiss 2 Surveyed during midline 813 2 1 1 start 815 0 end 815 0 Date of Assessment 815 0 Hello, I’m calling from Montrose International. We are working in partnership wi 0 815 Are you the parent or caregiver for the children in this household? 815 0 Is the parent or caregiver for the children in this household available to speak 815 0 *Ask for the phone to be handed to the parent/caregiver. Reintroduce yourself to 0 815 *Ask when the parent/caregiver will be available to speak and if it is possible 0 815 Thank you. This questionnaire aims to give us a better understanding of children 815 0 *Take a note of this on your call register. Thank them for their time, end the c 0 815 *Take a note of this on your call register. Thank them for their time, end the c 0 815 Our records show that these children are part of your household [read out child( 815 0 Are there any other school-age children (between the ages of 6 and 14) in your h 815 0 *Use Household Roster 1 below for the next part of this questionnaire. Answer ea 0 815 Has your household received any text messages about educational radio and/or par 815 0 Has your household received a phone call from anyone from a school (like a teach 815 0 Since schools closed on 31st March, has a teacher called to speak to your child( 815 0 How many total times would you estimate that a teacher has called to speak to yo 815 0 How many times have they called to speak to your child(ren) in the last week? 815 0 The last time they called, about how many minutes did the call last between the 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 What are children in the household doing to spend time on education since schoo 815 0 Please provide more details on your choice of "Other". 815 0 Taking together all of those activities, think about a typical day last week. Ho 815 0 How many hours did children spend listening to radio lessons on a typical day in 815 0 Are any of the children in your household spending less time on education than y 815 0 What are the reasons? 815 0 What are the reasons?/A. Lack of access to television 815 0 What are the reasons?/B. Lack of access to radio 815 0 What are the reasons?/C. Lack of access to internet 815 0 What are the reasons?/D. Lack of access to educational programmes 815 0 What are the reasons?/E. Lack of access to textbooks or learning materials 815 0 What are the reasons?/F. Lack of motivation / interest 815 0 What are the reasons?/G. Lack of support from teachers and schools 815 0 What are the reasons?/H. Children are working to earn money 815 0 What are the reasons?/I. Children are taking care of their siblings 815 0 What are the reasons?/J. Children are doing housework 815 0 What are the reasons?/K. Lack of supervision from adults in the household 815 0 What are the reasons?/L. There is not a good/quiet place to study 815 0 What are the reasons?/M. Children need to spend their time doing other things 815 0 What are the reasons?/N. Other (specify) 815 0 What are the reasons?/O. Other (specify) 815 0 What are the reasons?/P. Other (specify) 815 0 Please provide more details on your choice of "Other". 815 0 Please provide more details on your choice of "Other". 0 815 Please provide more details on your choice of "Other". 0 815 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 What are the main actions you are taking to support children's education while s 815 0 This is the end of the questionnaire. Thank you very much for taking the time to 0 815 *Click “Save Form and Exit”. Make sure the form is marked as “finalised”. Note o 0 815 _submission_time 815 0 _validation_status 0 815 Student index number 410 405 1 533 Student is male 815 0 0 1 group(enumeratorname) 410 405 1 30 group(school1 district) 813 2 1 24 What is your relationship with ${name}? 974 0 Has ${name} attended any school in-person since 31st March, even while governmen 974 0 How likely is it that ${name} will return to school once the schools are re-open 974 0 Why is ${name} unlikely to return to school? 974 0 Please provide more details on your choice of "Other". 974 0 Student ID 974 0 1 1133 Parent ID 974 0 1 535 Household ID 5557 0 Gender 5557 0 Indicator if sex is missing 3263 2294 0 1 School owner 5557 0 Student grade at baseline 5557 0 1 6 Included in midline survey 1015 4542 1 1 district 5557 0 lit_score 3263 2294 0 4 digit 3263 2294 0 3 addition 3263 2294 0 1 subtraction 3263 2294 0 1 multiplication 3263 2294 0 1 division 3263 2294 0 1 Treatment status 5557 0 1 4 1 Control 1367 2 SMS 1398 3 Rising 1416 4 Government 1376 In-person interview 571 4986 1 1 Phone interview 579 4978 1 1 Interview start time 5557 0 Interview end time 5557 0 Date of Assessment 5557 0 What is your relationship to the children in your household? 5557 0 Has ${name} re-enrolled in school? 5557 0 Has ${name} *attended* school at all since schools re-opened? 5557 0 Has ${name} *attended* school in the last week? 5557 0 What is the main reason ${name} has not re-enrolled in school? 5557 0 Please specify the reason that ${name} has not re-enrolled in school. 5557 0 During the time that schools were closed between April and July, many children s 5557 0 What is the FM frequency of for the educational radio where you live? 5557 0 What is the head of this household’s highest level of education? 5557 0 What is the gender of the head of your household? 5557 0 During the time that schools were closed between April and July, lots of childre 5557 0 Please could you count out loud from 1 to 10. 5557 0 What number is bigger, 5 or 2? 5557 0 What is 4 + 7? 5557 0 What is 12 + 5? 5557 0 What is 24 + 59? 5557 0 What is 19 – 5? 5557 0 What is 85 – 13? 5557 0 Suppose you have 25 bananas, and I take away 17. What do you have? 5557 0 An onion costs 1,000 Leones each. I have 5,000 Leones. How many onions can I buy 5557 0 What is 7 x 4? 5557 0 What is 2 x 13? 5557 0 What is 9 ÷ 3? 5557 0 Now let’s try a word game. Imagine you are going to the market. Tell me some thi 5557 0 Now, I want to know what fruits and vegetables you are familiar with. Tell me th 5557 0 We’re going to try and spell out some words now. Please can you spell the word " 5557 0 Please can you spell the word “walk” for me. 5557 0 And finally, please can you spell the word “pencil” for me. 5557 0 Who does Hassan like to walk to school with? 5557 0 What do they do on their way to school? 5557 0 Who runs faster? 5557 0 Who stole the cat’s hat? 5557 0 What colour was the hat? 5557 0 Why did the cat chase the mouse? 5557 0 Where did the mouse get trapped? 5557 0 ID 4263 1294 1 2457 Was interviewed by phone (1) or in-person (0) 4263 1294 0 1 This questionnaire aims to give us a better understanding of children’s learning 5557 0 Have you re-enrolled in school? 5557 0 Have you *attended* school at all since schools re-opened? 5557 0 Have you *attended* school in the last week? 5557 0 What is the head of your household’s highest level of education? 5557 0 Interviewed in-person 1847 3710 1 1 Attrited (lost to follow-up) 5557 0 0 1 Whole household attrited (lost to follow-up) 5557 0 0 1 Number of Maths calls 2792 2765 0 16 Number of Language calls 2792 2765 0 16 Number of calls (total) 2792 2765 0 32 group(enumeratorsname) 4263 1294 1 28 group(school district) 5557 0 1 25 group(school district) 5557 0 1 25 Prioritised within household 5557 0 0 1 Year of birth 3263 2294 2000 2020