Impact Measurement

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979survey responses from260 Recipients

Last response 2d ago

Time Frame

Apr 17, 2023 - Jun 18, 2026

1'157 days

Country

Sierra Leone

260

Age

Youth (16-25)

Young adults (26-35)

Middle-aged (36-55)

106

Older adults (56+)

Gender

Male

104

Female

156

Question 1 (Multiple choice)

What are the key categories that you spend your Social Income payments on?

633 responses in 666 surveys

Food

74.9%

Education

68.2%

Health care

51.0%

Housing

46.0%

Transportation

33.5%

Savings

11.5%

Investment

8.7%

Follow-up question for 420 individuals who selected more than one category

Please rank the selected spending categories from the most important to the least.

420 responses in 666 surveys

food

94.0%

education

83.8%

healthCare

74.5%

housing

66.4%

mobility

49.5%

saving

15.2%

investment

8.6%

Question 2 (Single choice)

Do you have any dependents?

962 responses in 979 surveys

91%

Yes

91%

Follow-up question for 872 individuals who said Yes

How many people depend on you financially?

872 responses in 979 surveys

3-4

39.8%

5-7

31.0%

1-2

17.8%

8-10

9.2%

more than 10

2.3%

Question 3 (Single choice)

What is your marital status?

958 responses in 979 surveys

Married

39.6%

Never married

34.6%

Widowed

17.0%

Separated

6.7%

Divorced

2.2%

Question 4 (Single choice)

Where do you live?

938 responses in 979 surveys

Western Area Urban

39.1%

Western Area Rural

35.3%

Eastern Province

15.2%

Southern Province

6.1%

Northern Province

3.8%

North West Province

0.4%

Question 5 (Single choice)

Are you currently attending school?

428 responses in 979 surveys

87%

Yes

13%

Question 6 (Single choice)

What is your current employment status?

969 responses in 979 surveys

Self-employed

57.0%

Not employed

30.2%

Employed

10.1%

Retired

2.7%

Follow-up question for 293 individuals who said Not employed

Are you currently looking for work?

293 responses in 979 surveys

56%

Yes

56%

44%

Question 7 (Single choice)

Do you have a disability or illness that affects your possibilities of getting work or keeping your job?

970 responses in 979 surveys

77%

Yes

23%

Question 8 (Single choice)

Do you or other family members in your household ever skip meals because there wasn't enough money for food?

430 responses in 979 surveys

54%

Yes

46%

Follow-up question for 199 individuals who said Yes

Did this happen last week?

199 responses in 979 surveys

56%

Yes

56%

44%

Follow-up question for 111 individuals who said Yes

Did you skip more than 3 meals in the past week?

111 responses in 979 surveys

56%

Yes

56%

44%

Question 9 (Single choice)

Do you have enough money to cover unexpected expenses like seeing a doctor?

966 responses in 979 surveys

81%

Yes

19%

Question 10 (Single choice)

Are you currently able to save money?

968 responses in 979 surveys

80%

Yes

20%

Question 11 (Single choice)

Are you in debt?

720 responses in 728 surveys

72%

Yes

28%

Follow-up question for 203 individuals who said Yes

Are you able to repay the debt?

203 responses in 728 surveys

55%

Yes

45%

Question 12 (Single choice)

Is anyone in your household in debt?

723 responses in 728 surveys

72%

Yes

28%

Follow-up question for 206 individuals who said Yes

Are you the main person repaying the debt?

206 responses in 728 surveys

70%

Yes

70%

30%

Question 13 (Single choice)

Are you currently receiving any other form of financial support from anywhere else?

723 responses in 728 surveys

89%

Yes

11%

Question 14 (Free text)

What do you hope to achieve within the next 3 years with Social Income?

56 responses in 62 surveys

Text response insights

56 text responses collected.

Question 15 (Free text)

What do you hope to achieve within the remaining time in the Social Income program?

634 responses in 666 surveys

Text response insights

634 text responses collected.

Question 16 (Single choice)

Did Social Income make you feel financially more secure and independent?

230 responses in 251 surveys

94%

Yes

94%

Question 17 (Free text)

What impact did Social Income have on your life?

95 responses in 101 surveys

Text response insights

95 text responses collected.

Question 18 (Single choice)

Have you achieved what you hoped to over the course of the last three years?

97 responses in 101 surveys

64%

Yes

64%

36%

Follow-up question for 35 individuals who said No

What has kept you from achieving this goal? Is there something we could have done to further support you? (e.g. mentoring, connections)

35 responses in 101 surveys

Text response insights

35 text responses collected.

Question 19 (Single choice)

Has Social Income made you feel happier?

97 responses in 101 surveys

100%

Yes

100%

Follow-up question for 97 individuals who said Yes

How so?

2 responses in 101 surveys

Text response insights

2 text responses collected.

Follow-up question for 0 individuals who said No

Can you tell us why?

0 responses in 101 surveys

Text response insights

No text responses yet.

Question 20 (Single choice)

Was three years of Social Income payments long enough to become financially stable?

240 responses in 251 surveys

52%

Yes

52%

48%