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1'050survey responses from296 Recipients

Last response 0d ago

Time Frame

Apr 17, 2023 - Aug 24, 2026

1'225 days

Country

Sierra Leone

296

Age

Youth (16-25)

14

Young adults (26-35)

82

Middle-aged (36-55)

133

Older adults (56+)

26

Gender

Male

124

Female

172

Question 1 (Multiple choice)

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

720 responses in 752 surveys

Follow-up question for 456 individuals who selected more than one category

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

456 responses in 752 surveys

Question 2 (Single choice)

Do you have any dependents?

1034 responses in 1050 surveys

Follow-up question for 936 individuals who said Yes

How many people depend on you financially?

936 responses in 1050 surveys

Question 3 (Single choice)

What is your marital status?

1031 responses in 1050 surveys

Question 4 (Single choice)

Where do you live?

1013 responses in 1050 surveys

Question 5 (Single choice)

Are you currently attending school?

526 responses in 1050 surveys

Question 6 (Single choice)

What is your current employment status?

1041 responses in 1050 surveys

Follow-up question for 324 individuals who said Not employed

Are you currently looking for work?

324 responses in 1050 surveys

Question 7 (Single choice)

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

1041 responses in 1050 surveys

Question 8 (Single choice)

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

528 responses in 1050 surveys

Follow-up question for 242 individuals who said Yes

Did this happen last week?

242 responses in 1050 surveys

Follow-up question for 127 individuals who said Yes

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

128 responses in 1050 surveys

Question 9 (Single choice)

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

1038 responses in 1050 surveys

Question 10 (Single choice)

Are you currently able to save money?

1040 responses in 1050 surveys

Question 11 (Single choice)

Are you in debt?

806 responses in 814 surveys

Follow-up question for 219 individuals who said Yes

Are you able to repay the debt?

219 responses in 814 surveys

Question 12 (Single choice)

Is anyone in your household in debt?

809 responses in 814 surveys

Follow-up question for 211 individuals who said Yes

Are you the main person repaying the debt?

211 responses in 814 surveys

Question 13 (Single choice)

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

809 responses in 814 surveys

Question 14 (Free text)

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

56 responses in 62 surveys

Question 15 (Free text)

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

721 responses in 752 surveys

Question 16 (Single choice)

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

220 responses in 236 surveys

Question 17 (Free text)

What impact did Social Income have on your life?

92 responses in 96 surveys

Question 18 (Single choice)

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

93 responses in 96 surveys

Follow-up question for 34 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)

34 responses in 96 surveys

Question 19 (Single choice)

Has Social Income made you feel happier?

93 responses in 96 surveys

Follow-up question for 93 individuals who said Yes

How so?

1 responses in 96 surveys

Follow-up question for 0 individuals who said No

Can you tell us why?

0 responses in 96 surveys

Question 20 (Single choice)

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

228 responses in 236 surveys

Food

75.4 %

Education

66.3 %

Health care

49.9 %

Housing

41.0 %

Transportation

31.5 %

Savings

12.8 %

Investment

11.1 %

Food

95.0 %

Education

84.4 %

Health care

75.2 %

Housing

62.3 %

Transportation

49.1 %

Savings

18.0 %

Investment

12.7 %

91%

Yes

91 %

No

9 %

3-4

38.7 %

5-7

32.6 %

1-2

17.2 %

8-10

9.3 %

more than 10

2.2 %

Married

40.8 %

Never married

33.0 %

Widowed

16.6 %

Separated

7.1 %

Divorced

2.5 %

Western Area Urban

36.5 %

Western Area Rural

33.6 %

Eastern Province

17.3 %

Southern Province

8.1 %

Northern Province

3.7 %

North West Province

0.9 %

87%

No

87 %

Yes

13 %

Self-employed

57.5 %

Not employed

31.1 %

Employed

8.8 %

Retired

2.5 %

54%

Yes

54 %

No

46 %

78%

No

78 %

Yes

22 %

54%

No

54 %

Yes

46 %

52%

Yes

52 %

No

48 %

52%

Yes

52 %

No

48 %

83%

No

83 %

Yes

17 %

80%

No

80 %

Yes

20 %

73%

No

73 %

Yes

27 %

53%

No

53 %

Yes

47 %

74%

No

74 %

Yes

26 %

70%

Yes

70 %

No

30 %

90%

No

90 %

Yes

10 %

Text response insights

56 text responses collected.

Text response insights

721 text responses collected.

94%

Yes

94 %

No

6 %

Text response insights

92 text responses collected.

63%

Yes

63 %

No

37 %

Text response insights

34 text responses collected.

100%

Yes

100 %

No

0 %

Text response insights

1 text responses collected.

Text response insights

No text responses yet.

53%

Yes

53 %

No

47 %

1'050survey responses from296 Recipients

Last response 0d ago

Time Frame

Apr 17, 2023 - Aug 24, 2026

1'225 days

Country

Sierra Leone

296

Age

Youth (16-25)

14

Young adults (26-35)

82

Middle-aged (36-55)

133

Older adults (56+)

26

Gender

Male

124

Female

172