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Impact Measurement

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150survey responses from31 Recipients

Last response 16d ago

Time Frame

Jul 26, 2023 - Sep 18, 2026

1,150 days

Country

Sierra Leone

31

Age

Youth (16-25)

1

Young adults (26-35)

18

Middle-aged (36-55)

12

Older adults (56+)

0

Gender

Male

14

Female

17

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Question 1 (Multiple choice)

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

62 responses in 66 surveys

Follow-up question for 39 individuals who selected more than one category

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

39 responses in 66 surveys

Question 2 (Single choice)

Do you have any dependents?

148 responses in 150 surveys

Follow-up question for 143 individuals who said Yes

How many people depend on you financially?

143 responses in 150 surveys

Question 3 (Single choice)

What is your marital status?

147 responses in 150 surveys

Question 4 (Single choice)

Where do you live?

140 responses in 150 surveys

Question 5 (Single choice)

Are you currently attending school?

44 responses in 150 surveys

Question 6 (Single choice)

What is your current employment status?

149 responses in 150 surveys

Follow-up question for 22 individuals who said Not employed

Are you currently looking for work?

22 responses in 150 surveys

Question 7 (Single choice)

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

149 responses in 150 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?

44 responses in 150 surveys

Follow-up question for 22 individuals who said Yes

Did this happen last week?

22 responses in 150 surveys

Follow-up question for 14 individuals who said Yes

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

14 responses in 150 surveys

Question 9 (Single choice)

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

150 responses in 150 surveys

Question 10 (Single choice)

Are you currently able to save money?

150 responses in 150 surveys

Question 11 (Single choice)

Are you in debt?

67 responses in 67 surveys

Follow-up question for 19 individuals who said Yes

Are you able to repay the debt?

19 responses in 67 surveys

Question 12 (Single choice)

Is anyone in your household in debt?

67 responses in 67 surveys

Follow-up question for 15 individuals who said Yes

Are you the main person repaying the debt?

15 responses in 67 surveys

Question 13 (Single choice)

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

67 responses in 67 surveys

Question 14 (Free text)

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

0 responses in 1 surveys

Question 15 (Free text)

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

62 responses in 66 surveys

Question 16 (Single choice)

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

70 responses in 83 surveys

Question 17 (Free text)

What impact did Social Income have on your life?

25 responses in 28 surveys

Question 18 (Single choice)

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

25 responses in 28 surveys

Follow-up question for 11 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)

11 responses in 28 surveys

Question 19 (Single choice)

Has Social Income made you feel happier?

25 responses in 28 surveys

Follow-up question for 25 individuals who said Yes

How so?

0 responses in 28 surveys

Follow-up question for 0 individuals who said No

Can you tell us why?

0 responses in 28 surveys

Question 20 (Single choice)

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

77 responses in 83 surveys

Education

69.4 %

Food

64.5 %

Housing

40.3 %

Health care

32.3 %

Transportation

27.4 %

Savings

6.5 %

Investment

3.2 %

Food

92.3 %

Education

76.9 %

Housing

61.5 %

Health care

48.7 %

Transportation

38.5 %

Savings

7.7 %

Investment

2.6 %

97%

Yes

97 %

No

3 %

3-4

47.6 %

5-7

29.4 %

1-2

14.7 %

8-10

7.0 %

more than 10

1.4 %

Married

54.4 %

Never married

33.3 %

Widowed

7.5 %

Separated

3.4 %

Divorced

1.4 %

Western Area Rural

55.0 %

Western Area Urban

32.9 %

Eastern Province

11.4 %

Northern Province

0.7 %

Southern Province

0.0 %

North West Province

0.0 %

86%

No

86 %

Yes

14 %

Self-employed

61.7 %

Employed

21.5 %

Not employed

14.8 %

Retired

2.0 %

59%

Yes

59 %

No

41 %

84%

No

84 %

Yes

16 %

50%

Yes

50 %

No

50 %

64%

Yes

64 %

No

36 %

57%

No

57 %

Yes

43 %

78%

No

78 %

Yes

22 %

78%

No

78 %

Yes

22 %

72%

No

72 %

Yes

28 %

79%

No

79 %

Yes

21 %

78%

No

78 %

Yes

22 %

93%

Yes

93 %

No

7 %

82%

No

82 %

Yes

18 %

Text response insights

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Text response insights

62 text responses collected.

90%

Yes

90 %

No

10 %

Text response insights

25 text responses collected.

56%

Yes

56 %

No

44 %

Text response insights

11 text responses collected.

100%

Yes

100 %

No

0 %

Text response insights

No text responses yet.

Text response insights

No text responses yet.

52%

Yes

52 %

No

48 %

150survey responses from31 Recipients

Last response 16d ago

Time Frame

Jul 26, 2023 - Sep 18, 2026

1,150 days

Country

Sierra Leone

31

Age

Youth (16-25)

1

Young adults (26-35)

18

Middle-aged (36-55)

12

Older adults (56+)

0

Gender

Male

14

Female

17