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Impact Measurement

All data shown on this page is updated in real time from surveys conducted with our recipients.

105survey responses from27 Recipients

Last response 27d ago

Time Frame

Apr 18, 2023 - Jul 22, 2026

1'191 days

Country

Sierra Leone

27

Age

Youth (16-25)

5

Young adults (26-35)

10

Middle-aged (36-55)

10

Older adults (56+)

1

Gender

Male

14

Female

13

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Our work

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Question 1 (Multiple choice)

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

71 responses in 71 surveys

Follow-up question for 59 individuals who selected more than one category

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

59 responses in 71 surveys

Question 2 (Single choice)

Do you have any dependents?

103 responses in 105 surveys

Follow-up question for 63 individuals who said Yes

How many people depend on you financially?

63 responses in 105 surveys

Question 3 (Single choice)

What is your marital status?

103 responses in 105 surveys

Question 4 (Single choice)

Where do you live?

103 responses in 105 surveys

Question 5 (Single choice)

Are you currently attending school?

60 responses in 105 surveys

Question 6 (Single choice)

What is your current employment status?

104 responses in 105 surveys

Follow-up question for 44 individuals who said Not employed

Are you currently looking for work?

44 responses in 105 surveys

Question 7 (Single choice)

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

104 responses in 105 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?

61 responses in 105 surveys

Follow-up question for 31 individuals who said Yes

Did this happen last week?

31 responses in 105 surveys

Follow-up question for 12 individuals who said Yes

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

13 responses in 105 surveys

Question 9 (Single choice)

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

102 responses in 105 surveys

Question 10 (Single choice)

Are you currently able to save money?

102 responses in 105 surveys

Question 11 (Single choice)

Are you in debt?

85 responses in 88 surveys

Follow-up question for 7 individuals who said Yes

Are you able to repay the debt?

7 responses in 88 surveys

Question 12 (Single choice)

Is anyone in your household in debt?

86 responses in 88 surveys

Follow-up question for 36 individuals who said Yes

Are you the main person repaying the debt?

36 responses in 88 surveys

Question 13 (Single choice)

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

86 responses in 88 surveys

Question 14 (Free text)

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

15 responses in 17 surveys

Question 15 (Free text)

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

71 responses in 71 surveys

Question 16 (Single choice)

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

17 responses in 17 surveys

Question 17 (Free text)

What impact did Social Income have on your life?

7 responses in 7 surveys

Question 18 (Single choice)

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

7 responses in 7 surveys

Follow-up question for 5 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)

5 responses in 7 surveys

Question 19 (Single choice)

Has Social Income made you feel happier?

7 responses in 7 surveys

Follow-up question for 7 individuals who said Yes

How so?

0 responses in 7 surveys

Follow-up question for 0 individuals who said No

Can you tell us why?

0 responses in 7 surveys

Question 20 (Single choice)

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

17 responses in 17 surveys

Health care

81.7 %

Education

74.6 %

Food

70.4 %

Transportation

35.2 %

Housing

22.5 %

Investment

8.5 %

Savings

7.0 %

Health care

94.9 %

Food

81.4 %

Education

78.0 %

Transportation

42.4 %

Housing

25.4 %

Investment

10.2 %

Savings

8.5 %

61%

Yes

61 %

No

39 %

3-4

46.0 %

1-2

39.7 %

5-7

9.5 %

8-10

3.2 %

more than 10

1.6 %

Never married

70.9 %

Married

15.5 %

Separated

9.7 %

Widowed

2.9 %

Divorced

1.0 %

Western Area Urban

57.3 %

Western Area Rural

31.1 %

Eastern Province

7.8 %

Northern Province

1.9 %

Southern Province

1.0 %

North West Province

1.0 %

78%

No

78 %

Yes

22 %

Self-employed

53.8 %

Not employed

42.3 %

Employed

3.8 %

Retired

0.0 %

57%

Yes

57 %

No

43 %

71%

Yes

71 %

No

29 %

51%

Yes

51 %

No

49 %

61%

No

61 %

Yes

39 %

77%

No

77 %

Yes

23 %

87%

No

87 %

Yes

13 %

84%

No

84 %

Yes

16 %

92%

No

92 %

Yes

8 %

57%

Yes

57 %

No

43 %

58%

No

58 %

Yes

42 %

89%

No

89 %

Yes

11 %

94%

No

94 %

Yes

6 %

Text response insights

15 text responses collected.

Text response insights

71 text responses collected.

88%

Yes

88 %

No

12 %

Text response insights

7 text responses collected.

71%

No

71 %

Yes

29 %

Text response insights

5 text responses collected.

100%

Yes

100 %

No

0 %

Text response insights

No text responses yet.

Text response insights

No text responses yet.

82%

No

82 %

Yes

18 %

105survey responses from27 Recipients

Last response 27d ago

Time Frame

Apr 18, 2023 - Jul 22, 2026

1'191 days

Country

Sierra Leone

27

Age

Youth (16-25)

5

Young adults (26-35)

10

Middle-aged (36-55)

10

Older adults (56+)

1

Gender

Male

14

Female

13