PROSPERED Dataset: Family Cash Benefits

This database captures the existence of policies establishing family allowances that require the presence of children in the household as a condition for eligibility. The database focuses on cash payments only. Variables include whether benefits are subject to a means test, and whether they are available universally or only for targeted populations. Longitudinal data is available for every year between 2002 and 2012 for the 121 countries that have been surveyed by either the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) or the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) at least once between 1999 and 2013.