National Social Safety Nets Project Livelihood Pilot Baseline Survey 2019 - Nigeria

Abstract
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Despite the significant growth experienced in Nigeria in recent years, poverty has been on the rise, particularly in rural areas. The National Social Safety Nets Project (NASSP) was designed to provide poor and vulnerable household’s access to targeted transfers and to pilot scalable livelihoods interventions to support sustainable income generating activities and graduation out of poverty. To assess the impacts of the livelihood pilot activities, a sample of households was interviewed for the baseline data collection before the introduction of these interventions. These households will then be re-interviewed after the completed implementation of the livelihood package in a random subset of communities, to evaluate any resulting changes in household welfare and to gain insights about the most cost-effective approaches to deliver the livelihood package at scale.

Geographic coverage
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8,035 NASSP beneficiary households from 460 communities in 12 local government areas (LGAs) in the six livelihood pilot states: Anambra, Bauchi, Cross River, Jigawa, Niger and Oyo.

Sampling procedure
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The survey used a multistage sampling procedure.
Stage 1: Six states were selected for the pilot study, one from each geopolitical zone, to ensure it represents national diversity. The states also satisfied the following criteria: availability of a State Beneficiary Register (SBR); participation in the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) and/or Fadama; and adoption of the co-responsibility component of the NASSP project.
Stage 2: Local Government Areas (LGAs) were selected from each state. Both LGAs were rural, to ensure the livelihood works in the most challenging of environments. Not more than one LGA was selected in each senatorial district to ensure widespread representation.
Stage 3: Pilot communities were selected based on these factors: 12 to 56 households per community (for implementation feasibility); at least 3 communities per ward (to allow stratification of treatment arms within wards); at least 2 wards per LGA.
Stage 4: Households were randomly sampled from each community, proportionate to the coverage of the NASSP project.

Research instrument
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The baseline survey questionnaire was programmed into the SurveyCTO application on Android tablets and trained enumerators administered the survey to household respondents in face-to-face interviews conducted during household visits.

The survey questionnaire was developed in English language by the research team and translated into Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Nupe and Pidgin by professional translators. Heads of households and caregivers were the main target respondents and separate sections of the survey were targeted to each of them. If a household head was unavailable, the caregiver responded on their behalf (7.5% of household). If the caregiver was unavailable, the alternate responded (2.5% of households). Questions were also asked to economically active members in each household when available. The average interview duration was 3 hours.

The survey questionnaire was divided into the following sections: household composition, employment, agriculture, livestock, business activities, program participation, safety nets, other income, remittances, consumption, finances, shocks, food security, dwelling type, household assets, psychosocial wellbeing, household dynamics, and time use.

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阶段1：从每个地理政治区选择一个州进行试点研究，以确保其代表国家多样性。这些州还满足以下标准：拥有州受益者登记册（SBR）；参与社区和社会发展项目（CSDP）和/或Fadama；以及采用NASSP项目的共同责任组成部分。

阶段2：从每个州选择地方政府区域（LGAs）。这两个LGAs均为农村地区，以确保生计工作在最具挑战性的环境中实施。每个参议院选区中最多选择一个LGAs，以确保广泛代表。

阶段3：根据以下因素选择试点社区：每个社区12至56户家庭（以实施可行性为标准）；每个街区至少3个社区（以在街区内部进行治疗臂的分层）；每个LGAs至少2个街区。

阶段4：从每个社区随机抽取家庭，抽样比例与NASSP项目的覆盖范围相匹配。', 'Research instrument': '基线调查问卷被编程到Android平板电脑上的SurveyCTO应用中，经过培训的普查员在家庭访问期间面对面地对该家庭的受访者进行了调查。

调查问卷由研究团队用英语语言开发，并由专业翻译人员翻译成豪萨语、伊博语、约鲁巴语、努佩语和皮金语。

家庭户主和监护人为主要目标受访者，调查问卷的各个部分都针对他们分别设计。如果户主不在场，则监护人代表其回答（7.5%的家庭）。如果监护人也不在，则由替代者回答（2.5%的家庭）。当有经济活动成员时，也会向他们提问。平均访谈时间为3小时。

调查问卷分为以下部分：家庭构成、就业、农业、畜牧业、商业活动、项目参与、安全网、其他收入、汇款、消费、财务、冲击、粮食安全、居住类型、家庭资产、心理社会福祉、家庭动态和时间使用。'}