Northern Uganda Social Action Fund - Youth Opportunites Baseline Survey 2008
Uganda, 2008
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Identification
Survey ID Number
UGA-UBOS-NUSAF-YOP-2008v01
Title
Northern Uganda Social Action Fund - Youth Opportunites Baseline Survey 2008
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Uganda | UGA |
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
The units of analysis of Northern Uganda Social Action Fund - Youth Opportunites Baseline Survey 2008 were: households and individuals.
Version
Version Description
- v1.0: Edited dataset used in the production of the final report and available for public use.
Version Date
2009-02-04
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The survey covered the districts of Adjumani, Arua, Moyo, Nebbi, Yumbe, Kotido, Moroto, Nakapiripirit, Soroti, Katakwi, Kaberamaido, Pallisa, Kumi, Lira and Apac.
Universe
The survey covered youth aged roughly 15 to 35 who live in conditions of poverty and are currently unemployed or underemployed.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Uganda Social Action Fund | Government of Uganda | Provided technical assistance |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Government of Uganda | GoU | |
| World Bank | WB | Main financier |
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Respondents | Communities in Northern Uganda | Provided the required data |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
As the demand from the districts for funding through NUSAF exceeded the total budget of the program, the targeting of which groups to fund was selected randomly from a pool of qualified projects. Each of the 10 districts in the study though faced their own budget constraint for funding, and so the sampling of the groups was done at the district level. In each district between 50% and 60% of the groups were selected for funding, depending on budget limits.
After selection there are 264 treatment and 258 control groups. From each of these groups 5 people were randomly selected to be interviewed, with 1313 individuals in the treatment and 1274 in the control groups. At the beginning of the interview the entire group was assembled to answer a group questionnaire. The 5 individuals were then randomly selected from each group to be interviewed. The questionnaire took approximately 90 minutes to administer and was done in either the local language or English, whichever was determined by the UBoS enumerators to be appropriate.
After selection there are 264 treatment and 258 control groups. From each of these groups 5 people were randomly selected to be interviewed, with 1313 individuals in the treatment and 1274 in the control groups. At the beginning of the interview the entire group was assembled to answer a group questionnaire. The 5 individuals were then randomly selected from each group to be interviewed. The questionnaire took approximately 90 minutes to administer and was done in either the local language or English, whichever was determined by the UBoS enumerators to be appropriate.
Deviations from the Sample Design
The sample did not cover the 3 districts of the Acholi sub region i.e. Gulu, Pader and Kitgum.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2008-02-21 | 2008-03-16 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | UBOS | Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development |
Data Appraisal
Estimates of Sampling Error
Balance of means tests are presented in Appendix B. Sampling groups at the district level creates a problem for testing the balance of the treatment and control samples, meaning a normal t-test is not appropriate. The appropriate balance test is a regression on the desired variable with treatment and district dummies and the standard errors clustered at the group level.
The t-statistics for a sample of key variables is presented in the appendix. The majority of the variables show a value near or below 1. Of concern though are the variables income in last 7 days without outliers dropped, whether the individual’s mother is alive and the incidence of vocational training, which have t-statistics well above 1. Due to the lateness of receiving the baseline data and the programming difficulties of changing the sample, it was not possible to re-sample the treatment and control groups. This should not present too
much of a difficulty for the eventual follow-up as these differences can be controlled for.
The balance of means tests for the cross-cutting design are presented in Appendix C.
The t-statistics for a sample of key variables is presented in the appendix. The majority of the variables show a value near or below 1. Of concern though are the variables income in last 7 days without outliers dropped, whether the individual’s mother is alive and the incidence of vocational training, which have t-statistics well above 1. Due to the lateness of receiving the baseline data and the programming difficulties of changing the sample, it was not possible to re-sample the treatment and control groups. This should not present too
much of a difficulty for the eventual follow-up as these differences can be controlled for.
The balance of means tests for the cross-cutting design are presented in Appendix C.
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development | ubos@ubos.org | www.ubos.org |
Confidentiality
Confidentiality of respondents is guaranteed by Article 19 of The Uganda Bureau of Statistics Act, 1998.
Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:
1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the data depositor.
2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files.
3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the data depositor.
Access conditions
The dataset is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is
accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following
terms and conditions: 1.The data and other materials will not be redistributed or
sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement
of Uganda Bureau of Statistics. 2.The data will be used for statistical and scientific
research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated
information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations. 3.No
attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the
identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such
discovery would immediately be reported to Uganda Bureau of Statistics. 4. No
attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by Uganda Bureau
of Statistics, or among data from Uganda Bureau of Statistics and other datasets
that could identify individuals or organizations. 5. Any books, articles, conference
papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data
obtained from Uganda Bureau of Statistics will cite the source of data in
accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset. 6. An
electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be
sent to Uganda Bureau of Statistics. 7. The original collector of the data, Uganda
Bureau of Statistics, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for
use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following
terms and conditions: 1.The data and other materials will not be redistributed or
sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement
of Uganda Bureau of Statistics. 2.The data will be used for statistical and scientific
research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated
information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations. 3.No
attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the
identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such
discovery would immediately be reported to Uganda Bureau of Statistics. 4. No
attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by Uganda Bureau
of Statistics, or among data from Uganda Bureau of Statistics and other datasets
that could identify individuals or organizations. 5. Any books, articles, conference
papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data
obtained from Uganda Bureau of Statistics will cite the source of data in
accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset. 6. An
electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be
sent to Uganda Bureau of Statistics. 7. The original collector of the data, Uganda
Bureau of Statistics, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for
use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Citation requirements
"Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Northern Uganda Social Action Fund - Youth Opportunites Baseline Survey 2008 (NUSAF - YOP 2008), Version 1.0 of the public use dataset (February 2009), provided by the Uganda National Data Archive. www.ubos.org/nada"
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development | ubos@ubos.org | www.ubos.org |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the Uganda Bureau of Statistics and the relevant funding agency(ies) bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Copyright
(c) 2009, Uganda Bureau of Statistics
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-UGA-UBOS-NUSAF-YOP-2008-v1.0
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | UBOS | Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development | Documentation of the survey/census |
| Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century | PARIS21/OECD | World Bank | Review of the documentation |
Date of Metadata Production
2011-08-18
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 (August 2011). This version is the first in the documentation of this survey.