The SASA! Together< Radio Booster study: Baseline and follow-up community survey data – User Guide

Persistent identifier

10.17037/DATA.00004223

Alternative title

A ‘proof of concept’ study evaluating the potential of a radio edutainment intervention, ‘Together with Gloria’, to boost the reach and impact of SASA! Together community programming to prevent violence against women in Kasese, Uganda

Description

The SASA! Together Radio Booster study is a mixed methods evaluation of a 33-episode radio drama ‘Together with Gloria’ (TWG), that was implemented alongside SASA! Together community programming in Kasese District, western Uganda. Together with Gloria was aired on three local radio stations in Kasese. The evaluation research was conducted in 18 villages in Kisinga Sub County in which SASA! Together community programming was underway, and was designed to assess the potential of the radio drama to boost both the reach and impact of the community programming. These datasets contain the results of two cross-sectional quantitative surveys of community members across the 18 study sites, a ‘baseline’ survey (n=644) conducted approximately six weeks after TWG began airing, and a follow-up survey (n=1,018) conducted approximately 33 weeks later (6 weeks after final broadcast).

Data collection methods

The study involved both quantitative and qualitative data collection. This record relates solely to the quantitative data collection.

Data collection took place in 18 villages in Kisinga Sub County, in which SASA! Together community programming was underway and TWG was being broadcast. 9 of the villages were randomly selected to form the basis of the female sample, with the remaining 9 forming the basis of the male sample (same allocation for both data collection rounds). A systematic sample of households, based on the ‘random’ walk method, was drawn separately for each survey round, and a maximum of one eligible person per household randomly selected to participate in the respective survey. The surveys collected data on TWG reach/listenership, attendance/involvement in other SASA! Together activities, attitudes towards IPV and intimate relationships, quality of intimate relationships, and activism/intention to prevent or respond to IPV. The intervention and evaluation research are described in more detail in the study protocol.

Geographic regions

Kasese District, Uganda

Key dates

• Data collection for the baseline survey was conducted 20/07/2022 to 04/08/2022
• Data collection for the follow-up survey was conducted 20/03/2023 to 07/04/2023

Quality controls

Data cleaning steps included checks for duplicate IDs, missing data, consistency across related variables, and correct application of questionnaire filters. Periodic quality checks were performed by LSHTM researchers throughout data collection to highlight (and remedy in real time) potential issues with scripting or administration of the survey.

Population

Human population (male and female community members 18+ years in the 18 study villages).

Privacy

The database has been anonymised to prevent identification of individuals or villages. Each participant has been assigned a unique study number, and villages have been coded numerically rather than by name. GPS coordinates have also been removed. Date of birth of respondents has been removed, and a calculated age variable generated in its place. Interviewers have been coded numerically rather than by name. Free text fields have been removed to avoid risk of reidentification of individuals and/or villages.

Ethics

Keywords

Violence against women, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, violence prevention, mass media intervention, edutainment, community mobilisation, community intervention, gender, social norms, evaluation

Language of written material

English

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