LINEA baseline cross-sectional survey data

Buller, AM, Wamoyi, J, Gourlay, AJ, Pichon, M, Tilouche, N, Abramsky, T, Zuakulu, M and Mangya, C. 2024. LINEA baseline cross-sectional survey data. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from:

Buller, AM, Wamoyi, J, Gourlay, AJ, Pichon, M, Tilouche, N, Abramsky, T, Zuakulu, M and Mangya, C. LINEA baseline cross-sectional survey data [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2024. Available from:

Buller, AM, Wamoyi, J, Gourlay, AJ, Pichon, M, Tilouche, N, Abramsky, T, Zuakulu, M and Mangya, C (2024). LINEA baseline cross-sectional survey data. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

Description

The Learning Initiative on Norms, Exploitation and Abuse (LINEA) is a cluster randomised controlled trial (CRCT) of an intervention (radio drama and curricula) which aims to prevent age-disparate transactional sex in Tanzania. There is a quasi-experimental, non-randomised, component which aims to estimate impact of the intervention on community-wide social norms. This dataset contains the responses to a structured survey conducted at baseline before randomisation to and implementation of the LINEA intervention, among general populations of girls/women and boys/men aged 13 years and over. The surveys covered topics including socio-demographics, schooling, sexual behaviour, receipt and giving of gifts in the context of sex, attitudes to violence, and attitudes to age-disparate transactional sex.

Additional information

Researchers wishing to access these anonymised data should complete and submit a data application form, outlining the purpose of their proposed research, ethics approvals that have been obtained, and a list of variables that they wish to access. Applications for access will need to be approved by the LINEA Principal Investigators, Ana Maria Buller (LSHTM) and Joyce Wamoyi (National Institute of Medical Research, Tanzania); the request will be reviewed by the LINEA study team. Interested parties are advised to contact the study investigators to discuss their proposed research. If approved, before the data can be shared, ethical approval must be obtained from your host institution, and a Data Transfer Agreement with LSHTM must also be signed.

Methods

Description of data capture

Participants for the cross-sectional survey were sampled using multi-stage sampling; first sampling wards within selected study districts, then by randomly selecting streets, then households within those streets (random selection of the first house, systematic thereafter). Individual structured interviews were conducted in person by trained interviewers, with the aid of tablet devices (questionnaires programmed in ODK). 599 women and 600 men participated, whose data are included in the datasets. Data cleaning steps included checks for duplicate IDs, missing data, verifying age of respondent, consistency checks across related variables, and checks for correct application of questionnaire filters. The dataset was anonymised with each record assigned a unique numerical ID.

Data capture method

Questionnaire

Data Collection Period

From	To
19 July 2023	7 October 2023

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

1 November 2024

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Buller, AM, Wamoyi, J, Gourlay, AJ, Pichon, M, Tilouche, N, Abramsky, T, Zuakulu, M and Mangya, C
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Population Health (2012- ) Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Mwanza