LINEA baseline cross-sectional survey data

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.

Keywords

Age-disparate transactional sex, Social norms, Adolescent girls, Young men, Cluster randomised trial, Quasi-experimental design, Gender transformative intervention