The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer on Multidimensional Deprivation of Young Women

Evidence from South Africa's HTPN 068

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2063643
AutoresKelly Kilburn (0000-0002-3069-3958, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Lucia Ferrone (0000-0002-6261-9154, University of Florence, autor correspondente), Audrey Pettifor (0000-0002-3387-0817, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Ryan G Wagner (0000-0003-2741-3676, Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System), Ryan Wagner, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé (0000-0002-4876-0848, Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System), Kathleen Kahn (0000-0003-3339-3931, Umeå University), Kathy Kahn
Ano2020
Volume151
Fascículo3
Páginas865-895
Data de publicação2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Indicators Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0303-8300 • E-ISSN: 1573-0921
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11205-020-02367-y
PMID33029038
OpenAlexW3034710690
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas68

Despite the growing popularity of multidimensional poverty measurement and analysis, its use to measure the impact of social protection programs remains scarce. Using primary data collected for the evaluation of HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 068, a randomized, conditional cash transfer intervention for young girls in South Africa that ran from 2011 to 2015, we construct an individual-level measure of multidimensional poverty, a major departure from standard indices that use the household as the unit of analysis. We construct our measure by aggregating multiple deprivation indicators across six dimensions and using a system of nested weights where each domain is weighted equally. Our findings show that the cash transfer consistently reduces deprivations among girls, in particular through the domains of economic agency, violence, and relationships. These results show how social protection interventions can improve the lives of young women beyond single domains and demonstrate the potential for social protection to simultaneously address multiple targets of the SDGs

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