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Table 4 Primary and secondary study outcome indicators and measures

From: Cluster randomized evaluation of Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme (AGEP): study protocol

Immediate programme outcomes

Asset domain

 Percentage of girls with high self-efficacy

Social

 Percentage of girls with strong role models and social support

Social

 Average number of friends, friends who can be counted on

Social

 Percentage of girls who hold positive gender normative believes

Social

 Average score on financial literacy scale

Economic

 Percentage of girls who have opened a formal bank account

Economic

 Average score on knowledge of sexual reproductive health

Health

 Average number of modern contraceptives known

Health

 Percentage having comprehensive knowledge of HIV

Health

 Percentage of girls accessing sexual and reproductive health services

Health

Mediating outcomes indicators

 Percentage of girls working for cash or in-kind in the past year

Economic

 Percentage of girls with a modest amount of savings

Economic

 Percentage of girls who have used a condom during last sex with a non-marital/non-cohabiting partner

Sexual and reproductive health

 Percentage of girls who are using modern contraception

Sexual and reproductive health

 Percentage of girls who have engaged in transactional sex

Sexual and reproductive health

Longer-term outcomes indicators

Outcome domain

 Percentage of girls ever married

Socio-demographic

 Percentage of girls ever pregnant and given birth

Socio-demographic

 Percentage of girls experiencing unwanted pregnancy

Socio-demographic

 Percentage of girls completing grade 7 and grade 9

Educational

 HIV prevalence among girls

Sexual and reproductive health

 Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 (HSV-2) prevalence among girls

Sexual and reproductive health