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Free Education Project Impact Evaluation, 2020
Midline and Endline Surveys

Sierra Leone, 2020 - 2021
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Reference ID
SLE_2020_FEPIE_v01_M
Producer(s)
David Evans, Lee Crawfurd, Susannah Hares, Justin Sandefur
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Depositor information
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    SLE_2020_FEPIE_v01_M
    Title

    Free Education Project Impact Evaluation, 2020
    Subtitle

    Midline and Endline Surveys
    Abbreviation or Acronym

    FEPIE 2020
    Country
    Name Country code
    Sierra Leone SLE
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
    Series Information

    This study includes midline and endline survey data collected for a randomized control trial testing impacts of SMS reminders to take-up remote instruction (radio broadcasts), phone tutorials from private school teachers, and phone tutorials from public school teachers. No baseline survey was conducted. The dataset is used to generate the publication 'Live tutoring calls did not improve learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone' that is published at the Journal of Development Economics: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438782300069X.

    Third party data was also used in the analysis. While not distributed here with the survey data, details on how to access it are provided below:

    DSTI data can be requested from the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) in the Office of the President https://educationdatahub.dsti.gov.sl/
    NPSE 2020 Exams are available from Freetown Council https://fcc.gov.sl/national-primary-school-examination-npse-2020/
    EMIS data is available from the Ministry of Education https://mbsse.gov.sl/emis/
    Shapefiles are available online: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-sle?
    Abstract

    Survey data collected for a randomized control trial testing impacts of SMS reminders to take-up remote instruction (radio broadcasts), phone tutorials from private school teachers, and phone tutorials from public school teachers; and for the publication 'Live tutoring calls did not improve learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone'.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    School, Student

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 01: Midline and endline surveys for the FEPIE 2020 - edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution.
    Version Date

    2021-04-30

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey covered 25 schools in four districts in Sierra Leone

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    David Evans Center for Global Development
    Lee Crawfurd Center for Global Development
    Susannah Hares Center for Global Development
    Justin Sandefur Center for Global Development
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation
    Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund SIEF

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    All students present at the 25 study primary schools before all schools were closed for COVID were sampled
    Response Rate

    The response rate was 90%
    Weighting

    Not applicable

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaire is provided for download in English

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2020-09-10 2021-01-30
    Mode of data collection
    • Other [oth]
    Data Collection Notes

    Both CAPI and CATI were used

    Depositor information

    Depositor
    Name
    World Bank

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    SIEF Impact World Bank https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/sief-trust-fund
    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:
    Justin Sandefur (Center for Global Development). Sierra Leone - Free Education Project Impact Evaluation, 2020, Midline and Endline Surveys (FEPIE 2020). Ref: SLE_2020_FEPIE_v01_M. Downloaded from [uri] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    David Evans Center for Global Development devans@CGDEV.ORG https://www.cgdev.org/
    Justin Sandefur Center for Global Development jsandefur@CGDEV.ORG https://www.cgdev.org/
    Susannah Hares Center for Global Development shares@CGDEV.ORG https://www.cgdev.org/
    SIEF Impact World Bank https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/sief-trust-fund

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_SLE_2020_FEPIE_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Development Data Group DECDG World Bank Documentation of the study
    Date of Metadata Production

    2024-11-08

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (2024-11-08)
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