his report presents findings from the 2009 Nigeria end-of-project household survey. The survey
serves as the endline for the Community Participation for Action in the Social Sector Project
(COMPASS). The survey was implemented in local government areas (LGAs) in the states of
Bauchi, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, Lagos, and Nasarawa where COMPASS was
implemented. The purpose of COMPASS was to enhance reproductive health and family
planning services, as well as to promote child survival and improved literacy. The core idea
behind COMPASS was to integrate the health, child survival, and education sectors through the
promotion of community coalitions.
The household survey used a multi-stage stratified sampling design and collected information on
reproductive health, child health, and primary school education among a representative sample of
women aged 15-49 and men aged 15-64. Education and demographic information about all
children residing in the selected households was obtained from respondents. Information about
treatment and prevention of childhood illness was collected about children who were either the
last birth or second-to-last birth and who were 59 months or younger at the time of the survey.
The objective of this report is to provide estimated values for a set of indicators used by
COMPASS and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria for
monitoring program performance with respect to individual knowledge of and demand for health
and education services. Data from the baseline study, conducted in 2005, are compared to the
end-of-project survey results to measure changes resulting from COMPASS interventions.
Because the project was envisaged to have spillover effects in non-intervention LGAs, it was not
possible to include control or comparison groups in the study design.
Chapter 1 of this report describes survey objectives and methods, and provides background
information about the sample. Chapter 2 presents data on initiation of sexual activity and
childbearing. Chapter 3 presents results on a number of aspects of contraception, including
knowledge, current use, approval, and discussion of family planning methods. Chapter 4 reports
on care during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Chapter 5 presents findings on several areas of
importance to child survival. Information is presented on vitamin A supplementation, use of
insecticide treated bednets, home-based treatment of common childhood illnesses, and child
immunization. In Chapter 6, information is presented on mass media exposure. Chapter 7
presents information on primary school education. The final chapter focuses on changes in
household-level indicators between the baseline and end-of-project surveys. In each chapter,
estimates are provided separately for each state, the total population, and the states of Kano,
Lagos, and Nasarawa (KLN) combined. Appendix A lists the states were COMPASS was
working. Appendix B lists the data collectors and supervisors who implemented the end-ofproject
survey. Appendix C is the survey instrument. Note that findings from a primary school
survey and the health facility survey are presented in separate reports.