作者
Sudhanshu Handa, Amber Peterman, Carolyn Huang, Carolyn Halpern, Audrey Pettifor, Harsha Thirumurthy
发表日期
2015/9/30
期刊
Social Science & Medicine
卷号
141
页码范围
36-45
出版商
Pergamon
简介
There is promising evidence that poverty-targeted cash transfer programs can have positive impacts on adolescent transitions to adulthood in resource poor settings, however existing research is typically from small scale programs in diverse geographic and cultural settings. We provide estimates of the impact of a national unconditional cash transfer program, the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, on pregnancy and early marriage among females aged 12 to 24, four years after program initiation. The evaluation was designed as a clustered randomized controlled trial and ran from 2007 to 2011, capitalizing on the existence of a control group, which was delayed entry to the program due to budget constraints. Findings indicate that, among 1549 females included in the study, while the program reduced the likelihood of pregnancy by five percentage points, there was no significant impact on …
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