Household Demand and Community Perceptions of Community-Based Childcare
Women in Ethiopia bear a disproportionate burden of childcare responsibilities, spending approximately eight times the amount of time that men do on childcare. Childcare duties, while critical to the development of the child, could be holding back the earning potential of women and households, ultimately diminishing household income and poverty reduction efforts. In a study in the Amhara region, we explore the demand for and social norms around external childcare services through a pilot intervention within the context of the Ethiopia Productive Safety Nets Program (PSNP). We find that the demand for childcare centers in rural areas is high, and the perceptions around external childcare services are favorable. More than 95 percent of potential beneficiary households expressed an interest in sending their children to childcare centers and anticipated sending their children for 4.6 days/week on average. The objective of the study was to generate rigorous evidence on the impactsof providing rural childcare through the PSNP on individual and household outcomes.While the intervention and associated impact evaluation were suspended due to theconflict in Northern Ethiopia, the study provided valuable lessons on the demand for and social norms around external childcare services from a pre-program survey of 2,250 households in the study region and administrative attendance data on program use from the first months of implementation.
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022-09
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| Subjects: | AFRICA GENDER POLICY, GENDER INNOVATION LAB, WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS, WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE, HOUSEHOLD POVERTY REDUCTION, CHILDCARE AND EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN, CHILDCARE AND FAMILY WELFARE, WOMEN'S EARNING POTENTIAL, WOMEN AND SOCIAL PROTECTION, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099540009262262985/IDU0cf293619096770469d08f790337cb26ab538 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/38435 |
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| Summary: | Women in Ethiopia bear a
disproportionate burden of childcare responsibilities,
spending approximately eight times the amount of time that
men do on childcare. Childcare duties, while critical to the
development of the child, could be holding back the earning
potential of women and households, ultimately diminishing
household income and poverty reduction efforts. In a study
in the Amhara region, we explore the demand for and social
norms around external childcare services through a pilot
intervention within the context of the Ethiopia Productive
Safety Nets Program (PSNP). We find that the demand for
childcare centers in rural areas is high, and the
perceptions around external childcare services are
favorable. More than 95 percent of potential beneficiary
households expressed an interest in sending their children
to childcare centers and anticipated sending their children
for 4.6 days/week on average. The objective of the study was
to generate rigorous evidence on the impactsof providing
rural childcare through the PSNP on individual and household
outcomes.While the intervention and associated impact
evaluation were suspended due to theconflict in Northern
Ethiopia, the study provided valuable lessons on the demand
for and social norms around external childcare services from
a pre-program survey of 2,250 households in the study region
and administrative attendance data on program use from the
first months of implementation. |
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