Liberia economic empowerment of adolescent girls and young women project

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Q43. Reasons why girls don’t go to training by county
	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative Percent
No money to pay fees	144	31,17%	31,17%
Need to work to support family	70	15,15%	46,32%
Pregnancy	59	12,77%	59,09%
Sexual harassment from teacher	11	2,38%	61,47%
Parent/boyfriend opposition	61	13,20%	74,68%
Training is too difficult	40	8,66%	83,33%
No time because need to take care of children	19	4,11%	87,45%
No interest, seriousness	49	10,61%	98,05%
Other specify	9	1,95%	100,00%
Total	462	100,00%

Q44. Areas in which training would be helpful
	Very useful	Somewhat useful	Not useful
	Percent	Percent	Percent
Reading & Writing	12,3%	12,0%	13,9%
Basic Mathematics	17,1%	4,9%	4,2%
Vocational Training	12,3%	12,0%	13,9%
Agric Business	17,6%	3,1%	4,6%
Business Planning	9,3%	15,7%	21,5%
How to look for Job /Interview	11,5%	16,0%	11,4%
Interpersonal skills	10,0%	15,1%	19,4%
Self discipline	9,9%	21,1%	11,0%
Total	100,0%	100,0%	100,0%

Q45.Knowledge of girl being physically abused
	Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Yes	105	52,5	52,5	52,5
No	95	47,5	47,5	100,0
Total	200	100,0	100,0

Q46. Location where girls are physically abused by county
	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative Percent
At home, in the family	80	45,45%	45,45%
At school	28	15,91%	61,36%
In the street	7	3,98%	65,34%
At a bar/disco	58	32,95%	98,30%
In Community	3	1,70%	100,00%
Total	176	100,00%

Q47.Knowledge of girl being sexually abused
	Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Yes	58	29,0	29,0	29,0
No	142	71,0	71,0	100,0
Total	200	100,0	100,0

Q48. Location where girls are sexually abused by county
	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative Percent
At home, in the family	36	47,37%	47,37%
At school	6	7,89%	55,26%
In the street	17	22,37%	77,63%
At a bar/disco	2	2,63%	80,26%
At work	1	1,32%	81,58%
Other	14	18,42%	100,00%
Total	76	100,00%

Q49. Fear of being physically or sexually abused would keep you from
	Yes		No
	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Going to School	24	8,0%	176	25,1%
Taking Taxi or Bus	59	19,7%	141	20,1%
Walking in neighborhood by night	169	56,3%	31	4,4%
Walking in neighborhood by day	24	8,0%	176	25,1%
Taking a training course	24	8,0%	176	25,1%
Total	300	100,0%	700	100,0%

B. Mean Values

	Average for the whole distribution (N=200)
Q.1 - Age	18,97
Q.2 - No of days lived in community	6,95
Q.4 - No of children ever had	0,64
Q.5 - Current no of children under 6	0,5
Q.6 - Age at first pregnancy	17,60
Q.9 - No of persons over 15 in the household	3,78
Q.10 - No of persons under 15 in the household	3,46
Q.14 - No of days family went without food	0,91
Q.24 - No of hours per day girls work	0,71
Q.29 - No of hours per day girls spend doing income generating activity	2,70
Q.30 - No of days per week girls do an income generating activity	2,71
Q.31 - No of hours per day girls spend in domestic work	3,30
Q.37 - No of hours per day girls are willing to spend in training	3,80
Q.38 - No of days per week girls are willing to go to training	4,34

	Average (N=200- 0 values)
Q.4 - No of children ever had, for those who ever had children	1,32
Q.5 - Current no of children under 6, for those who have children	1,04
Q.6 - Age at first pregnancy, for those ever been pregnant	9,24
Q.14 - No of days family went without food, for those families which ever went without food	2,83
Q.24 - No of hours per day girls work, for those who work	1,12
Q.29 - No of hours per day girls spend doing income generating activities, for those who do an income generating activity	5,35
Q.30 - No of days per week girls do an income generating activity, for those who do an income generating activity	5,37
Q.31 - No of hours per day girls spend in domestic work, for those who do domestic work	3,36

1 Each focus group included approximately 10 participants. Two focus groups comprised out-of-school girls and young women 18 to 24 years old, one in Kakata (60 Km from Monrovia) and another in Buzzy Quarter (Monrovia); two additional focus groups comprised 15 to 17 years old girls and young women enrolled in regular school, one in West Point (Monrovia) and one in Buzzy Quarter (Monrovia); another focus group comprised girls and young women 17 to 24 enrolled in Accelerated Learning Programs in Caldwell (5 Km from Monrovia); another focus group comprised boys 14 to 17 enrolled in regular school in West Point (Monrovia).

2 including Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (2007), the Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire (2007), and the Greater Monrovia Comprehensive Food Security and Nutrition Survey (2007)

3 A Demographic Heath Survey has been conducted in 2007. However, it does not collect information on mental health or substance abuse practices.

4 The firs is lack of skills with 24 percent of the answers

5 Defined as sexual intercourse with someone who was neither a partner nor lived with the respondent.

6 Personal communication with government officials and donor staff involved in county consultations

7 Participatory poverty assessment database, and personal communication with staff from UN agencies conducting focus groups for the Participatory Poverty Assessment

8 Defined as sexual intercourse with someone who was neither a partner nor lived with the respondent

9 This may be due to the sensitive nature of the topic and the fact that respondents are not likely to mention it in a survey without probing.

10 The first was ‘free of charge’.

11 By order of importance, with the three first factors as the three main priorities, and the other two as having been mentioned among those with high importance in at least one focus group

12 The order in which they are presented in the table does not imply relative importance.

13 By order of importance, with the two first factors as the two main priorities, and the other three as having been mentioned among those with high importance in at least one focus group

14 The order in which they are presented in the table does not imply relative importance.

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