Can Women Self-Help Groups Improve Financial Stability and Quality of Life of Households Receiving Government Cash Transfers? Evidence from Inua Jamii-OVC program in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya, Inua Jamii

Kenya, 2025
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

Peter Otieno

Variable Groups

Variable group: Household Savings

Variables 19

fi_code

Field interviewers code

q5_1

5.1 Are you or any member of the household currently a member of any of the cham

q5_2

5.2 Do you have a leadership role in this group?

q5_3

5.3 How often does your self-help group meet?

q5_3_spy

Other specify (Self-help group meeting frequency)

q5_4

5.4 What is the average contribution made by your household to the self-help gro

q5_5

5.5 What are the total shares that the household has saved in the group?

q5_6

5.6 Does the group have any structured training/capacity building on savings, in

q5_7

5.7 Are you personally currently saving money for emergencies or to buy somethin

q5_8

5.8 During the last 12 months, where did you usually deposit your savings?

q5_9

5.9 How much have you personally saved in cash (local currency)?

q5_10

5.10 What are your primary savings goals? (select all that apply)

q5_10_1

Primary saving goal: Energy fund

q5_10_2

Primary saving goal: Retirement

q5_10_3

Primary saving goal: To buy a land and biuld a home

q5_10_4

Primary saving goal: Children's education

q5_10_96

Primary saving goal: Other specify

q5_10_spy

Primary saving goal: other saving goal

q5_11

5.11 What is the total amount of loans and debts that you or your household have