Soul City 4 Illustrative Results - Evaluation Design

Summary

Soul City 4 - Evaluation Design

A National Survey with baseline (pre-intervention) and evaluation (post-intervention) measurement (different samples of 2000 respondents for each survey). [Community Agency for Social Enquiry – CASE; Additional analysis by Dhaval Patel - see also The Soul City site for the methodology reports and detailed results.]
A survey consisting of repeated measurement of a panel (or cohort) of respondents in each of 2 sites (1 urban site, 1 rural site with a sample of 500 respondents per site, and an additional 100 interviews controlling for the research effect). [Fieldwork by Social Surveys; Analysis by CASE]
National Qualitative Impact Assessment: 31 qualitative focus group interviews and individual interviews nationally; a further 30 semi-structured interviews with community members representing leadership, services and civil society in the two sentinel sites. [Social Surveys; Additional analysis by Esca Scheepers]
Evaluation of the partnership between Soul City and the National Network on Violence Against Women (NNVAW): quantitative and qualitative methods; 97 semi-structured interviews and focus group interviews with National and Provincial Government; service providers; NGOs; Journalists; Training institutions; community members; intervention partners & stakeholders; and external observers of the Domestic Violence Act policy process – i.e. respondents who were informed about the process, but who were not part of the partnership between Soul City and the NNVAW; monitoring of the “Stop Woman Abuse” Helpline calls over a 5-month period. [Women's Health Project]
Monitoring of the national print and electronic media over a 6-month period. [Women's Health Project and Rhodes University students]
Compilation of a data base of organizations and institutions reached by Soul City based on ongoing Soul City correspondence over several years, existing Soul City data bases, responses to a public announcement made in national papers and development publications (print and electronic), and a subsequent self-administered survey of organizations who responded. [Strategy and Tactics]
A cost-effectiveness study. [Centre for Health Policy]