Strengthen PSNP Institutions and Resilience Phase II (SPIR II), Ethiopia: Endline Survey

This dataset is part of the IMPEL (Implementer-Led Evaluation and Learning) evaluation of SPIR-II (Strengthen PSNP Institutions and Resilience), a randomized controlled trial initiated in 2022 to assess interventions designed to improve livelihoods, resilience, food security, and nutrition among rural households vulnerable to food insecurity in Ethiopia. The study covers 234 kebeles assigned across three treatment arms comparing standard Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) transfers with combinations of SPIR II livelihood programming, nurturing care groups (NCGs), and targeted cash grants.

Specifically, this dataset contains data from the SPIR-II endline survey, the three-year follow-up round of the trial conducted between May and June 2025. The survey was conducted approximately three months earlier than originally planned to avoid overlap with the anticipated nationwide rollout of livelihood grants under the PSNP by the Government of Ethiopia. The survey attempted to reinterview all 3,015 households enrolled at baseline across 15 woredas in the Amhara and Oromia regions. Interviews were conducted with the primary female respondent, and child anthropometric measurements were also collected. The evaluation follows the same cohort of index children over time to assess adherence to age-appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices and child growth dynamics. A total of 2,902 households were successfully reinterviewed, corresponding to a 98 percent household follow-up rate. Household- and Community-level Surveys STATA, 17