Study DeHoop et al. (2010): study IN Orrisa 2007

Public

Women in households below poverty line participating in self-help groups, India, 2008

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 400

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Self-help group

Our Classification

Remarks

In 13 villages also men participated in self-help groups. Women in households without female self-help group members are in the control group. The exact number of treatment and controls is not clear.

Distribution

Households with at least one member in self-help group: n = 253
Households without self-help group members n = 147

Related specification variables

Operationalization

1: TREATMENT.
Women participating in self-help groups, these are groups of 10-20 women initiated by a development agency, which are usually involved in savings and credit programs and/or advancing group members' claims or rights.

0: CONTROL
Women in households without female self-help group members

Observed Relation with Happiness