Jigi ma Tignè – Results
In May 2010, PMC conducted a qualitative participatory evaluation study among listeners of Jigi ma Tignè (“Hope is Allowed”.) Below is a link to the full report where you can see participants sketches and answers to the survey.
PMC Mali Qualitative Research Report May 2010 (Word doc., 3MB)
Results from the endline quantitative survey
Listenership:
• Overall, half of those interviewed (50%) heard of the radio program Jigi ma Tignè. A third of those interviewed (33%) listened to one or more episodes of the program. One of four respondents (25%) listened to three or more episodes of the program.
• More males (35%) listened to the program than females (31%).
• By location, more rural residents (35%) listened to the program than urban residents (31%).
• By age, 15-19 year olds (42%) were significantly more likely than any other age group (20-24 (28%), 25-34 (34%), 35+ (31%)) to listen to the program.
• Those with a primary level of education (36%) were more likely than those without any education (32%) or those with secondary education (31%) to listen to the program.
• Listenership by marital status or number of children was found to be nearly equal.
Rights and Problems of People Living With Disabilities
• Listeners (42%) were significantly more likely to say that “people with disabilities have a right to prosthetics” compared to non-listeners (30%).
• Listeners (21%) were significantly more likely than non-listeners (14%) to know where disabled people can seek information or get services.
• Listeners (28%) were significantly more likely to discuss the rights of people with disabilities compared to non-listeners (12%).
• By sex, significantly more male listeners (45%) reported discussing rights of people with disabilities than female listeners (9%). Statistically significant differences between listeners and non-listeners were found by sex, location, and marital status on this indicator.
• Non-listeners (37%) were significantly more likely to not know of problems that disabled people confront in their communities compared to listeners (30%).
• Non-listeners (21%) were significantly more likely to not know any rights of people living with disabilities compared to listeners (15%).
Contraception and Family Planning
• Listeners (79%) were significantly more likely than non-listeners (62%) to report knowing at least two modern methods of contraception.
• Significantly more listeners (95%) than non-listeners (88%) reported knowing a place to get contraception.
• Significantly more listeners (26%) reported currently using a contraceptive method than non-listeners (16%).
• Listeners (37%) were significantly more likely than non-listeners (28%) to have ever used a contraceptive method.
• More than 8 out of 10 listeners (81%) said that the radio program was “an important source of information about family planning”.
• Listeners (92%) were significantly more likely than non-listeners (84%) to approve of family planning.
• Listeners (37%) were significantly more likely than non-listeners (21%) to discuss spacing of births with their spouse or partner.
• Listeners (55%) were more likely to say they intend to use a method of contraception than non-listeners (45%).
• Listeners (59%) were more likely to say they favor gender equity than non-listeners (44%).
• Significantly more listeners (26%) reported currently using a method of contraception than did non-listeners (16%).
• Knowledge of at least two methods of contraceptives was significant when comparing listenership by sex, location, and marital status.
HIV/AIDS
• Almost all of the respondents had heard of HIV/AIDS, but significantly more listeners (63%) than non-listeners (48%) know of the fatal nature of the disease.
• Significantly more listeners (88%) approve of the use of a condom than non-listeners (78%).
• Significantly more listeners (20%) reported that they planned on using a condom in the future than non-listeners (14%).
• Listeners (43%) were significantly more likely than non-listeners (30%) to have discussed HIV with someone in the last 12 months and notable differences were found on this indicator by selected characteristics.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting:
• When asked if they would circumcise their daughters frequent listeners (17%) to the program were more likely to say “no” than were non-listeners (12%).
• Males who were frequent listeners (16%) were twice as likely to agree that “female circumcision is dangerous for the health of the girl/woman” than male non-listeners (8%).
• Males who were frequent listeners (13%) were more likely than male non-listeners (8%) to agree that “the practice of female circumcision should be abandoned”.
• Males who were frequent listeners to the program (22%) were more likely to say they would “marry a non-circumcised woman” than male non-listeners (13%).
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Statistical Note: Significant differences in the study are all at p < .05 using a Chi-square test. When viewing differences between listeners and non-listeners the results suggest that exposure to the program may have had an impact. However attribution cannot be fully determined unless possible confounding variables are controlled for using tests such as multivariate logistic regression and multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA). PMC is working with the Biostatistics Department at University of Vermont to conduct these tests on the Mali dataset.
