Project update : baseline survey results : integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a Reproductive Health Program for Urban Slum Dwellers in India

The Population Council in collaboration with CARE India conducted an operations research study of an intervention designed to improve the lives and prospects of several slums areas of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The project aimed to take pre-existing reproductive health programme for adolescents and test the feasibility and impact of adding four additional components to it: counselling about savings formation and livelihoods; training in vocational skills; assistance in opening savings accounts; and follow-up support. This document presents the key findings from the operations research study's baseline survey.