Innovators use both qualitative and quantitative data to support their efforts to better address gender inequality and improve ECD outcomes.
Innovators have applied methods to measure changes that arise from promoting active participation of fathers in household activities, to measure fathers’ attachment to their baby, and to assess the impact of integrating gender into their ECD initiatives.
Here are some examples of innovators' experiences.
Quantitative Method
Learning Clubs in Vietnam is seeking resources to test behavioural change between mothers who attend parenting sessions alone compared to mothers and fathers who attend together.
Qualitative Method
World Vision Jerusalem-West Bank-Gaza conducted interviews with female community health workers to learn more about how their work experiences have impacted their own empowerment.
Quantitative & Qualitative
“Our ECD initiative from the start involved gender issues and gender equality in parenting. In our most recent evaluation (2016) and current program phase baseline (2018), we focused on measuring behaviour change and some knowledge change quantitatively and found that through the qualitative data collection we were able to measure and deepen our understanding of attitude changes in regards to gender roles in parenting, particularly for fathers themselves.”
- Kaylie Cordingley, BEGIN, Kenya