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Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia

The World Bank economic review, 2020-06 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank ;ISSN: 1564-698X ;EISSN: 1564-698X ;DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhy031

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  • Title:
    Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
  • Author: Chong, Alberto ; Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco ; Karlan, Dean ; Valdivia, Martín
  • Subjects: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ; INTERNET ACCESS ; SEX EDUCATION ; TEENAGE PREGNANCY
  • Is Part Of: The World Bank economic review, 2020-06
  • Description: This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge, a 0.2 standard deviation improvement in attitudes, and a 55 percent increase in the likelihood of redeeming vouchers for condoms as a result of taking the course. The data provide no evidence of spillovers to control classrooms within treatment schools. However, the analysis provides compelling evidence that treatment effects are enhanced when a larger share of a student's friends also takes the course. The low cost of the online course along with the effectiveness the study documents suggests this technology is a viable alternative for improving sexual education in middle-income countries.
  • Publisher: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1564-698X
    EISSN: 1564-698X
    DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhy031
  • Source: Open Knowledge Repository
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