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Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers' Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia / Alberto Chong, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chong, Alberto.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w18776.
- NBER working paper series no. w18776
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2013.
- Summary:
- Across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities, we conducted a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month internet-based sexual education course. Six months after finishing the course, we find a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge, a 0.2 standard deviation improvement in attitudes, and a 55% increase in the likelihood of redeeming vouchers for condoms as a result of taking the course. We find no evidence of spillovers to control classrooms within treatment schools, and we find 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 we document suggests this technology is a viable alternative for improving sexual education in middle income countries.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 2013.
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