Livelihoods of Tribals in Jharkhand under the Central India Initiative: Impact Assessment Study

The study administered a questionnaire to three groups.

1. The first group comprised households that were direct beneficiaries of the interventions initiated by PRADAN (members of an SHG).
2. The second group comprised households in villages that were the part of the activities of PRADAN but were not benefited directly by its interventions (not members of an SHG).
3. The third group comprised households that were selected from non-beneficiary villages.

The rationale behind collecting data from these distinct groups was the following. To assess the impact of the interventions of PRADAN, it would be necessary to assess:

• The impact on direct beneficiaries.
• The overall effect of the interventions of PRADAN on the village.
• How this compares with the similar households in non-beneficiary villages.