Promoting youth entrepreneurship in Lagos, Nigeria - SNHU ...

.5.4.4 Indicators for measuring impact:Number of youth with gainful employment and new jobs createdNumber of youth-run microenterprises established and sustainedNumber of youth with percentage increase in incomeNumber of youth with increase in business assets and inventoryNumber of youth with, improved business practicesNumber of youth with increase awareness of youth entrepreneurship5.4.5 Methodology:The project applied mixed methodology which provided both the quantitative andqualitative data for this project. A sample of 19 youth youths were sampled during the evaluationusing all of these approaches; documentation, key informant interviews, four focus groupsmeeting with project representatives. A complete toolkit of data collection, coding and analysistools was developed by the Program Manager. The focus of the data collection was on theparticipants of the project. Data collection tools consisted of one sets of in-depth interviewschedules and two sets of self-administered survey questionnaires for use with the differentcategories of participants. The focus of the data collected from youth was on obtaining details ontheir employment status, income level, asset and inventory status, and improvement in businesspractices;Ninety-five percent of the clients in the baseline survey were reached and surveyed for theevaluation. One person could not be reached at the time of conducting the evaluation exercise.The baseline and follow-up surveys included a variety of questions on the socio demographiccharacteristics and other general information about the client‘s household and business. Outcomeswere divided into different categories: (1) Employment status and income level (2) business77