Responsible Engaged and Loving (REAL) Fathers Intervention Evaluation

Proportion of young fathers and their wives reporting perpetrating physical, sexual, and/or emotional IPV in the past three months. Assessed via six measures: whether you shouted or yelled at your [wife/husband]; slapped your [wife/husband]; pushed or shoved your [wife/husband]; threw something at your [wife/husband] that could hurt [her/him]; physically forced your [wife/husband] to have sex with you when [she/he] did not want to; or insulted your [wife/husband]. Response options: never, once, a few times, many times, don't know/remember, refused.

Proportion of young fathers and their wives reporting being a victim of physical, sexual, and/or emotional IPV in the past three months. Six measures include: whether your spouse shouted or yelled at you; slapped you; pushed or shoved you; threw something at you that could hurt you; physically forced you to have sex with you when you did not want to; or insulted you. Response options: never, once, a few times, many times, don't know/remember, refused.

Proportion of men and women with unmet need for healthy timing and spacing of children. Assessed via those who are fecund and sexually active but are not using any method of contraception, and report not wanting any more children or wanting to delay the next child for 2 or more years.

Scores on the short-form version of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI).

Proportion of fathers reporting that they took their child(ren) for rounds of immunization(s).

Proportion of fathers who can correctly distinguish between positive and harsh parenting/ discipline. Item: There are various ways parents can use to positively disciple their children. Please tell me which of the following are positive ways parents can discipline their children. a) Taking a deep breath (calming yourself) when the child does something wrong before responding; b) Threaten to hit him/her; c) Tell your wife to take care of the child; d) Put him/her somewhere by him/herself; e) Redirect child's attention or behavior; f) Asking your wife for her advice or help; g) Shouting at him/her. Response options: True, False, Don't know, Refused

Proportion of fathers who hold positive attitudes for the use of non-violent parenting practices. Questions include: Stubborn children need to be hit to teach them right from wrong [reverse-coded].; A parent should never spank or hit a child.; Being violent with my child(ren) is not the only way to be an effective head of the family.; If a child is old enough to defy a parent, then he/she is old enough to be hit. [reverse-coded] Response options: strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, strongly disagree, don't know, refused.

Proportion of young fathers who engage with household chores and caretaking activities in past three months. Items include: washed clothes; prepared food; bought food; played with your children at home; cooked or fixed food for your child; dressed or changed the clothes of the child; gave your child a bath; read books or looked at the pictures in books with the child; told stories to the child; sang songs with the child; took the child outside the home, compound, yard, or enclosure; spent time with the child naming, counting, and/or drawing things. Response options: never, rarely, once or twice a month, several times a week, every day, don't know/remember, refused.

Proportion of young fathers reporting increased and improved communication with their wives. Questions include whether in the past month the young father: took time to listen to his wife's concerns; communicated with each other about things that frustrated you; talked about things that affect each other and the family; and asked questions and got feedback/input from each other before making final decisions; resolved conflicts/arguments amicably without physically hurting each other. Response options: yes, no, don't know, refused.

Proportion of fathers reporting use of positive parenting and discipline practices in the past three months. Questions include: whether the father said something nice about or praised the child; gave the child physical affection; went someplace or did something special with the child as a reward; showed or told the child that you love him/her. Discipline strategies include: taking away something the child liked; explaining why the child's behavior was wrong; redirecting (giving the child something else to do); asking the child to apologize. Response options include: never, once, a few times, many times, don't know/remember, refused.

Proportion of fathers reporting they used a form of harsh/violent discipline with their child in the past month. Items include: shook child; shouted, yelled at, or screamed at child; spanked, hit, or slapped child on the bottom with bare hand; hit child on the bottom or elsewhere on the body with something like a belt, stick, or other hard object; hit or slapped child on the face, head, or ear; hit or slapped child on the hand, arm, or leg; beat child up, that is, hit him/her over and over as hard as you could. Response options: never, once, a few times, many times, don't know/remember, refused.

Proportion of fathers agreeing or strongly agreeing that their social networks approve of engaging with children and using positive parenting skills. Items include: Your closest friends will tease you if you help your wife with child care. [reverse-coded] ; Your father would admire you for telling stories to your child(ren).; You would be embarrassed if your mother saw your child(ren) misbehave and you did not discipline the child strongly. [reverse-coded]; Your friends think you should discipline your child(ren) with love.; Your respected community members will say you are not parenting your child well if - instead of beating your child - you try to explain to them their misbehavior. [reverse-coded] Response options: strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, strongly disagree, don't know, refused.

Proportion of fathers and their wives who know where to obtain a method of family planning.