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Income Volatility and Mental Health, Full Experiment

NCT06988410 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2267

Last updated 2025-05-31

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Summary

Income instability is a defining aspect of the lives of the poor, who also disproportionately suffer from poor mental and physical health. This research is the first to assess the causal effects of predictable and unpredictable income instability on the psychological and physical health of the poor. It will advance the scientific knowledge on the effects of economic instability as well as understanding of health gaps across populations.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Work opportunities

Individuals in the treated arms of the study will be offered work opportunities (sewing bags) to earn cash. The timing of these opportunities and knowledge of the amount and timing varies by experimental arm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Innovations for Poverty Action

    collaborator OTHER

  • Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-17
Primary Completion
2025-08-29
Completion
2025-10-12

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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