the program . Thus , we included all participants ( one spouse from each participating family ) in the final evaluation survey and randomly selected additional parent workers from non -‐ participants .
The final evaluation took place in the same four factories as the baseline survey . A total of 260 parents with children under 16 participated in the baseline survey ( Table 1 ). 69 % of them were female workers representing the total number of working mothers in the factories ; the ages of workers ranged from 18 to 47 with an average age of 33 ; and about half of the workers ( 48 %) were migrant workers . 68 % of the surveyed parents in the final evaluation did not participate in the FCFS program . This allowed us to understand those parents ’ opinion on the FCFS project and understand why they did not participate in the FCFS project .
Table 1 : Sample Description Baseline
Final Total Workers 220 226 Average , min , max age 35 , 20 , 60 33 , 18 , 47 Migrant Worker 117 ( 53 %) 108 ( 48 %)
FCFS Participation |
/ |
Participants of FCFS : 72 ( 32 %) |
Female |
150 ( 68 %) |
Non -‐ participants of CFS : 154
156 ( 69 %)
|
Male 70 ( 32 %) 70 ( 31 %)
b ) Interviews & On -‐ site Observation
CCR CSR staff conducted 14 on -‐ site visits and conducted a total of 93 individual interviews during ( on -‐ site ) visits by CCR CSR staff .
Table 2 : Interview Description
|
Factory |
Parent |
Children |
Teachers |
Relevant Staff |
Baseline |
Mgmt .
11
|
Workers
20
|
0 |
2 |
4 |
Monitoring 3 19 7 6 0 Final 6 12 0 3 0 Total 20 51 7 11 4
During the baseline visits , we asked the parents about their needs and expectations of FCFS , the factory management and relevant staff ’ s operation plan , the allocation of potential staffs for FCFS and their concerns and attitude towards the establishment of FCFS . During the monitoring visits , we collected the parents and children ’ s feedback on FCFS and areas they thought could be improved . We also asked the factory management and FCFS teachers about the challenges they met during the establishment and operation of FCFS . During the final evaluation visits , we collected all stakeholders ’ feedbacks on FCFS and their expectations regarding future program development . Due to the disparity in size of the factories and their programs , we did not make any systematic quantitative comparison between them . However , we will discuss some factors that might explain the differences in terms of impact and gaps that we identified through our on -‐ site observations .
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