Number of Individual Connections (PI3317)

This metric is intended to capture the number of individual-level connections to utilities and other services.

Organizations should report this metric in conjunction with Connection Type (PD1310) to disaggregate connections in more detail. For example, disaggregating Number of Individual Connections (P3317) by Connection Type (PD1310), option "Phone: Mobile," would yield the number of mobile-phone connections provided by the organization to individuals during the reporting period.

This metric may help describe the HOW MUCH Scale dimension, which helps estimate the number of the targeted stakeholders experiencing the outcome. For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.