Results Monitoring Survey 2023

Malawi, 2022 - 2023

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Reference ID

MWI_2023_RMS_v01_M

Producer(s)

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Collection(s)

United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

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Mar 25, 2025

Last modified

Mar 25, 2025

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Identification

Survey ID number

MWI_2023_RMS_v01_M

Title

Results Monitoring Survey 2023

Abbreviation or Acronym

RMS 2023

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Malawi	MWI

Study type

Sample Frame, Households [sf/hh]

Abstract

The UNHCR Results Monitoring Surveys (RMS) is a household-level survey on forcibly displaced and stateless people. The objective of the survey is to monitor impact and outcome level indicators on education, healthcare, livelihoods, protection concerns, shelter, and water and sanitation. The results contribute to an evidence base for reporting against UNHCR’s multi-year strategies to key stakeholders.

The RMS can be implemented in any operational context. A standard structured questionnaire has been developed for the RMS, which can be conducted as a stand-alone survey or flexibly integrated with other data collection exercises. The data includes indicators collected at both the household and individual (household-member) level, and results are statistically representative.

This RMS took place in Malawi between October 2022 and March 2023. The population of interest included refugees, asylum-seekers and others of concern in Malawi, and the sample frame was taken from UNHCR's registration database (proGres). Data subjects were interviewed in person along with the verification exercise updating proGres.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Household

Version

Version Description

Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned, and anonymised data.

Version Date

2024-05-27

Scope

Notes

The scope includes:

demographics
cash and livelihoods
protection
health
education
accomodation
accountability
feedback on humanitarian assistance

Topics

Topic
Health
Protection
Food security
Education
Livelihood and Social cohesion
Gender Based Violence
Child Protection
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Cash Assistance

Keywords

RMS Results Monitoring

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Dzaleka - Dowa, Central Region, Malawi

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	UN

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The sampling strategy employed for the survey involved dividing refugee settlements into four zones based on cardinal directions, randomly selecting blocks within each zone, and systematically sampling households within those blocks using intervals determined by the total number of households, while for phone-based interviews, lists provided by UNHCR were randomized and respondents were selected proportionately by nationality.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

Income, food consumption, expenditures, assets, community relations, wellbeing, resilience, mental health, health, accommodation, protection, and education

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2022-10-20	2023-03-07

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation	Abbreviation
UN Refugee Agency	UN	UNHCR

Data Access

Citation requirements

UNHCR (2024). Malawi: Results Monitoring Survey (RMS) 2023. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation team	UNHCR	dencomdl@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_MWI_2023_RMS_v01_M

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
UN Refugee Agency	UNHCR	UN	Metadata producer
Development Data Group	DECDG	The World Bank	Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2024-05-28

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Identical to a metadata (UNHCR_MWI_2023_RMS) published on UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.

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