Regional Intentions Survey of Sudanese and South Sudanese Refugees 2021-2022

South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda...and 1 more, 2021 - 2022

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Reference ID

AFR_2022_RIS_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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Nov 20, 2025

Last modified

Nov 20, 2025

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Identification

Survey ID number

AFR_2022_RIS_v01_M

Title

Regional Intentions Survey of Sudanese and South Sudanese Refugees 2021-2022

Abbreviation or Acronym

RIS 2021-22

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
South Sudan	SSD
Sudan	SDN
Uganda	UGA
Ethiopia	ETH

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

The Regional Bureau for East, and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes (EHAGL) region initiated a survey in 2021 to map the intentions of South Sudanese and Sudanese refugees residing in four countries of asylum: Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Sudan. The main objective of the survey is to assess the intention of, and impediments to, refugees returning to their place of origin or habitual places of residence in their respective countries of origin. The targeted population was South Sudanese and Sudanese refugees arrived in asylum countries from 1 January 2014 onwards, from which data was collected through key informants interviews and household questionnaires. All participating countries used the same questionnaire. Data collection was conducted concurrently between November 2021 and July 2022 in the four countries, using Kobo Toolkit. This dataset is the anonymized version of the original data.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Households

Version

Version Description

Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data

Version Date

2023-03-09

Scope

Notes

The scope includes:

Identification and consent
Demographics
Reasons for flight
Documentation
Intentions to return
Local integration
Knowledge of Sudanese Law

Topics

Topic
Protection
Return
Legal Assistance/Protection
Solutions

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Nationally representative of registered refugee population in Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan

Universe

All registered refugee households in Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	UN

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The sampling approach aimed to generate a random and representative sample of the overall population of South Sudan and Sudan refugees in four countries of asylum i.e., Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and South Sudan, with 95% confidence level and 5% margin of error. The representative sample of the population was calculated based on the number of registered households, not the number of individuals. The total number of households was obtained from UNHCR’s registration database, proGres. The specific households to be surveyed were then identified using systematic random sampling until the sample size was attained for each location. Then, one individual respondent from the identified households will be selected through simple random sampling. The respondent spoke on their own behalf and not on behalf of the household.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2021-11-01	2022-07-01

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation	Abbreviation
UN Refugee Agency	UN	UNHCR

Data Collection Notes

In order to adapt to COVID-19-related protocols, both in-person and remote data collection were possible. Most countries collected data in person, with enumerators asking the questions face-to-face to respondents, except for Uganda. In this country, enumerators interviewed respondents over phone calls, entering their answers into KoBo Toolbox. It is important to note that the interview mode might affect respondents’ answers particularly to sensitive questions

Data Access

Citation requirements

UNHCR (2022). South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia: Regional Intentions Survey of Sudanese and South Sudanese Refugees - 2021/2022. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_AFR_2022_RIS_v01_M

Producers

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

Date of Metadata Production

2023-03-15

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Identical to a metadata (UNHCR_EHA_2022_RIS_v2.1) published on UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.

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