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Data in Emergencies Monitoring System - Household Survey 2023
Round 5

Lebanon, 2023
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Reference ID
LBN_2023_DIEM-HS-R5_v01_M_v01_A_ESS
Producer(s)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies Hub, Office of Emergencies and Resilience
Collection(s)
FAO - Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalog
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Jun 15, 2026
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  • Study Description
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    Survey ID number

    LBN_2023_DIEM-HS-R5_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

    Title

    Data in Emergencies Monitoring System - Household Survey 2023

    Subtitle

    Round 5

    Abbreviation or Acronym

    DIEM-HS-R5 2023

    Country/Economy
    Name Country code
    Lebanon LBN
    Study type

    Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]

    Abstract
    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a monitoring system in 26 food crisis countries to better understand the impacts of various shocks on agricultural livelihoods, food security and local value chains. The Monitoring System consists of primary data collected from households on a periodic basis (approximately every four months, depending on seasonality). In partnership with Lebanon’s Ministry of Agriculture, FAO conducted a household survey in Lebanon using Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) from 10 August to 7 September 2023 to monitor the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods and food security. A total of 1050 agricultural households were interviewed across seven governorates of Lebanon: Akkar, Baalbek-El Hermel, Bekaa, Mount Lebanon, El Nabatieh, North and South.

    For more information, see https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/pages/monitoring.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected information on the following areas:

    • HOUSEHOLD: household information
    • INCOME SOURCES, SHOCKS: income changes, shocks experienced by households
    • CROP PRODUCTION: crops planted, area planted, area harvested, crop production difficulties
    • CROP MARKETING: crop sale difficulties, crop sale price
    • LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION: types of livestock present on holding, number of livestock, livestock production difficulties
    • LIVESTOCK MARKETING: livestock sale, livestock sale difficulties, livestock sale price
    • FISHERIES PRODUCTION: fish activity, comparison of fish production
    • FISHERIES MARKETING: fish sale, fish sale difficulties, fish sale price
    • FOOD SECURITY AND CONSUMPTION: food consumption, food utilization, comping strategies
    • NEEDS ASSISTANCE: open questions on the needs for assistance

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies Hub, Office of Emergencies and Resilience
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Data in Emergencies Hub, Office of Emergencies and Resilience Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Data processing and analysis
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation
    European Union EU
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities SFERA

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    This fifth-round survey targeted the agricultural population, and it used the sampling frame of agricultural holdings from the 2010 Lebanon Agricultural Census (a list of almost 170 000 holdings). A total of 1050 agricultural households were interviewed across seven governorates: Akkar, Baalbek-El Hermel, Bekaa, Mount Lebanon, El Nabatieh, North and South. Using probability sampling, namely systematic sampling, 150 agricultural households were selected from each governorate. Survey results are comparable to those from previous rounds, which collected data from the same cohort of 1050 agricultural households. The survey estimates are representative at Governorate level (administrative level 1).

    Weighting

    To ensure that the final analysis accurately reflected the structure of the agricultural population, data were weighted at the analytical stage to align with both farm size and regional population distribution, maintaining comparability with previous data collection rounds. The weighting process corrected for disproportionalities in land size and in the distribution of the farming population across governorates.

    Regional strata weights were applied to adjust the data according to the actual population distribution within each region. Farm size was used as a proxy for wealth, correcting for the overrepresentation of large and specialized farms in the sample. This approach ensured that smaller farms and non-agricultural households, typically underrepresented, were adequately captured, leading to a more balanced and representative dataset for analysis.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    A link to the questionnaire has been provided in the downloads tab.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2023-08-10 2023-09-07
    Mode of data collection
    • Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    The datasets have been edited and processed for analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Hub at the Office of Emergencies and Resilience, with some dashboards and visualizations produced. For more information, see https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/pages/countries.

    STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE CONTROL (SDC)
    The dataset was anonymized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Hub and reviewed by the Statistics Division, using Statistical Disclosure methods in accordance with FAO Corporate Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol. All direct identifiers have been removed prior to data submission. For more information, see https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/833ee200-0484-4f87-8f5c-b3fed4a3722b/content.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Data in Emergencies Hub, Office of Emergencies and Resilience Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/ DIEM-Hub-List@fao.org
    Confidentiality
    Confidentiality declaration text
    The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO.
    Access conditions

    Micro datasets disseminated by FAO shall only be allowed for research and statistical purposes. Any user which requests access working for a commercial company will not be granted access to any micro dataset regardless of their specified purpose. Users requesting access to any datasets must agree to the following minimal conditions:

    • The micro dataset will only be used for statistical and/or research purposes;
    • Any results derived from the micro dataset will be used solely for reporting aggregated information, and not for any specific individual entities or data subjects;
    • The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO;
    • The micro dataset cannot be re-disseminated by users or shared with anyone other than the individuals that are granted access to the micro dataset by FAO.
    Citation requirements

    FAO. 2025. Data in Emergencies Monitoring Household Survey - Lebanon, Round 5, 2023. data-in-emergencies.fao.org. Dataset downloaded from microdata.fao.org.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Data in Emergencies Hub, Office of Emergencies and Resilience Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations DIEM-Hub-List@fao.org https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_LBN_2023_DIEM-HS-R5_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Data in Emergencies Hub, Office of Emergencies and Resilience OER Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Metadata producer
    Statistics Division ESS Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Metadata adapted for FAM
    Development Data Group DECDG World Bank Group Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Identical to a metadata (LBN_2023_DIEM_HS_R5_v01_M_v01_A_ESS) published on FAO microdata repository (https://microdata.fao.org/index.php/catalog). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.

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