Data in Emergencies Monitoring System - Household Survey 2023
Round 10

Sierra Leone, 2023

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Reference ID

SLE_2023_DIEM-HS-R10_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

Metadata

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Jun 26, 2026

Last modified

Jun 26, 2026

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Identification

Survey ID number

SLE_2023_DIEM-HS-R10_v01_M_v01_A_ESS

Title

Data in Emergencies Monitoring System - Household Survey 2023

Subtitle

Round 10

Abbreviation or Acronym

DIEM-HS-R10 2023

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Sierra Leone	SLE

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 (more or less every four months, depending on seasonality). FAO launched the round 10 household survey between 29 August and 25 September 2023 in Sierra Leone. The data were collected during the lean period through Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) across five provinces and the following sixteen districts: Bo, Bombali, Bonthe, Falaba, Kailahun, Kambia, Kenema, Kerene, Koinadugu, Kono, Moyamba, Port Loko, Pujehun, Tonkolili, Western Area Rural, and Western Area Urban. A total of 2803 households were surveyed.

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

Data were collected via computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) during the lean period, also known as the pre-harvest season. The survey covered 2803 households across all 5 provinces and 16 districts (administrative level 2): Bo, Bombali, Bonthe, Falaba, Kailahun, Kambia, Karene, Kenema, Koinadugu, Kono, Moyamba, Port Loko, Pujehun, Tonkolili, Western Area Rural, and Western Area Urban. The survey estimates are representative at the administrative level 2.

The sample design follows the same methodology as the previous round. Eligible respondents were required to be Sierra Leonean nationals aged 18 or older. The sampling prioritized panel respondents from previous face-to-face rounds (R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, R9). Contact was attempted for each panel respondent up to 15 times at varying times of day and on different days of the week. If the target was not reached, the process continued with contacts from previous rounds conducted via CATI (R1, R8) under the same calling protocol. As a last resort, random digit dialing (RDD) was employed to meet quotas. Quotas were established to reflect the expected proportion of agricultural households in the population.

Weighting

Base weights are applied and are sufficient for analysis, given the representativeness at administrative level 2.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

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

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2023-08-29	2023-09-25

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	https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/	DIEM-Hub-List@fao.org

Confidentiality

Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?	Confidentiality declaration text
yes	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 - Sierra Leone, Round 10, 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

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_SLE_2023_DIEM-HS-R10_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO