COVID-19 High Frequency Survey 2020-2022
Impacts of COVID-19 and Recovery in Georgia
Georgia, 2020 - 2022
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Reference ID
GEO_2020-2022_HFS_v07_M
Producer(s)
Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC)
Collection(s)
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Jan 27, 2021
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Identification
Survey ID Number
GEO_2020-2022_HFS_v07_M
Title
COVID-19 High Frequency Survey 2020-2022
Subtitle
Impacts of COVID-19 and Recovery in Georgia
Country/Economy
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Georgia | GEO |
Study type
Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]
Series Information
Georgia is emerging from the COVID-19 crisis, but the pace of recovery may be different across space and sociodemographic groups. In addition, the war against Ukraine and sanctions on Russia is expected to hit economies around the globe, including Georgia. These profound impacts of the crises underscore the urgency of timely data and real-time analyses for countries to quickly and effectively mitigate the effects of the shock and lay the groundwork for future resilience. To support the Government emerge resiliently from these crises, the South Caucasus Poverty and Equity team at the World Bank has collaborated with various partners to collect series of high-frequency phone surveys (HFPSs) that can be used widely to monitor the evolution of the crises and its impacts on households and firms. These data and related materials are publicly available.
Partnering with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), the South Caucasus team in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice at the World Bank conducted a series of COVID-19 Georgia High Frequency Survey to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on households in Georgia. The first wave was collected in Dec 2020, followed by wave 2 collected in Jan/Feb 2021, wave 3 in March 2021, and the fourth wave was collected in June 2021. The fifth round was collected in March 2022, the sixth round in May 2022, the seventh round in September 2022, and the eighth round in December 2022.
Partnering with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), the South Caucasus team in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice at the World Bank conducted a series of COVID-19 Georgia High Frequency Survey to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on households in Georgia. The first wave was collected in Dec 2020, followed by wave 2 collected in Jan/Feb 2021, wave 3 in March 2021, and the fourth wave was collected in June 2021. The fifth round was collected in March 2022, the sixth round in May 2022, the seventh round in September 2022, and the eighth round in December 2022.
Abstract
Having reliable, timely data on poverty and inequality is critical to assess the distributional impact of and recovery from COVID-19 and high inflation on households and to make near-real time evidence-based strategic decisions. Partnering with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), the South Caucasus team in the Poverty and Equity Global Practice at the World Bank conducted a series of Georgia High Frequency Survey to monitor the impact of these events on households in Georgia. This eighth round of the survey is augmented by including questions on the impact of high inflation, disruption in employment and schooling, concerns over environmental risks, and access to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Household, Individual (adult over age 18)
Version
Version Description
Version 07: Edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution
Version Date
2022-12-29
Version Notes
Wave 8 data, which was collected in December 2022, has been added to the documentation.
Scope
Notes
The Georgia COVID-19 High Frequency Survey (GHFS) 2020-22 covered the following topics:
- Household Identification (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Household Demographics (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Assets and Access to Internet (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Prevalence of COVID-19 (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Distance Learning (Wave 1, 2,3, 4)
- Disruption in schooling (Wave 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Employment Dynamics (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Income (Wave 1, 2,3, 4, 7, 8)
- Food Security (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Shocks and Coping Strategies (Wave 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Vaccine (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Remittances (Wave 2, 3, 4, 7, 8)
- Perception (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Access to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic (Wave 8)
- Opinion on environmental risks (Wave 8)
- Household Identification (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Household Demographics (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Assets and Access to Internet (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Prevalence of COVID-19 (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Distance Learning (Wave 1, 2,3, 4)
- Disruption in schooling (Wave 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Employment Dynamics (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Income (Wave 1, 2,3, 4, 7, 8)
- Food Security (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Shocks and Coping Strategies (Wave 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Vaccine (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Remittances (Wave 2, 3, 4, 7, 8)
- Perception (Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- Access to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic (Wave 8)
- Opinion on environmental risks (Wave 8)
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National coverage, representative at the national, rural/urban/Tbilisi-levels.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name |
|---|
| Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| The World Bank | Data Collection |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency | Sida |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
The survey is based on phone-interviews with application of Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) and random digit dialing (RDD). The sampling frame is representative of the national and rural/urban/Tbilisi population. Around 2000 valid interviews were concluded in each round with response rates around 40%.
Response Rate
Response rates were around 40%.
Weighting
Weights were adjusted by post-stratification. Details are provided in the CRRC Fieldwork Report COVID 19 WB.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-18 | 2020-12-24 | Wave 1 |
| 2021-01-27 | 2021-02-01 | Wave 2 |
| 2021-03-24 | 2021-03-30 | Wave 3 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-06-09 | Wave 4 |
| 2022-03-11 | 2022-03-18 | Wave 5 |
| 2022-05-03 | 2022-05-09 | Wave 6 |
| 2022-09-23 | 2022-09-30 | Wave 7 |
| 2022-12-16 | 2022-12-29 | Wave 8 |
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
Supervision
Fieldwork personnel consisted of approximately 40 individuals in total. Details are provided in the CRRC Fieldwork Report.
Data Collection Notes
See CRRC Fieldwork Reports.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Caucasus Research Resource Center | CRRC |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The COVID-19 Georgia High Frequency Survey (GHFS) 2020-22
Wave 1 comprises following modules:
1- Household Identification,
2- Household Demographics,
3- Assets and Access to Internet,
4- Prevalence ofCOVID-19,
5- Distance Learning,
6- Employment Dynamics,
7- Income,
8- Food Security,
9- Shocks and Coping Strategies,
10- Vaccine,
11- Perception.
In waves 2, 3, and 4, module on remittances was added. In wave 4, module on shocks and coping strategies was dropped, but question on job disruption was added. In waves 5 and 6, modules on inflation impact and time use were added. Questions on income and remittances were dropped. In wave 7, questions on income and remittances were brought back. In wave 8, questions on the perception of environmental risks, perception of the country's development, and health services accessibility during the COVID-19 pandemic were added.
Wave 1 comprises following modules:
1- Household Identification,
2- Household Demographics,
3- Assets and Access to Internet,
4- Prevalence ofCOVID-19,
5- Distance Learning,
6- Employment Dynamics,
7- Income,
8- Food Security,
9- Shocks and Coping Strategies,
10- Vaccine,
11- Perception.
In waves 2, 3, and 4, module on remittances was added. In wave 4, module on shocks and coping strategies was dropped, but question on job disruption was added. In waves 5 and 6, modules on inflation impact and time use were added. Questions on income and remittances were dropped. In wave 7, questions on income and remittances were brought back. In wave 8, questions on the perception of environmental risks, perception of the country's development, and health services accessibility during the COVID-19 pandemic were added.
Data Processing
Data Editing
Data cleaning was carried out to identify and, where possible, correct inconsistencies. In addition, open-ended questions with textual responses were recoded so that these answers matched numeric codes. With CATI, the cleaning process was straightforward: pre-programmed questionnaire forms helped to eliminate ambiguous codes from being entered in the dataset. Also, the form did not accept errors related to selecting more values than permitted in the questionnaire. Additional protocols for data cleaning are summarized in the CRRC Fieldwork Report.
Other Processing
Census data was used to calculate poststratification weights for individuals and households. For individual level weights national data on adult population by settlement type (Capital Urban or Rural) , ethnicity (Georgian or other), age group (18-34, 35-54 and 55+), sex, and education (secondary or lower, vocational, and higher) were used. Census data on the average household size and number of households was used to calculate post stratification household weights.
CRRC-Georgia conducted a back check of 10% of the interviews after the fieldwork. Back check interviews were selected using RAND() function in excel one day before the fieldwork was over. In sum, 200 interviews were selected and checked.
CRRC-Georgia conducted a back check of 10% of the interviews after the fieldwork. Back check interviews were selected using RAND() function in excel one day before the fieldwork was over. In sum, 200 interviews were selected and checked.
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Fuchs Tarlovsky | WBG | afuchs@worldbank.org |
| Natsuko Kiso Nozaki | WBG | nkiso@worldbank.org |
Access conditions
Public Use Files
Citation requirements
The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name);
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation;
- the survey reference number;
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online).
Example:
The Swedish Development Cooperation Agency and The World Bank. Impacts of COVID-19 and Recovery in Georgia, COVID-19 High Frequency Survey Wave 8, 2022. Ref. GEO_2020-2022_HFS_v07_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date] or The World Bank. COVID-19 High Frequency Survey Wave 8, 2022. Ref. GEO_2020-2022_HFS_v07_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date]
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name);
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation;
- the survey reference number;
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online).
Example:
The Swedish Development Cooperation Agency and The World Bank. Impacts of COVID-19 and Recovery in Georgia, COVID-19 High Frequency Survey Wave 8, 2022. Ref. GEO_2020-2022_HFS_v07_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date] or The World Bank. COVID-19 High Frequency Survey Wave 8, 2022. Ref. GEO_2020-2022_HFS_v07_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date]
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Microdata Library | World Bank | microdata.worldbank.org |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector 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.
Copyright
The World Bank
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_GEO_2020-2022_HFS_v07_M_WB
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | World Bank | DECDG | Documentation of the Study |
Date of Metadata Production
2022-05-16
DDI Document version
Version 07 (February 2023). This is an update to the Georgia COVID-19 High Frequency Survey with the wave 8 dataset and documents.