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Refugee and Host Communities Household Survey 2018

Uganda, 2018
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The World Bank
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Identification

Survey ID Number
UGA_2018_RHCS_v01_M
Title
Refugee and Host Communities Household Survey 2018
Country/Economy
Name Country code
Uganda UGA
Study type
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
Abstract
Uganda’s legal and policy framework regarding refugees is one of the most progressive of the world and is often referred as a model to follow. However, the recent refugee influx that doubled the number of refugees in the country in less than three years represents a challenge for the institutions, programs and mechanisms in place. The recent arrivals have put additional pressure on the public services delivery system, and to some central elements of the response approach, such as land availability for refugee use. The influx is also aggravated by the fact that refugee hosting areas were already vulnerable due to underlying poverty, limited resilience to shocks, limited capacity of local institutions, and low levels of human capital. Without the adequate response, the prolonged and steady refugee influx represents a challenge for the sustainability of Uganda’s approach.

The Uganda Refugee and Host Communities Household Survey 2018 collected data to analyze the living conditions, wellbeing and socio-economic profile of refugees and host communities in Uganda.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- Households
- Individuals
- Communities

Version

Version Description
Version 01: Edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution.

Scope

Notes
The 2018 Ugandan Refugee and Host Communities Household Survey (RHCS) covered the following topics:

HOUSEHOLD
- Identification particulars
- Household roster
- Education
- Health
- Sources of income
- Labor
- Housing conditions
- Household assets
- Property and other incomes
- Non-crop farming household enterprises/ activities in Uganda
- Household consumption expenditure
- Remittances (all usual and regular members 16 years and above)
- Economic transactions
- Sources of assistance
- Safety of refugees
- Safety of host communities
- Food insecurity experience scale
- Coping strategies
- Social networks and shocks
- Agriculture

COMMUNITY
- Identification particulars
- Roster of informants
- Service availability
- Water and sanitation in the community
- Education (primary education)
- Payment for services by parents/guardians at the school
- Incidence of leaving school pre-maturely
- Problems/Constraints faced by the School
- Health services
- Services offered by this health facility
- Factors limiting provision of health services
- NGOs in the community
- Community groups
- Livelihood projects
- Agricultural extension services
- Safety of refugees and host communities

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Refugees and host communities in Uganda (West Nile, South West and Kampala)

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
The World Bank WB
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
Office of the Prime Minister Government of Uganda Collaborated in the implementation of the survey
Uganda Bureau of Statistics Government of Uganda Collaborated in the implementation of the survey
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
The World Bank WB Funded the study

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The survey is representative of the refugee and host community population of Uganda at the national level. Moreover, it is representative of the refugee and host population in the regions of West Nile and South West, and the city of Kampala. The host population is defined as the native population in districts where refugee settlements are situated. The survey used two different sampling frames. The first one, based on the list of Enumeration Areas (EAs) and the information of the 2014 Uganda Population and Housing Census, was used to determine the samples for the host and refugee populations of Kampala, and the host populations in West Nile and Southwest. The second one is a newly developed sampling frame for the refugee population in the West Nile and Southwest regions.

Given the nature of the survey, the sample is stratified by three separate domains. The first domain is the host population in the regions of West Nile and South West. The second is the refugee population in the regions of West Nile and Southwest, and the third, the refugee and host population in Kampala. A total of 221 primary sample units were allocated to the three different domains. For each domain, the sample was obtained based on a two-stage stratified sample of households. In the first stage, PSUs were selected using a Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling method. For the host communities and Kampala, before the selection of the PSUs, district EAs were sorted by residence type (urban/rural), district sub-county, parish, village and EAs. For Kampala, only EAs that contained more than ten refugee households according to the 2014 Census were considered. With this sorting and PPS for the selection of PSUs, implicit stratification by residence type was achieved. For the refugee settlements, EAs were sorted based on the Settlement, Zone, Block, Cluster, Village, EA and by dominant country of origin. The latter was intended to ensure that PSUs with refugees coming from different countries of origin were selected.

Between the first and second stages, a household listing operation was carried out in all selected PSUs outside Kampala. For the listing operation, all selected PSUs were visited and the residential households were located with their address and the name of the household head was recorded. In the second stage, for each selected PSU, ten households were selected from the newly established list using a systematic sampling approach. Household selection was performed in the field prior to the main survey and interviewers only interviewed selected households. This means that no replacements or changes to selected households was allowed in the implementation stage in order to prevent bias. With this design, the survey selected 2,209 residential households, distributed geographically across 13 districts of Uganda

For further details on sampling, see section “Survey instrument” in the survey report (“Informing the Refugee Policy Response in Uganda”).

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2018-05 2018-07
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation
Uganda Bureau of Statistics UBOS

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
Two questionnaires were used to collect the 2018 URHS data:
- Household questionnaire
- Community questionnaire

The questionnaires are comprehensive and follow closely the official survey questionnaires (Uganda National Household Survey) that Government of Uganda uses to monitor wellbeing and measure poverty.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Carolina Mejia-Mantilla World Bank cmejiamantilla@worldbank.org
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_UGA_2018_RHCS_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Economics Data Group DECDG The World Bank Documentation of the DDI
Date of Metadata Production
2021-03-16
DDI Document version
Version 01 (March 2020)

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