Profiling of South and Central Governorates - 2016

Iraq, 2016

Reference ID

IRQ_2016_PSCG_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Displacement and Migration in Iraq Department of Information and Research, UNHCR, Joint IDP Profiling Service, Statistics Norway

Collection(s)

United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

May 13, 2021

Last modified

May 13, 2021

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Identification

Survey ID number

IRQ_2016_PSCG_v01_M

Title

Profiling of South and Central Governorates - 2016

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Iraq	IRQ

Abstract

A collaborative profiling exercise was conducted with the aim to provide a comprehensive analysis of the displacement situation in urban and peri-urban areas across 9 Governorates in South and Central Iraq. The study was a collaborative effort of a Technical Working Group consisting of staff from MoDM’s Department of Information and Research, UNHCR staff, and with the support of the Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS) and Statistics Norway. The methodology and tools were developed with the Steering Committee and the data was collected in 2016. 4094 households were included in the survey. The analysis of the data never resulted in a published report.

Unit of Analysis

Household and individual

Version

Version Description

2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.

Scope

Notes

The survey includes the following topics:

Household main characteristics
Individual main characteristics
Education
Employment information
Dwelling characteristics
Health services access
Energy utilization
Income sources
Social and community interactions
Assets ownership

Topics

Topic
Health
Community Services
Education
Livelihood & Social cohesion
Income Generation

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The exercise targeted the urban centres and peri-urban areas in the following Governorates: Babylon, Kerbala, Najaf, and Wassit. The fifth assessment was a combined assessment of five southern governorates: Basra, Missan, Muthanna, Qadissiya and Thi qar. The five southern governorates were combined as one study due to smaller IDP and host populations in each of these areas; as well these governorates share similar characteristics in terms of the economy, governance and demographics.

Universe

IDPs and host communities.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Ministry of Displacement and Migration in Iraq Department of Information and Research
UNHCR
Joint IDP Profiling Service
Statistics Norway

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The profiling was based on a household survey. Each of the assessments in the 9 Governorates (merged in the present dataset) surveyed approximately 400 host community households and 400 IDP households in 30 different sites. The 30 sites were selected using a random stratified sample based on data from the Displacement Tracking Matrix of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The sites were stratified based on urban or peri-urban characteristics, the number of IDP families present, and shelter typology of the IDP households. The household assessment attempts to survey as representative a population as possible given the available data on location of IDP households across the nine assessed governorates.

Weighting

Data is not weighted due to the lack of a baseline for the population figures and composition.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2016-01-01	2016-12-31

Data Collectors

Name
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Joint IDP Profiling Service
Statistics Norway

Data processing

Data Editing

Data was processed and anonymized with recoding and local suppressions. Some observations were removed because they presented an elevated disclosure risk.

Access policy

Archive where study is originally stored

United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/218
Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_IRQ_2016_PROFILING_v2.1
Cost: None

Data Access

Citation requirements

Cite this data as follows:

MoDM’s Department of Information and Research, UNHCR, JIPS, Statistics Norway (2016) Profiling of South and Central Governorates in Iraq. UNHCR microdata library: https://microdata.unhcr.org

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation Team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_IRQ_2016_PSCG_v01_M

Producers

Name	Role
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	Documentation of the study

Date of Metadata Production

2021-04-23

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 1 (April 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR_IRQ_2016_PROFILING_v2.1, except the following edits were made:

Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
Specified the archive where study is originally stored

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