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Phone Survey - Monitoring of the Effects of the Economic Deterioration on Syrian Refugee Households Wave 2, 2020

Lebanon, 2020
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Reference ID
LBN_2020_MEED-W2_v01_M
Producer(s)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Collection(s)
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Metadata
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Created on
May 13, 2021
Last modified
May 21, 2021
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Access policy
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    LBN_2020_MEED-W2_v01_M
    Title

    Phone Survey - Monitoring of the Effects of the Economic Deterioration on Syrian Refugee Households Wave 2, 2020
    Country/Economy
    Name Country code
    Lebanon LBN
    Abstract
    The Monitoring of the Effects of the Economic Deterioration on Refugee Households dataset is a Phone survey of Syrian and non-Syrian households to monitor the changes over time in key areas in the context of the deteriorating economic situation in Lebanon. The UNHCR call center was used to conduct the two waves of data collection: 20-28 February (Wave I) and 17 April-15 May (Wave II). Several call attempts were made at different times of the day to reach the largest possible number of households.

    After the Wave I of the survey, which was collected before the first case of Covid 19 was reported in Lebanon, the Wave II was conducted to account for the impacts of the spread of the Covid 19 virus on refugees, the level of awareness among them and their accessibility to hygiene items and health care services. This dataset includes only the Syrian refugees cases.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Household

    Version

    Version Description

    v2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.
    Version Date

    2020-06-09

    Scope

    Notes

    The questionnaire included key indicators on household demographics, shelter, expenditures, livelihoods, debt, coping strategies, food security and consumption, and health. In addition, it included indicators on COVID 19, its impacts on access to services, levels of awareness, and access to PFEs and hygiene items.

    The scope includes:

    • key indicators on household demographics
    • accommodation
    • rent
    • employment
    • health/ COVID 19
    • food security
    • livelihoods
    • food consumption
    • debt
    • coping strategies and assistance
    • intention to return
    • education
    Topics
    Topic
    Health
    Education
    Food security
    Livelihood & Social cohesion
    Return
    Shelter/Other Infrastructure
    Health Care Referral Services
    Domestic Needs/Household Support
    Income Generation

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
    Producers
    Name
    WFP

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    In order to facilitate regular monitoring of the change for households nationally, this monitoring approach employed a phone survey approach conducted on a quarterly basis with wave 1 starting in February 2020 and wave 2 (presented herein) starting in April 2020.

    To achieve this, a simple random sampling approach was used in both waves, extracted from UNHCR database in Lebanon. Two nationally representative samples were extracted: (1) Syrian refugees, and (2) Non-Syrian refugees. Each sample is estimated at 500 (total 1,000) refugee households.

    To account for non-response rate, the data samples were enlarged: 1,000 Syrians and 1,000 non-Syrians.
    Response Rate

    The initial response rate in WAVE 2 was very low (40%); to increase the response, UNHCR used WhatsAPP (via partners) to establish contact with refugees and managed to increase the response rate to 60%.
    Weighting

    No weighting was applied for this dataset since it includes only Syrian records.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaire included key indicators on household demographics, shelter, expenditures, livelihoods, debt, coping strategies, food security and consumption, and health. In addition, it included indicators on COVID 19, its impacts on access to services, levels of awareness, and access to PFEs and hygiene items.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2020-04-17 2020-05-15
    Data Collectors
    Name
    UNHCR
    Data Collection Notes

    Interviews were made by phone.

    Access policy

    Archive where study is originally stored

    United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
    https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/240
    Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR-LBN-MEED-WAVE2-SYR-2020-v2.1
    Cost: None

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    Please cite as follows:

    (2020) Phone Survey - Monitoring of the Effects of the Economic Deterioration on Syrian Refugee Households Wave 2, 2020, UNHCR microdata library, https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_LBN_2020_MEED-W2_v01_M
    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2021-05-05

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1 (May 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR-LBN-MEED-WAVE2-SYR-2020-v2.1, except the following edits were made:

    • Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
    • Specified the archive where study is originally stored
    • Minor alterations to study title to fit World Bank formatting practices, change reflected in citation
    • Description of external documents altered to reflect the document titles
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