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Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Socio-Economic and Protection Situation of Refugees in the Mbera Refugee Camp, July 2020

Mauritania, 2020
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Reference ID
MRT_2020_SEA_v01_M
Producer(s)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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
MRT_2020_SEA_v01_M
Title
Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Socio-Economic and Protection Situation of Refugees in the Mbera Refugee Camp, July 2020
Country/Economy
Name Country code
Mauritania MRT
Abstract
This sampling survey was designed to rapidly measure the protection and socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on the refugee population in Mbera camp the region of Hodh Echargui in Mauritania.

The result shows that the socio-economic situation of all households across all vulnerability categories has degraded due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The top four fears of refugees are related to food shortages, price increases, disruption of basic service facilities and travel restrictions.
Unit of Analysis
Household

Scope

Notes
The scope includes: household characteristics, health access, diet, livelihood, education, Covid 19 impact.
Topics
Topic
Health and Nutrition
Protection
Food security
Water Sanitation Hygiene
Education
Basic Needs

Producers and sponsors

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

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Out of the total 14,222 households in the Mbera camp as of 30 June, 102 households (0,8%) were randomly selected respecting the AGD (Age, Gender, and Diversity) approach.
Weighting
Weight was calculated dividing the total number of households by the sample size.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2020-07-08 2020-07-09
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
Ten refugees who already have experience in conducting surveys were selected as surveyors. They received one day training by UNHCR before conducting this socio-economic survey. The interview was conducted under the supervision of UNHCR and UNHCR’s camp management partner, LWF, through face-to-face sessions from Wednesday 08 to Thursday 09 July 2020. The response rate was 100% . The data was integrated into the UNHCR’s kobo tool kit for rapid analysis.
Data Collectors
Name
UNHCR

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The The questionnaire includes the following sections: access to health, alimentary consummation, access to food and market, means of subsistence, sources of income, education and connectivity, protection, psychosocial.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Curation team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org
Citation requirements
Please cite as follows:

UNHCR (2020) Survey on the impact of COVID-19 on the socio-economic and protection situation of refugees in the Mbera refugee camp. Ref. UNHCR_MRT_SEA_MBERA_2020. UNHCR microdata library: https://microdata.unhcr.org
Archive where study is originally stored
United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/275
Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_MRT_2020_SEA_MBERA_v2.1
Cost: None

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_MRT_2020_SEA_v01_M
Producers
Name
UNHCR
Date of Metadata Production
2021-05-06
DDI Document version
Version 1 (May 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR_MRT_2020_SEA_MBERA_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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