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.

Survey instrument

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.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2020-07-08	2020-07-09

Data Collectors

Name
UNHCR

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.

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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

Data Access

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

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_MRT_2020_SEA_v01_M

Producers

Name
UNHCR

Date of Metadata Production

2021-05-06

Metadata version

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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