Socio-Economic Assessment of Refugees in Kenya's Kakuma Camp 2015
Kenya, 2015
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KEN_2015_SEA_v01_M
Socio-Economic Assessment of Refugees in Kenya's Kakuma Camp 2015
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Kenya | KEN |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
UNHCR conducts socio-economic assessments of persons-of-concern (i.e. refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs, etc.) in a variety of countries in order to inform and improve its programming with the goal of promoting self-reliance. While these assessments are not fully standardized and are tailored to their specific country context, the quantitative surveys share strong similarities in their design and objectives, and are therefore considered a survey series for the purpose of microdata documentation/archiving.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Household and individual
Version
1.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
2018-12-15
Scope
The scope of the quantitative data of this socio-economic assessment includes:
- Identification of the household
- Characteristics of household members (demographics, disability, education/literacy, trade/skills)
- Dwelling characteristics
- Access to services
- Asset ownership
- Sources of income
- Economic activity of household members
- Assistance
- Consumption expenditure
- Coping strategies
| Topic |
|---|
| Refugees |
| Asylum seekers |
| Forced displacement |
| Conflict |
Coverage
Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya
All refugee households residing in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya.
UNHCR PPG: 1KENB
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees | UNHCR |
| Name |
|---|
| WFP |
| Kimetrica |
Sampling
The survey's objective was to deliver representative data of all households living in Kakuma refugee camp, with robust disaggregation to the sub-camp level. (Kakuma has four such sub-camps) The total population in the camp at the time of the survey was estimated at around 26,000 households.
For this survey a stratified, single-stage (i.e. non-clustered) sample design was applied. The four sub-camps of Kakuma were considered strata and the 126 administrative blocks were considered sub-strata. All strata and sub-strata were retained for the sample. Within each of these sub-strata, a sample of households was drawn systematically via a random walk sampling process.
The total sample size was 2,000 households (500 households in each of the four sub-camps).
None.
Information unavailable.
No weights were apllied during the initial data analysis. However, given that selection probailities differed across sampling strata, the public-release version of the data contains sampling weights calculated ex-post, which data users may wish to apply during further analysis.
Survey instrument
All questionaires are provided in section "external ressources".
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2015-11-08 | 2015-12-04 |
Data was collected through computer-assisted face-to-face interviewing (on tablets).
Data processing
The dataset presented here has undergone light checking, cleaning and restructuring (data may still contain errors) as well as anonymization (includes removal of direct identifiers and sensitive variables, and grouping values of select variables).
Access policy
United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/16
Original archive ID: UNHCR-KEN-2015-SEA-1.1
Cost: None
Data Access
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | No attempt will be made to identify respondents or microdata providers, and no use will be made of the identity of any person, facility or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to UNHCR, to allow evaluation of further use, apply further statistical disclosure control methods, impose further restrictions on access, or appropriately re-classify the data. No attempt will be made to create links between datasets provided by UNHCR, or between UNHCR data and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations. |
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees. UNHCR Socio-economic assessment of refugees in Kenya's Kakuma camp 2015 - Anonymized for Public Use. Version 1.1. Geneva: UNHCR (December 2018), Ref. UNHCR-KEN-2015-SEA-1.1. Dataset downloaded from https://microdata.unhcr.org on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
UNHCR does not warrant in any way the accuracy of the information and data contained in the datasets and shall not be held liable for any loss caused by reliance on the accuracy or reliability thereof.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions | UNHCR | solutions@unhcr.org |
Metadata production
DDI_KEN_2015_SEA_v01_M
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees | Collection and documentation of records |
2021-05-24
Metadata version
Version 01 (May 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR-KEN-2015-SEA-1.1, except for the following edits that were made:
- Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
- Specified the archive where the study is originally stored