The COVID-19 survey for Somalia is slightly different from the standard follow-up survey conducted by the unit in other countries in two ways. First, while the 2019 World Bank Enterprise Survey covered only Bosasu and Mogadishu, the COVID-19 survey has been expanded to cover three additional cities - Baidoa, Beledweyne and Kismayo. Sampling for these additional cities followed the standard ES methodology of stratified random sampling and the universe of coverage is the same as the standard ES. Second, for Bosaso and Mogadishu, establishments that refused the follow-up interview or were unobtainable are replaced by establishments that were not part of the 2019 ES, selected from the same cell (combination of size, sector, and location) as in the ES. Further, for Mogadishu the coverage of the COVID-19 survey has been expanded by increasing the sample size for the ES firms (5 or more employees) compared to the 2019 ES, and by adding micro-enterprises. The baseline ES for Bosaso and Mogadishu contains a total of 250 interviews conducted from Nomber 2019 though February 2020. The third round of COVID-19 survey recontacts all businesses interviewed as part of round 1 and 2 surveys. For these two cities, the follow-up data can be merged with the baseline data set using the variable idstd.
Total sample target: 453
