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Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, May 2021, Quarter 3

China, 2021
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Reference ID
CHN_2021_PDM-CBI-Q3_v01_M
Producer(s)
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Collection(s)
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Mar 31, 2022
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Identification

Survey ID Number
CHN_2021_PDM-CBI-Q3_v01_M
Title
Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, May 2021, Quarter 3
Subtitle
Quarter 3
Country/Economy
Name Country code
China CHN
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Abstract
UNHCR uses Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees' feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided. UNHCR increasingly uses Cash-Based Interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to forcibly displaced and stateless persons in line with UNHCR's core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample or all of refugee recipients.

UNHCR supported 109 refugee households in 11 provinces in China with cash assistance in Quarter 2, 2021. The CBI PDM was conducted between June and July 2021 to assess outcomes of the assistance. More than half the households receiving cash assistance are individuals without family. UNHCR's cash assistance is beneficial to its recipients as respondents point to improved living conditions (90%), relieved financial burdens (90%/75) and reduction in feeling of stress (96%). In terms of coping strategies, almost 68% of all beneficiaries had to take out a new loan or borrowed money over the last three months.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Households

Version

Version Description
Version 2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.

Scope

Notes
The household survey covers the following sections:
1. Household demographics
2. Receiving and spending the cash assistance (basic facts)
3. Risks and problems: Did people face problems with the CBI? Did the CBI put POCs at additional risk?
4. Markets and prices: Can POCs find what they need, and at a price they can afford, in the markets?
5. Expenditure: What did people spend the money on?
6. Outcomes: What changes is the cash assistance contributing to in POC households?
7. Longer-Term Outcomes: Has the cash assistance helped put POC on the pathway to sustainable solutions?
8. Accountability to Affected Persons: Is the CBI intervention accountable to persons of concern? (What preferences do people have over how assistance is delivered?)

POC = Persons of Concern to UNHCR
Topics
Topic
Livelihood & Social cohesion
Cash Assistance
Domestic Needs/Household Support
Income Generation
Solutions
Basic Needs

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
The survey covers 12 provinces and most respondents are from Guangdong. Among the 57 percent of beneficiaries who reside in Guangdong, a majority of them (87 percent) are Somalis.
Universe
The sample universe includes all refugees registered to receive cash assisstance in Q2, 2021.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) UN

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
No sampling was implemented as the survey included all beneficiaries of UNHCR's Cash-Based Interventions from Q2 2021 (109 refugee households).
Response Rate
The response rate was 75 percent.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2021-06-28 2021-07-05
Data Collection Mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based
Data Collection Notes
The survey was distributed in UNHCR's online survey platform Kobo using email addresses from UNHCR's registration database. The survey was translated in six different languages and respondents were able to select the preferred language before starting the questionnaire. The introduction email included clear instructions on how to fill out the survey as well as asked for respondents' consent.
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency UNHCR UN

Access policy

Citation requirements
UNHCR (2021). China: Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, June 2021. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org.
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email
Curation Team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_CHN_2021_PDM-CBI-Q3_v01_M
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
UN Refugee Agency UNHCR UN Documentation of the study
Development Economics Data Group DECDG World Bank Metadata adapted for Microdata Library
Date of Metadata Production
2021
DDI Document version
Version 01: This metadata was downloaded from the UNHCR Microdata Library catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document and Survey ID.
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