High Frequency Survey 2020, Quarter 4

Ecuador, 2020

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Reference ID

ECU_2020_HFS-Q4_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

Study website

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Identification

Survey ID number

ECU_2020_HFS-Q4_v01_M

Title

High Frequency Survey 2020

Subtitle

Quarter 4

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Ecuador	ECU

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

The data was collected using the High Frequency Survey (HFS), the new regional data collection tool & methodology launched in the Americas. The survey allowed for better reaching populations of interest with new remote modalities (phone interviews and self-administered surveys online) and improved sampling guidance and strategies. It includes a set of standardized regional core questions while allowing for operation-specific customizations. The core questions revolve around populations of interest’s demographic profile, difficulties during their journey, specific protection needs, access to documentation & regularization, health access, coverage of basic needs, coping capacity & negative mechanisms used, and well-being & local integration. The data collected has been used by countries in their protection monitoring analysis and vulnerability analysis.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Household

Version

Version Description

Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.

Version Date

2021-06-10

Scope

Notes

The scope includes:

household characteristics
demographic profile
journey
protection needs
access to documentation
health
basic needs
coping capacity
local integration
Covid impact

Topics

Topic
Health
Protection
Livelihood and Social cohesion
Transportation
Basic Needs

Keywords

HFS High Frequency Survey Covid

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage

Universe

All people of concern.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	UN

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

In the absence of a well-developed sampling-frame for forcibly displaced populations in the Americas, the High Frequency Survey employed a multi-frame sampling strategy where respondents entered the sample through one of three channels: (i) those who opt-in to complete an online self-administered version of the questionnaire which was widely circulated through refugee social media; (ii) persons identified through UNHCR and partner databases who were remotely-interviewed by phone; and (iii) random selection from the cases approaching UNHCR for registration or assistance. The total sample size was 358 refugee households.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The questionnaire contained the following sections: journey, family composition, vulnerability, basic Needs, coping capacity, well-being, COVID-19 Impact.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2020-10-01	2020-12-31

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency	UN

Data Collection Notes

Data collection modalities include phone interviews (to accommodate for mobility restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and self-administered online surveys. Enumerators were trained at the local level, keeping in line with the regional standards while reflecting the contextual nuances for each country.

Data Access

Citation requirements

UNHCR: Ecuador - High Frequency Survey - Q4 2020. UNHCR microdata library, https://microdata.unhcr.org

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Curation team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org	https://microdata.unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ECU_2020_HFS-Q4_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
UN Refugee Agency	UN	Documentation of the study
Development Economics Data Group	The World Bank	Metadata adapted for Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2021-06-10

Metadata version

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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