Welfare Monitoring Survey Round II, 2024
Monitoring Education, Employment, Health, and Access to Water and Electricity in Sudan.
Sudan, 2024
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SDN_2024_WMS-R2_v01_M
Welfare Monitoring Survey Round II, 2024
Monitoring Education, Employment, Health, and Access to Water and Electricity in Sudan.
SWMS R2, 2024
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Sudan | SDN |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
This survey represents the second round of a series of mobile phone surveys
Sample survey data [ssd]
-Household -Individual
Version
Edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution.
2024-11-30
Coverage
13 states, excluding the five Darfur states due to unstable network coverage during data collection.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Franck M. Adoho | World Bank |
| Tom Bundervoet | World Bank |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Romeo Gansey | World Bank | Survey design and data analysis |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Bank | Funder |
Sampling
The survey is based on a probability sample of adult Sudanese (aged 18 and above) with mobile phones, spanning 13 states: Al Jazirah, Blue Nile, Gedaref, Kassala, Khartoum, North Kordofan, Northern, Red Sea, River Nile, Sennar, South Kordofan, West Kordofan, and White Nile. Respondents were selected through a one-stage random sampling process from a frame comprising 32,000 phone numbers from all over Sudan provided by the implementation partner. The implementation partner made up to seven call attempts per number when initial contact was unsuccessful—whether due to unanswered calls, missed connections, or respondents being unavailable to complete the interview.
The survey achieved sufficiently large sample sizes in 13 of Sudan’s 18 states. However, due to unstable or limited network coverage, the sample size in the five Darfur states was too small to allow meaningful analysis.
To account for the survey design and correct for unequal selection probabilities, household and individual weights were constructed using a maximum entropy approach. The 2022 Labor Force Survey serves as the reference dataset, with its geographic distribution adjusted to reflect displacement patterns based on the International Organization for Migration’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (October 2024 update).
Survey instrument
The second-round questionnaire incorporated standardized tools to ensure data quality and comparability. The module on access to water and electricity was drawn from standard household surveys fielded by the World Health Organization, while the module on employment was adapted from standard household labor modules. The survey instrument was initially developed in English, then translated and administered in Arabic. It covered four core sections: education, employment, health, and access to water and electricity in Sudan.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2024-10-04 | 2024-11-20 |
- Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| StatSolutions | StatSolutions |
StatSolutions organized supervision using interval recording and random call back of a sub-sample. There were 17 data collectors and 2 office supervisors.
- Organization of the fieldwork: The survey was implemented using Kobo’s CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing) platform by a dedicated team of trained StatSolutions enumerators operating from a centralized call center. The team comprised 17 enumerators and 2 supervisors, with each enumerator conducting individual phone interviews. 2. Data: Data from completed and partially completed interviews were uploaded daily to ensure timely monitoring and quality control. 3. Respondents: Each household interview was conducted with a single respondent (typically a knowledgeable adult or the head of households) who could consult other household members when needed to provide accurate responses.
Depositor information
| Name |
|---|
| Poverty Reduction and Policy Management Network (PREM) |
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Franck M. Adoho | World Bank |
| Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|
| The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. |
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Franck M. Adoho (World Bank), Tom Bundervoet (World Bank). Sudan - Welfare Monitoring Survey Round II, 2024, Monitoring Education, Employment, Health, and Access to Water and Electricity in Sudan. (SWMS R2, 2024). Ref: SDN_2024_WMS-R2_v01_M. Downloaded from [uri] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Franck M. Adoho | World Bank | fadoho@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_SDN_2024_WMS-R2_v01_M_WB
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | DECDG | World Bank | Documentation of the study |
2025-10-20
Metadata version
Version 01 (2025-10-20)