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COVID-19 Somali High-Frequency Phone Survey 2020-2021

Somalia, 2020 - 2021
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WBG_SOM_2020_HFPS_v02_M
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Wendy Karamba, World Bank
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Oct 09, 2023
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Questionnaires
Somali High Frequency Phone Survey 2020 - Round 1 Questionnaire (PDF)
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Somali High Frequency Phone Survey - Round 1 Questionnaire (Excel)
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Somali High Frequency Phone Survey 2020 - 2021, Round 2 Questionnaire (PDF)
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Somali High Frequency Phone Survey 2020 - 2021, Round 2 Questionnaire (EXCEL)
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Reports
COVID-19 Somali High-Frequency Phone Survey Report
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Author(s) World Bank
Date 2021-09
Country Somalia
Table of contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................... III
CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................... IV
FIGURES ............................................................................................................................ VII
FOCUS BOXES .................................................................................................................. XII
ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................. XIII
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. XIV

1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 1

2. SUMMARY OF METHODS AND SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION ................................ 2
2.1. Summary of Methodology......................................................................................... 2
2.1.1. Sampling............................................................................................................ 2
2.1.2. Survey Questionnaire ........................................................................................ 3
2.2. Survey Implementation ............................................................................................. 4
2.2.1. Implementation Challenges ............................................................................... 5

3. SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................... 6
3.1. Sample presentation: key demographics ................................................................ 6
3.1.1. Household characteristics .................................................................................. 6
3.1.2. Respondent characteristics: age and gender ..................................................... 7
3.2. Education ................................................................................................................... 9
3.3. Employment and income sources .......................................................................... 10
3.3.1. Joblessness ..................................................................................................... 10
3.3.2. Employed respondents .................................................................................... 11
3.3.3. Income sources ............................................................................................... 14

4. AWARENESS OF COVID-19, BEHAVIORS, AND CONCERNS .............................. 16
4.1. Awareness of COVID-19, symptoms, and preventative measures ....................... 16
4.1.1. Awareness of COVID-19 and associated symptoms ........................................ 16
4.1.2. Awareness of COVID-19 preventative measures ............................................. 18
4.2. Preventative behaviors against COVID-19 ............................................................. 20
4.3. Concerns about COVID-19 ...................................................................................... 23
4.3.1. Satisfaction with government COVID-19 Response ......................................... 23
4.3.2. Concerns about COVID-19 .............................................................................. 26

5. IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON THE SOMALI POPULATION ...................................... 31
5.1. Access to basic goods and services ..................................................................... 31
5.1.1. Access to basic goods ..................................................................................... 31
5.1.2. Access to basic services .................................................................................. 35
5.2. Employment and livelihood sources ..................................................................... 41
5.2.1. Employment patterns since the COVID-19 outbreak ........................................ 41
5.2.2. Impact of COVID-19 on livelihood sources ....................................................... 48
5.3. Household shocks .................................................................................................. 49
5.3.1. Economic shocks ............................................................................................. 51
5.3.2. Food security shocks ....................................................................................... 53
5.3.3. Natural disasters .............................................................................................. 55
5.3.4. Health shocks .................................................................................................. 56
5.3.5. Security shocks................................................................................................ 58
5.4. Humanitarian assistance ........................................................................................ 58

6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................... 61
6.1. Recommendations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 ........................................ 61
6.2. Recommendations to limit the damaging effects of COVID-19 ............................ 62

7. ANNEXES ................................................................................................................. 63
7.1. Annex A: Additional Figures and Tables ............................................................... 63
7.2. Annex B: Sampling Methodology ........................................................................... 64
7.2.1. Sampling frame................................................................................................ 64
7.2.2. Sample allocation ............................................................................................ 64
7.2.3. Implementation challenges and actual sample realization ................................ 68
7.2.4. Sample consideration for Internally Displaced People (IDP) strata................... 69
7.3. Annex C: Data Collection Implementation ............................................................. 69
7.3.1. Implementation Infrastructure .......................................................................... 69
7.3.2. Data Quality Monitoring Protocol ..................................................................... 70
7.4. Annex D: Calculation of Sampling Weights........................................................... 71
7.4.1. Steps in the proposed sampling methodology .................................................. 71
7.4.2. Limitations of the weighting procedure ............................................................. 73

8. SOURCES ................................................................................................................ 75
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COVID-19 Somali High-Frequency Phone Survey Round 2 Report
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Author(s) World Bank Group Altai Consulting Tusmo (Somalia)
Date 2021-03-01
Country Somalia
Description This brief summarizes the findings of the second round of the Somali High-Frequency Phone Survey (SHFPS II) conducted in January 2021. The SHFPS has been designed and conducted to monitor the evolving socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Somali households and to inform policy responses and interventions. The survey covers important and relevant topics, including knowledge of COVID-19 and adoption of preventative behaviors, economic activity and income sources, access to basic goods and services, and exposure to shocks and coping mechanisms.
Table of contents This introduction presents the survey methodology, as well as implementation details of the data collection. A profile of the interviewed households is presented in Section 2. Section 3 discusses knowledge and behavior around COVID-19. Section 4 summarizes the impacts of COVID-19 on employment and income sources. Access to basic goods and services is discussed in Section 5, and Section 6 covers exposure to shocks and coping mechanisms. The brief ends with a short summary of the main findings and policy recommendations (Section 7) of the report.
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Technical documents
COVID-19 Somali High-Frequency Phone Survey Round 2 Survey Methodology
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Graphs for COVID-19 Somali High-Frequency Phone Survey Round 2 Report
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COVID-19 Somali High-Frequency Phone Survey Round 2 Analysis do-file
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Author(s) World Bank
Date 2021
Country Somalia
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shfs_r2_analysis_2021_12_15.do
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