Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, 2023
Lebanon, 2023
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UNHCR_LBN_2023_VASYR_v2.1
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If your household needed to access medication in the past months, what coping mechanisms has your household employed to adjust to the inaccessibility of medication in Lebanon? (Select up to most frequently used) (cmm_barriers_m)
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Overview
Valid:
21938
Invalid:
2016
Type:
Discrete
Range:
1 - 122
Format:
Factor
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a.Did not need access to medication - if this choice is selected, should limit to no other options | 5562 |
23.2%
|
| 2 | a.Did not need access to medication - if this choice is selected, should limit to no other options b.Switched to substitutes / g | 104 |
0.4%
|
| 3 | a.Did not need access to medication - if this choice is selected, should limit to no other options c.Rationed existing medicatio | 6 |
0%
|
| 4 | a.Did not need access to medication - if this choice is selected, should limit to no other options e.Received or exchanged medic | 7 |
0%
|
| 5 | a.Did not need access to medication - if this choice is selected, should limit to no other options i.No coping mechanisms availa | 6 |
0%
|
| 6 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 3526 |
14.7%
|
| 7 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics a.Did not need access to medication - if this choice is selected, should limit to no other | 20 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medication | 2244 |
9.4%
|
| 9 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 253 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medication e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks | 10 |
0%
|
| 11 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medicatio | 153 |
0.6%
|
| 12 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 678 |
2.8%
|
| 13 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medication i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 67 |
0.3%
|
| 14 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medication j.Other coping mechanism not mentioned | 17 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 184 |
0.8%
|
| 16 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon c.Rationed existing medication | 20 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to affo | 11 |
0%
|
| 18 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 112 |
0.5%
|
| 19 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks | 69 |
0.3%
|
| 20 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks f.Reduced non-medical household | 5 |
0%
|
| 21 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication | 73 |
0.3%
|
| 22 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication d.Acquired medication from ou | 2 |
0%
|
| 23 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication g.Borrowed money to afford me | 48 |
0.2%
|
| 24 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 820 |
3.4%
|
| 25 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics g.Borrowed money to afford medication c.Rationed existing medication | 73 |
0.3%
|
| 26 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics g.Borrowed money to afford medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 60 |
0.3%
|
| 27 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics g.Borrowed money to afford medication e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal net | 4 |
0%
|
| 28 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics g.Borrowed money to afford medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford me | 79 |
0.3%
|
| 29 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics g.Borrowed money to afford medication i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 5 |
0%
|
| 30 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics g.Borrowed money to afford medication j.Other coping mechanism not mentioned | 5 |
0%
|
| 31 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics h.No coping mechanisms needed - if this choice is selected, should limit to no other optio | 7 |
0%
|
| 32 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 33 | b.Switched to substitutes / generics i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 7 |
0%
|
| 34 | c.Rationed existing medication | 944 |
3.9%
|
| 35 | c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 431 |
1.8%
|
| 36 | c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 37 | c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks | 6 |
0%
|
| 38 | c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medicatio | 20 |
0.1%
|
| 39 | c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 171 |
0.7%
|
| 40 | c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 31 |
0.1%
|
| 41 | c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics j.Other coping mechanism not mentioned | 13 |
0.1%
|
| 42 | c.Rationed existing medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 93 |
0.4%
|
| 43 | c.Rationed existing medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 32 |
0.1%
|
| 44 | c.Rationed existing medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal netw | 6 |
0%
|
| 45 | c.Rationed existing medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford med | 4 |
0%
|
| 46 | c.Rationed existing medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 52 |
0.2%
|
| 47 | c.Rationed existing medication e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 4 |
0%
|
| 48 | c.Rationed existing medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication | 42 |
0.2%
|
| 49 | c.Rationed existing medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generic | 6 |
0%
|
| 50 | c.Rationed existing medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication g.Borrowed money to afford medicati | 103 |
0.4%
|
| 51 | c.Rationed existing medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication i.No coping mechanisms available to | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 52 | c.Rationed existing medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 218 |
0.9%
|
| 53 | c.Rationed existing medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 42 |
0.2%
|
| 54 | c.Rationed existing medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 6 |
0%
|
| 55 | c.Rationed existing medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medicati | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 56 | c.Rationed existing medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 23 |
0.1%
|
| 57 | c.Rationed existing medication i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 10 |
0%
|
| 58 | c.Rationed existing medication j.Other coping mechanism not mentioned | 2 |
0%
|
| 59 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 290 |
1.2%
|
| 60 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 58 |
0.2%
|
| 61 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon c.Rationed existing medication | 20 |
0.1%
|
| 62 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 63 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon c.Rationed existing medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 26 |
0.1%
|
| 64 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks | 6 |
0%
|
| 65 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication | 10 |
0%
|
| 66 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication g.Borrowed money to aff | 8 |
0%
|
| 67 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 46 |
0.2%
|
| 68 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon g.Borrowed money to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 11 |
0%
|
| 69 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon g.Borrowed money to afford medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to aff | 9 |
0%
|
| 70 | d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 5 |
0%
|
| 71 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks | 163 |
0.7%
|
| 72 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks a.Did not need access to medication - if this choice is selected, sho | 7 |
0%
|
| 73 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 84 |
0.4%
|
| 74 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medication | 5 |
0%
|
| 75 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks b.Switched to substitutes / generics d.Acquired medication from outsi | 6 |
0%
|
| 76 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks c.Rationed existing medication | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 77 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication | 3 |
0%
|
| 78 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication g.Borro | 5 |
0%
|
| 79 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 7 |
0%
|
| 80 | e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks g.Borrowed money to afford medication f.Reduced non-medical household | 6 |
0%
|
| 81 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication | 250 |
1%
|
| 82 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 83 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medicatio | 6 |
0%
|
| 84 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication c.Rationed existing medication | 3 |
0%
|
| 85 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generic | 4 |
0%
|
| 86 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks | 3 |
0%
|
| 87 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 122 |
0.5%
|
| 88 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / | 9 |
0%
|
| 89 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication g.Borrowed money to afford medication c.Rationed existing medicati | 15 |
0.1%
|
| 90 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 91 | f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication j.Other coping mechanism not mentioned | 8 |
0%
|
| 92 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 1916 |
8%
|
| 93 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 245 |
1%
|
| 94 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics c.Rationed existing medication | 25 |
0.1%
|
| 95 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 13 |
0.1%
|
| 96 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford me | 6 |
0%
|
| 97 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics j.Other coping mechanism not mentioned | 7 |
0%
|
| 98 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication c.Rationed existing medication | 132 |
0.6%
|
| 99 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication c.Rationed existing medication b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 43 |
0.2%
|
| 100 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication c.Rationed existing medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 4 |
0%
|
| 101 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication c.Rationed existing medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medicati | 2 |
0%
|
| 102 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon | 36 |
0.2%
|
| 103 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication d.Acquired medication from outside Lebanon c.Rationed existing medication | 5 |
0%
|
| 104 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks | 16 |
0.1%
|
| 105 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication e.Received or exchanged medicine through informal networks c.Rationed existing medication | 6 |
0%
|
| 106 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication | 88 |
0.4%
|
| 107 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication b.Switched to substitutes / | 4 |
0%
|
| 108 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication c.Rationed existing medicati | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 109 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 110 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 3 |
0%
|
| 111 | g.Borrowed money to afford medication j.Other coping mechanism not mentioned | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 112 | h.No coping mechanisms needed - if this choice is selected, should limit to no other options | 422 |
1.8%
|
| 113 | h.No coping mechanisms needed - if this choice is selected, should limit to no other options i.No coping mechanisms available t | 1 |
0%
|
| 114 | i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH | 769 |
3.2%
|
| 115 | i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH b.Switched to substitutes / generics | 3 |
0%
|
| 116 | i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH c.Rationed existing medication | 5 |
0%
|
| 117 | i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication | 3 |
0%
|
| 118 | i.No coping mechanisms available to the HH g.Borrowed money to afford medication | 15 |
0.1%
|
| 119 | j.Other coping mechanism not mentioned | 20 |
0.1%
|
| 120 | j.Other coping mechanism not mentioned f.Reduced non-medical household expenses to afford medication | 5 |
0%
|
| 121 | k.Don’t know | 244 |
1%
|
| 122 | l.Decline to answer | 19 |
0.1%
|
| Missing value | 2016 |
8.4%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.