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Socio-Economic Profiling Survey - 2025

Cameroon, 2025
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Reference ID
UNHCR_CMR_2025_PROFILING_v2.1
Producer(s)
UNHCR, GIZ, JIPS
Collections
West and Central Africa Socioeconomic Assessments
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
May 29, 2026
Last modified
May 29, 2026
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_CMR_2025_PROFILING_v2.1
    Title

    Socio-Economic Profiling Survey - 2025
    Country
    Name Country code
    Cameroon CMR
    Abstract

    This dataset originates from a socio-economic profiling survey conducted in the West Region, Cameroon, focusing on internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities. It captures key dimensions such as demographics, living conditions, security, employment and livelihoods, housing, documentation, family reunification, social cohesion, civic participation, access to justice, and future intentions of IDPs.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Household and individual.

    Version

    Version Description

    v2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope includes:

    • Lemographics
    • living conditions
    • livelihoods
    • housing
    • social cohesion
    • intentions
    Topics
    Topic
    Health
    Livelihood and Social cohesion
    Health and Nutrition
    Food security
    Water Sanitation Hygiene
    Protection
    Education
    Cash Assistance
    Income Generation
    Basic Needs

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR
    GIZ
    JIPS

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The survey used a stratified two-stage cluster sampling design covering five municipalities, following the same methodology as the Round I profiling conducted in 2024. The sampling frame was based on BUCREP's cartographic database, which identifies enumeration areas (EAs) with medium or high concentrations of internally displaced persons (IDPs). These 368 EAs contain about 62,500 households and served as the basis for selecting the sample.
    In the first stage, EAs were selected within each municipality using probability proportional to size. After updated household listing in each selected EA, the second stage drew 10 IDP households and 10 non-IDP households per EA using equal-probability sampling within each group. Each municipality was assigned a practical sample of 560 households (280 IDP and 280 non-IDP), resulting in an overall target of 2,800 households across 140 clusters.
    Weighting

    Because municipalities contributed equal sample sizes but represent different population sizes, the survey is not self-weighted. Sampling weights were calculated as the inverse of each household's overall selection probability and later adjusted for non-response (by municipality) and for misclassification (households listed as IDP or non-IDP but identified differently during the interview), ensuring unbiased and representative estimates.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Main sections in the questionnaire were: Demographics, Living Conditions and Livelihood, Housing Features, Access to Land and Housing, Access to Health Services, Access to Water and Sanitation, Access to Electricity, Safety and Protection, Reporting Mechanism, Discrimination, Participation in Public Affairs, Family Reunification, Projects, Preferences and Future Intentions, Gender-Based Violence

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2025-11-25 2025-12-08
    Data Collectors
    Name
    UNHCR
    GIZ
    JIPS

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    UNHCR, GIZ, JIPS (2025). Cameroon: Socio-Economic Profiling Survey - 2025. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    UNHCR_CMR_2025_PROFILING_v2.1
    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2026-05-29
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