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Socio-economic assessment of IDPs and returnees in the five most populated settlements of Afghanistan's Herat Province - 2017

Afghanistan, 2017
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Reference ID
UNHCR_AFG_2017_SEA_Herat_v2.1
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UNHCR
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Asia Pacific IDP Profiling Socioeconomic Assessments
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  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_AFG_2017_SEA_Herat_v2.1

    Title

    Socio-economic assessment of IDPs and returnees in the five most populated settlements of Afghanistan's Herat Province - 2017

    Country
    Name Country code
    Afghanistan AFG
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

    Series Information

    UNHCR conducts socio-economic assessments of persons-of-concern (i.e. refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs, etc.) in a variety of countries in order to inform and improve its programming with the goal of promoting self-reliance. While these assessments are not fully standardized and are tailored to their specific country context, the quantitative surveys share strong similarities in their design and objectives, and are therefore considered a survey series for the purpose of microdata documentation/archiving.

    Abstract

    At the end of 2015, Herat Province was among the highest IDP hosting provinces in Afghanistan, accounting for approximately 10% of the country's IDP population. In order to obtain reliable information on the socio-economic conditions of IDPs and returnees in Herat Province, a comprehensive sample survey was carried out among 11,264 households in the 5 most populated IDP/returnee settlements (Shagofan, Jebraiel, Maslakh, Now Abad and Kahdistan) in 2017.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Household and individual

    Version

    Version Description

    2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.

    Version Date

    2018-12-15

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of this socio-economic assessment includes:

    • Identification of the household
    • Demographic composition of the household
    • Information about the wider community
    • Access to services (electricity, water, health, education)
    • Child education
    • Economic activity of the main respondent
    • Consumption expenditure
    • Skills
    • Priority needs
    Topics
    Topic
    Livelihood & Social cohesion
    Housing, Land and Property
    Basic Needs
    Keywords
    Refugees Asylum seekers Forced displacement Conflict

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    IDP/returnee settlements Shagofan, Jebrael, Maslakh, Now Abad and Kahdistan (all located in Afghanistan's Herat Province).

    Universe

    All IDPs and returnees living in the five most populated IDP/returnee settlements of Afghanistan's Herat Province, namely Shagofan, Jebrael, Maslakh, Now Abad and Kahdistan.

    UNHCR PPG: 3AFGA, 4AFGA

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR
    Producers
    Name
    CRDSA

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The survey's objective was to deliver representative data of all IDPs and returnees living in the five most populated IDP/returnee settlements of Afghanistan's Herat Province, namely Shagofan, Jebrael, Maslakh, Now Abad and Kahdistan. The total population of IDPs/returnees in these settlements at the time of the survey was estimated at around 38,700 households.

    For this survey a stratified, single-stage (i.e. non-clustered) sample design was applied. The five settlements were considered sampling strata. Within each of these strata, a sample of households was drawn systematically (based on alphabetic sort order) from the "list of inhabitants".

    The total sample size was 11,264 IDP/returnee households.

    NB: The original data collection also included a small number of households from the neighbouring host community; however, these observations were dropped from the public-release version of the dataset.

    Deviations from the Sample Design

    None

    Response Rate

    Information unavailable

    Weighting

    No weights were aplied during the initial data analysis. However, given that selection probailities differed across sampling strata, the public-release version of the data contains sampling weights calculated ex-post, which data users may wish to apply during further analysis.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    All questionaires are provided in section "external ressources".

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2017 2017
    Data Collectors
    Name
    CRDSA
    UNHCR
    Data Collection Notes

    Data was collected on paper through face-to-face interviews by 150 enumerators and 15 supervisors. Data entry was carried out at a centralized location.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    The dataset presented here has undergone light checking, cleaning and restructuring (data may still contain errors) as well as anonymization (includes removal of direct identifiers and sensitive variables, and grouping values of select variables). Moreover, households interviewed from host communities were removed.

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes No attempt will be made to identify respondents or microdata providers, and no use will be made of the identity of any person, facility or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to UNHCR, to allow evaluation of further use, apply further statistical disclosure control methods, impose further restrictions on access, or appropriately re-classify the data. No attempt will be made to create links between datasets provided by UNHCR, or between UNHCR data and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
    Citation requirements

    UNHCR (2017). Socio-economic assessment of IDPs and returnees in the five most populated settlements of Afghanistan's Herat Province. Accessed from UNHCR's Microdata Library: http://microdata.unhcr.org

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    UNHCR does not warrant in any way the accuracy of the information and data contained in the datasets and shall not be held liable for any loss caused by reliance on the accuracy or reliability thereof.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Solutions UNHCR solutions@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    UNHCR_AFG_2017_SEA_Herat_v1.2

    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2019-07-22

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.2 (July 2019)

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