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Socio-economic assessment of refugees in Rwanda's Gihembe, Kigeme and Kiziba camps - 2016

Rwanda, 2016
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UNHCR-RWA-2016-SEA-2.1
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East and Horn of Africa Socioeconomic Assessments
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    Survey ID number

    UNHCR-RWA-2016-SEA-2.1

    Title

    Socio-economic assessment of refugees in Rwanda's Gihembe, Kigeme and Kiziba camps - 2016

    Country
    Name Country code
    Rwanda RWA
    Study type

    1-2-3 Survey, phase 3 [hh/123-3]

    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

    There is a growing interest in the consequences of hosting refugees for local populations. Such consequences need not to be unfavorable and in many instances the presence of refugees results in direct and indirect benefits for host communities. This survey was conducted to examine the influence of Congolese refugees on host communities in Rwanda, with a focus on labor market activity and economic welfare. The survey covered three refugee camps as well as their surrounding host communities. Data was collected in May 2016 and covers 427 refugee households and 953 host households.

    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 the quantitative data of this socio-economic assessment includes: - Household identification - Characteristics of household members (demographics, education/literacy, employment) - Migration and remittances - Consumption expenditure - Asset ownership - Sources of income - Subjective wellbeing - Coping strategies - Assistance - Access to services - Formal and social networks - Social perceptions

    Topics
    Topic
    Livelihood & Social cohesion
    Keywords
    Refugees Asylum seekers Forced displacement Conflict

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Gihembe, Kigeme and Kiziba refugee camps, Rwanda

    Universe

    All refugees living in Gihembe, Kigeme and Kiziba refugee camps. UNHCR PPG: 1RWAC

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR
    Producers
    Name
    Maastricht School of Governance

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The survey's objective was to deliver representative data of all refugees living in Gihembe, Kigeme and Kiziba refugee camps. The total population in the three camps at the time of the survey was estimated at around 8,500 refugee households. For the in-camp component of this survey a stratified, three-stage (i.e. clustered) sample design was applied. The three camps were considered sampling strata. First, seven "quarters" were randomly selected within a given camp; second, one village was randomly selected within each quarter; third, 20 households were randomly selected within each village from a registration list. The total sample size was 427 refugee households. NB: The original data collection also included 953 households from the neighbouring host community; however, purposive elements were introduced into the sample selection process for the host community to serve the particular research interest of the original study (market exclusion criteria and largest village in cell criteria). In consequence, the host population sample cannot be considered fully representative of the wider host population, hence these observations were removed from the public-release version of the dataset.

    Deviations from the Sample Design

    For Gihembe and Kigeme camps, the sample households were in fact re-visits from another survey carried out in the previous year. This earlier survey had applied a similar sampling strategy as described above, and the movement in and out of camps between the two surveys was limited, hence the effect of this deviation was considered to be minimal.

    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 resources".

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2016-05-05 2016-05-25
    Mode of data collection
    • Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
    Data Collection Notes

    Data was collected through computer-assisted face-to-face interviewing.

    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.

    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-RWA-2016-SEA-1.1

    Producers
    Name Role
    Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees Collection and documentation of records
    Date of Metadata Production

    2018-12-15

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.1 (December 2018)

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