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Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Arsaal - 2019

Lebanon, 2019
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Reference ID
UNHCR_LBN_2019_VASYR_Arsaal_v2.1
Producer(s)
UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF
Collections
Middle East and North Africa Vulnerability Assessments
Metadata
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Mar 02, 2020
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_LBN_2019_VASYR_Arsaal_v2.1
    Title

    Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Arsaal - 2019
    Country
    Name Country code
    Lebanon LBN
    Abstract

    The Vulnerability Assessment for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Arsaal, was conducted jointly by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP, dataviz.vam.wfp.org). Now in its seventh year, the Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (VASyR) assesses a representative sample of Syrian refugee families to identify changes and trends in their situation. The Government of Lebanon estimates that the country hosts 1.5 million of the 6.7 million Syrians who have fled the conflict since 2011 (including nearly one million registered with UNHCR as of end of September 2019). VASyR Arsaal is an addition to the 2019 VASyR, containing a representative sample of Syrian Refugee households in Arsaal.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Household and individual

    Version

    Version Description

    v 2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope includes:

    • key indicators on household demographics
    • safety and security
    • accomodation
    • health
    • food security
    • livelihoods
    • expenditures
    • food consumption
    • debt
    • coping strategies and assistance
    • intention to return
    • education
    Topics
    Topic
    Food security
    Livelihood & Social cohesion
    Basic Needs

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Arsaal
    Universe

    The sampling frame used for VASyR 2019 was the total number of Syrian refugees in Arsaal known to UNHCR.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR
    WFP
    UNICEF

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The sample includes 328 Syrian refugee households, and aims to be representative of the Syrian refugee families in Arsaal. A two-stage cluster approach was adpoted using the sampling frame of the total number of Syrian refugees known to UNHCR. Using the “30x7” two stage cluster scheme, originally developed by the World Health Organization, 30 clusters per geographical area and seven households per cluster are used to provide a precision of +/- 10 percentage points. Arsaal was selected due to its specific situation which differs from other refugee hosting communities.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaire included key information on household demographics, arrival profile, registration, protection, shelter, WASH, assets, health, education, security, livelihoods, expenditures, food consumption, coping strategies, debts and assistance, as well as infant and young feeding practices.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2019-03-08 2019-05-03
    Data Collectors
    Name
    World Vision International

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    After the completion of data collection, raw data was shared with the VASyR Core Group to review inconsistencies and mistakes that could not be identified during the collection phase. Some of these errors required calling households back to validate and correct the data collected. Each agency was asked to provide the team in charge of clean-up with a list of identified issues and recommendations on how to proceed with the clean-up. A copy of the original raw data was saved. Any modification to the data was scripted in SQL providing a step by step audit trail from the raw data leading to the final dataset used for analysis

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF (2019) Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, Arsaal addition, UNHCR microdata library, https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

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

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    UNHCR_LBN_2019_VASYR_Arsaal_v2.1
    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
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