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Analysis and Refinement of Targeting Mechanisms for Food and Multipurpose Cash Assistance to Central African Republic Refugees in Cameroon

Cameroon, 2016
West Africa
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees
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Identification

Survey ID Number
UNHCR-CMR-2016-AUB-2.1
Title
Analysis and Refinement of Targeting Mechanisms for Food and Multipurpose Cash Assistance to Central African Republic Refugees in Cameroon
Country
Name Country code
Cameroon CMR
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Abstract
Due to persistent instability in the region, Cameroon hosts refugees and asylum seekers from neighboring countries, mainly from the Central African Republic and Nigeria. In 2015, nearly 259,000 Central African refugees arrived in Cameroon, of whom the vast majority settled in the Northern, Eastern and Adamaoua regions. Within these regions, the study identified 11 subsistence zones, of which the 5 zones with the highest refugee concentration were surveyed, in order to inform UNHCR's Livelihoods Strategy 2017-2020 targeting these refugees and to provide a baseline against which to measure the success of its implementation. The survey was conducted among 2,206 refugee households in November 2016. The household data is supplemented with UNHCRs progress data for the purpose of refining the targeting approach of both WFP and UNHCR.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Household and individual

Version

Version Description
2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licenced distribution.
Version Date
2020-01-11

Scope

Notes
The scope of the quantitative data of this socio-economic assessment includes:
- Identification of the household
- Household members (demographic characteristics, education, economic activity)
- Access to services
- Health
- Child education and health
- Food and other assistance
- Agricultural production
- Sources of income
- Asset ownership
- Dwelling/housing characteristics
- Food consumption groups
- Expenditure
- Credit/debt
- Coping strategies
- Social participation
- Intentions of return
Topics
Topic
Livelihood & Social cohesion
Keywords
Keyword
Refugees
Asylum seekers
Forced displacement
Conflict

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Areas hosting Central African refugees in 5 subsistence zones under study within Cameroon's Adamanou, Eastern and Northern regions. This included 7 refugee camps (Gado-Badzere, Lolo, Bile, Timangolo, Borgop, Ngam and Ngarisingo) as well as various non-camp sites.
Universe
All Central African refugee households residing in the 5 subsistence zones under study within Cameroon's Adamanou, Eastern and Northern regions.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR
Producers
Name
IFORD

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The survey's objective was to deliver representative data on all refugees living in 5 subsistence zones under study within the Adamanou, Eastern and Northern regions of Cameroon. These subsistence zones were defined along characteristics of geography, production patterns, market access, etc. - a total of 11 such zones were identified within the three regions, and the 5 zones with the highest refugee concentration were retained for the survey. The total Central African refugee population in Cameroon at the time of the survey was estimated at around 52,000 households; the total in the three regions at around 46,800 households; the total in the five selected subsistence zones within the three regions at around 26,000 households.The survey was designed to be representative of the latter 26,000. The refugees within the five zones were located in 7 refugee camps and 11 non-camp sites.

For this survey a stratified, single-stage (i.e. non-clustered) sample design was applied. The camps and non-camp sites were considered sampling strata. Within each of these 18 strata, a systematic sample of households was drawn from UNHCR's registration list, this enabled the later addition of data from UNHCER registration database for the households included in the survey.

The total sample size was 2,206 refugee 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
Overall response rate was 92.3%
Weighting
Weights are post calculated based on the information from the UNHCRs registration database.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2016-11-19 2016-11-30
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
Data was collected on paper through face-to-face interviews.
Data Collectors
Abbreviation
UNHCR

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The SEA questionaires are provided in section "external ressources".

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).

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Solutions UNHCR solutions@unhcr.org
Confidentiality
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
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees. UNHCR Socio-economic assessement of Central African refugees in Cameroon's Adamanou, Eastern and Northern regions 2016 - Anonymized for Public Use. Version 1.1. Geneva: UNHCR (December 2018), Ref. UNHCR-CMR-2016-SEA-1.1. Dataset downloaded from https://microdata.unhcr.org on [date].

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
UNHCR-CMR-2016-AUB-2.1
Producers
Name Abbreviation Role
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR Collection and documentation of records
Date of Metadata Production
2020-01-10
DDI Document version
Version 1.2 (January 2020)