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Vulnerability Assessment of Refugees of Other Nationalities - 2019

Lebanon, 2019
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Reference ID
UNHCR_LBN_2019_VARON_v2.1
Producer(s)
UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP
Collections
Middle East and North Africa Vulnerability Assessments
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_LBN_2019_VARON_v2.1
    Title

    Vulnerability Assessment of Refugees of Other Nationalities - 2019
    Country
    Name Country code
    Lebanon LBN
    Abstract

    Since 2016, the Vulnerability Assessment of Refugees of Other Nationalities (VARON) has been a key tool for advocacy and program design.
    The key objectives of the VARON include: • Providing a multi-sectoral update of the situation of refugees from Iraq and other countries in Lebanon through an annual household survey. The survey covers key indicators related to multiple sectors including protection, shelter, water and hygiene, health, livelihoods, socio-economic vulnerability, food security and more. • To enhance the targeting for the provision of multi-purpose cash assistance. The data gathered through the VARON, particularly on expenditure, is used to build econometric models, which are used to determine eligibility for multi-purpose cash and food assistance.
    Unit of Analysis

    Household and individual.

    Version

    Version Description

    v2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.

    Scope

    Notes

    The questionnaire included key indicators on household demographics, legal documentation, safety and security, shelter, WASH, health, food security, livelihoods, expenditures, food consumption, debt, coping strategies and assistance, as well as questions specifically relating to women, children and people with disabilities.

    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
    • legal documentation
    Topics
    Topic
    Health and Nutrition
    Health
    Education
    Livelihood & Social cohesion
    Food security
    Water Sanitation Hygiene
    Community Services

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR
    UNICEF
    WFP

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The assessment surveyed a total of 665 refugee households (1,823 individuals) of Iraqi and other nationalities registered with UNHCR Lebanon.
    The total number of households in the UNHCR registration database as of March 2019 was used as the sampling pool from which the targeted
    sample was selected. Sampling occurred through simple random sampling, separately for Iraqi refugees and refugees of other nationalities
    to ensure representative results for each population group. The distribution of this refugee population in Lebanon in concentrated in 2 of the 26 districts (Beirut and Mount Lebanon). As such, no geographical stratification was applied to the sample methodology.
    Weighting

    Weights were assigned to each nationality group (Iraqi and non Iraqi) according to the population of refugees registered in the country. The weighting system was used to compensate for the unequal probabilities of a household/individual being included in the sample.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaire included key information on household demographics, arrival profile, registration, protection, shelter, WASH, assets, health, security, livelihoods, expenditures, food consumption, coping strategies, debts and assistance, as well as infant and young feeding practices.
    The questionnaire is a household survey administered typically with the head of household or another adult household member. The interview took around 1 hour per household to complete.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2019-04-22 2019-05-03
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Makhzoumi foundation
    Caritas
    Social, Humanitarian, Economical Intervention for Local Development
    World Vision International

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF (2019) Vulnerability Assessment of Non Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, 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_VARON_DDI_v1.0
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-08-10
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