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Refugee Social Registry Inclusion Census, 2021

Mauritania, 2021
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Reference ID
UNHCR_MRT_2021_NSR_v2.1
Producer(s)
Mauritania's Social Registry, UNHCR, WFP
Collections
Middle East and North Africa
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
May 18, 2022
Last modified
May 18, 2022
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Access policy
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
UNHCR_MRT_2021_NSR_v2.1
Title
Refugee Social Registry Inclusion Census, 2021
Country
Name Country code
Mauritania MRT
Study type
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
Abstract
For decades, Mauritania has maintained a generous open door policy towards Malians fleeing conflict. The most recent large-scale influx of Malians occurred in 2012, and resulted in the creation of the Mbera camp, which today hosts around 75,000 refugees. Because the large-scale return of Malians is not yet a viable option, Mauritania has committed itself to a policy of inclusion. It thus requested support from the UNHCR-WFP Targeting Hub to facilitate the inclusion of Malian refugees in the national social registry. Accordingly, the two UN agencies assisted Mauritania’s National Social Registry to conduct a socio-economic census to identify the most vulnerable households to target for prioritized assistance. Around 14,000 households were interviewed.

The purpose of the census was to:
- Collect socio-economic information on all refugees in Bassikounou to understand needs at household level
- Categorize refugee households based on their degree of vulnerability to inform programmatic decisions and joint targeting approaches
- Include all refugees in the national Social Registry
- Identify and include the most vulnerable refugees in the national social protection scheme, Tekavoul
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
Household and member

Version

Version Description
v2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.

Scope

Notes
The scope includes:
- household and member demographics
- dwelling characteristics
- employment and livelihood
- food consumption
Topics
Topic
Shelter/Other Infrastructure
Livelihood and Social cohesion
Health and Nutrition
Food security

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Mbera refugee camp (98.5%), Bassikounou (0.4%), El Megve (1.1%)

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
Mauritania's Social Registry
UNHCR
WFP

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Census

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2021-04-27 2021-06-16
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Data Collectors
Name
Mauritania's Social Registry

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
Questionnaire contained the following sections: household demographics, employment, asset ownership and shelter, food consumption, livelihood coping, expenditure, community participation.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Curation team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org
Citation requirements
Mauritania's Social Registry, UNHCR, WFP (2021). Mauritania: Refugee Social Registry Inclusion Census, 2021. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
UNHCR_MRT_2021_NSR_v2.1
Producers
Name
UNHCR
Date of Metadata Production
2022-05-18
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