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Refugee Social Registry Inclusion Census, 2021

Mauritania, 2021
Middle East and North Africa
Mauritania's Social Registry, UNHCR, WFP
Created on May 18, 2022 Last modified May 18, 2022 Page views 950 Download 46 Metadata DDI/XML JSON
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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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