In line with the sampling strategy of the first and second JPDMs in December 2020 and September 2021, the third JPDM aimed to provide statistically representative data and analysis on camp level for all six camps in Rwanda. In addition, to better understand the vulnerability status of households receiving various assistance since the targeting started, the sampling of the 3rd JPDM was also designed to be representative at the assistance group level. Similarly to previous assessments, the team used the total number of ProGres Groups by the time the survey was designed (March 2022) as the most reliable proxy to the total number of households, hence the sample frame. The sample size was planned to reach (a minimum of) 2,900 households in total with 95% confidence level and 5% margin error while factoring a 15% non-response rate. The distribution of the households by camp and by eligibility group was proportional to the distribution of number of the total population in each stratification. To account for relocation of refugees from Kigeme and Gihembe camps to Mahama camp as a factor that may confound our interpretation of targeting impact for Mahama in particular, Mahama sample included separate groups, each statistically representative of the corresponding population, for relocated (Congolese refugees who moved to the camp from Kigeme and Gihembe camps) and “not relocated” (Burundian refugees originally residing in the camp).
