{"doc_desc":{"idno":"UNHCR_AFG_2024_PRM_2","title":"Afghans_Post_Return_Monitoring_Survey_2024","prod_date":"2025-08-05","producers":[{"name":"UNHCR"}]},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"UNHCR_AFG_2024_PRM_2","title":"Post-Return Monitoring Survey - 2024"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"UNHCR"},{"name":"Samuel Hall"}],"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Curation team","affiliation":"UNHCR","email":"dencomdl@unhcr.org"}]},"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"UNHCR"},{"name":"Samuel Hall"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Sample Frame, Households [sf\/hh]"},"version_statement":{"version":"v2.1: Edited, cleaned, and anonymised data.","version_date":"2025-08-05"},"study_info":{"abstract":"This dataset contains results from UNHCR\u2019s second round of Post-Return Monitoring (PRM) in Afghanistan, conducted in December 2024. The survey targeted 2,868 Afghan refugee returnee households who returned from Pakistan between January and June 2024 and received UNHCR cash assistance at encashment centers. The phone-based survey provides nationally representative insights into returnees\u2019 reintegration experiences across sectors including protection, basic services, shelter, livelihoods, and mental health. The data highlights both progress and ongoing challenges in the reintegration process and supports evidence-based programming and advocacy.","geog_coverage":"Afghanistan","analysis_unit":"Household","universe":"UNHCR-assisted Afghan refugee returnee households who returned from Pakistan between January and June 2024.","notes":"The scope includes:\n- Demographic and return profile of Afghan refugee returnees\n- Protection concerns and coping mechanisms\n- Access to basic services (education, healthcare, shelter, water and sanitation)\n- Livelihoods and income generation\n- Food security and basic needs\n- Community engagement and social cohesion\n- Mental health and psychosocial support\n- Connectivity and access to information\n- Reintegration challenges and local solutions","nation":[{"name":"Afghanistan","abbreviation":"AFG"}],"keywords":[{"keyword":"returnees"},{"keyword":"reintegration"},{"keyword":"post-return monitoring"}],"topics":[{"topic":"Health"},{"topic":"Water Sanitation Hygiene"},{"topic":"Food security"},{"topic":"Emergency Shelter and NFI"},{"topic":"Education"},{"topic":"Livelihood and Social cohesion"},{"topic":"Mental Health and Psychosocial Support"},{"topic":"Connectivity"},{"topic":"Return"},{"topic":"Basic Needs"},{"topic":"Cash Assistance"},{"topic":"Solutions"}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2024-12-03","end":"2024-12-16"}]},"method":{"data_collection":{"sampling_procedure":"Simple random sampling of returnee households using phone numbers collected at border crossing points, targeting high-return districts including selected Priority Areas of Return and Reintegration (PARRs). The sample is nationally representative.","coll_mode":["Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]"],"research_instrument":"The questionnaire covered topics including demographics, protection concerns, access to services (health, education, WASH), livelihoods, coping mechanisms, and reintegration challenges. It was administered in local languages via phone interviews.","coll_situation":"Data was collected through remote phone interviews conducted with returnee households using contact information recorded at border points. Interviews focused on returnees\u2019 well-being, reintegration conditions, and access to basic services.","weight":"No weighting was applied as the sample is representative at the national level without stratification.","data_collectors":[{"name":"Samuel Hall"}]}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"cit_req":"UNHCR, Samuel Hall (2025). Afghanistan: Afghans Post-Return Monitoring Survey 2024. Accessed from: https:\/\/microdata.unhcr.org"}}},"schematype":"survey"}