UNHCR_GHA_2021_CBI_PDM_metadata UNHCR_GHA_2021_CBI_PDM UNHCR Nesstar Publisher Post-Distribution Monitoring of UNHCR Cash-Based Interventions - Jan 2021 UNHCR_GHA_2021_CBI_PDM UNHCR Nesstar Publisher UNHCR Cash Assistance Ghana Ampain, Egyeikrom, Fetentaa and Krisan camps household UNHCR simple random sample of 50 households out of a total of 536 who received cash from UNHCR Face-to-face [f2f] UNHCR UNHCR (2021). Ghana - Post-Distribution Monitoring of UNHCR Cash-Based Interventions, Jan 2021. Accessed from https://microdata.unhcr.org. UNHCR_GHA_2021_CBI_PDM_data_anon.NSDstat 96 168 Nesstar 200801 unique ID 96 0 4 93 46.781 26.587 Location 95 0 camp 89 urban / out of camp 6 Is the person registered to receive the cash available for survey? 96 0 yes 96 Do you agree to continue with this survey? 96 0 yes 96 What is your sex? 89 0 female 62 male 27 What is your age? 91 0 18_35_yrs 21 36_59_yrs 56 60_yrs_ 14 Are you the person registered to receive the cash assistance from UNHCR? 96 0 no 8 yes 88 What is the sex of the person registered? 8 0 female 4 male 4 What is your relation to the person registered? 8 0 daughter_son 4 other_family_r 1 spouse 3 Number of household members 94 0 1-3 39 4-6 29 >6 26 Proportion of household members that are male 96 0 0 1 0.509 0.291 Proportion of household members that are female 96 0 0 1 0.491 0.291 Proportion of household members that are under 18 years and over 59 year old 96 0 0 1 0.407 0.304 How many girls and women between 15-45 years old live in your household 96 0 0 31 1 29 2 22 >2 14 How much cash did your HH receive from UNHCR, at the last distribution? 94 2 150 273 197.766 46.622 Was this the amount you were expecting to receive? 96 0 don_t_know 8 no 8 yes 80 Did you receive the cash from UNHCR on the day you were expecting it? 96 0 don_t_know 11 no 34 yes 51 Did the person registered to receive the cash need help? 96 0 no 75 yes 21 Why did they need help? 20 0 can't_read_instructions_to_withdraw_money 6 did_not_know_how_to_use_the_ca 1 instructions_to_withdraw_are_in_a_language_i_don't_understand__ 2 limited_mobility 5 other 6 Other, specify 6 Due to health challenges I rely on my son to withdraw the money 1 Has no mobile phone, puts the SIM card in a mobile phone some days before the money comes. 1 He cannot walk due to an accident 1 I requested for my daughter's mobile money card be use so I mostly request of her to help withdraw the money 1 MTN SIM card blocked so I use another person's MTN number to receive the cash 1 The number was blocked because MTN office found another name also on it. Finally MTN reactivated it for her at Ainyinase, 1 Who gave help? 20 0 acquaintance__fiend__neighbor_ 4 bank_agent___trader 1 family_member 15 Did they need to pay any money for this help? 20 0 no 19 yes 1 Inside the camp 96 0 0 63 1 33 Outside the camp 96 0 0 82 1 14 Both inside and outside 96 0 0 56 1 40 Don't know 96 0 0 96 Local market 96 0 0 75 1 21 Local shop 96 0 0 93 1 3 Supermarket 96 0 0 96 Wholesalers 96 0 0 96 How long did it take you to reach the place you spent the cash? 96 0 15_30_minutes 35 30_45_minutes 6 45_60_minutes 8 don_t_know 5 less_than_15_m 32 more_one_hr 10 How much did it cost you to go & come back to the place you spent cash? 96 0 2_5 3 _5 52 don_t_know 3 zero_0_99 38 Did you sell any of the vouchers? 96 0 na 82 no 14 Who is in possession of your SIM card at present? 96 0 another_family_member__outside 2 another_household_member 12 named_person 82 ENUMERATOR: Did you see the SIM card? 96 0 no 24 yes 72 Who in your household decided how the cash assistance should be spent? 96 0 Female_HH 32 Male_HHH 17 both__husband_ 17 other 4 the_whole_hous 25 your_father_or 1 Was there any disagreement on use of the cash assistance? 96 0 no___there_was 86 some___we_disc 8 yes___we_disag 2 Informal income generating activities 89 0 0 74 1 15 Formal income generating activities 89 0 0 33 1 56 Savings 89 0 0 89 Remittances 89 0 0 85 1 4 Support from friends / family (locally) 89 0 0 74 1 15 Loans (debt or credit) 89 0 0 84 1 5 NGOs/agencies – giving cash support 89 0 0 88 1 1 NGOs/agencies – giving material support 89 0 0 88 1 1 NGOs/agencies – giving other support 89 0 0 88 1 1 Other 89 0 0 77 1 12 Did you feel unsafe or at risk: 0 96 Sysmiss 96 Going to withdraw or get the money? 96 0 don_t_know 1 no 88 yes 7 Keeping the money at home? 96 0 no 84 yes 12 Going to spend the money? 96 0 no 92 yes 4 Anything else make you feel unsafe/at risk related to the assistance? 96 0 don_t_know 2 no 86 yes 8 Why did you not feel safe? 20 Afraid someone will snatch the money from me or steal it from my house 1 Because my money has been stolen once. The perpetrator broke through the window. 1 Because other PoCs are always talking about the fact she is on CBI. Their assumption is that once on CBI, I have been selected for resettlement. 1 Family have been victims of robbery twice 1 Fear for other PoCs who were aware I am a CBI beneficiary may come steal the money from my home after I withdrew it. 1 Fear of being stigmatized by other PoCs who are not part of CBI 1 Fear of child taking the money to misuse 1 Fear of stigmatization from PoCs who are none CBI beneficiaries 1 Fear of stimatization from colleagues not on CBI 1 Fear she will be stigmatized by other PoCs at camp based on what happened to another CBI beneficiary 1 Gave no reason 1 General jealousy towards beneficiaries 1 Had ever been a victim of theft 1 His money has been stolen at home before 1 House is not very secured from burglary 1 Ic claims she was assaulted because she is a beneficiary. 1 My home has been broken into before and as such keeping the money at home, makes me feel unsafe 1 Other PoCs at camp make me feel unsafe for being part of CBI as they see me differently 1 Some people followed her daughter one day when she was going to buy something 1 The camp environment is not very secure. 1 Experience any of these prob. receiving/withdraw. or spending the cash? 0 96 Sysmiss 96 Registered person is not available to withdraw or access the money? 96 0 no 91 yes 5 Wrong/forgotten pin code or could not enter PIN code yourself? 96 0 no 86 yes 10 Poor service at the Mobile Agent when withdrawing the money? 96 0 don_t_know 2 no 78 yes 16 NA 16 0 Agents sometimes deduct more than the required charges. 1 Happened once. Poor mobile network connectivity 1 Mobile Network connectivity was poor 1 Mobile Network service was down and as such could not withdraw the money 1 Network challenges from mobile operator 1 Network problem and vendor not available 1 Network problem and vendor not having cash 2 Poor mobile network connectivity 3 Poor mobile network prevented me from withdrawing the money 1 Poor network and not enough money to be disbursed by vendor. 1 Poor network and vendor not having cash 1 Vendor has no money to disburse. 1 Vendor has no money. 1 Market/shop trader/wholesaler refused to serve you? 96 0 don_t_know 1 no 89 yes 6 Needed to pay add. money / favours in order to withdraw or spend cash? 96 0 no 92 yes 4 Another household member 4 0 0 4 Another family member (outside the household) 4 0 0 4 Friend 4 0 0 2 1 2 Community leader 4 0 0 4 Stranger 4 0 0 2 1 2 Bank/mobile money/FSP agent 4 0 0 4 Shopkeeper 4 0 0 4 Other 4 0 0 4 Any other problems withdrawing or spending the cash from UNHCR? 96 0 no 90 yes 6 What problems did you face? 6 1 Frequent increase in prices of food and services 1 I forgot my pin code so I did not receive money for about 3 quarters. I have now changes the mobile money number to 0551101711. 1 I once lost the phone that the SIM card for receiving the cash assistance was inserted in. 1 Shop trader intentionally increasing the price of chicken for her alone 1 Some agents deduct up to Ghs5 from the money. 1 Did you find a solution to your problem? 31 0 don_t_know 2 no 5 yes 24 If No: what problems remain? 5 I still fear my home can be broken into and my money stolen so I carry the money along with me everytime 1 Not able to register for another MTN sim card, so having to use another person's number 1 Purchasing food and services on credit because of frequent price increases. 1 The shop trader refused to reduce the chicken and told her to either buy or leave. 1 To insist that the charges are not up to Ghs5. 1 Able to find the items/services you needed in the markets/shops? 96 0 mostly 19 no 2 yes 75 What items/services were not available? 21 0 Chicken, fish and cow leg 1 Clothes and shoes 1 Fish and meat 1 Food items, toiletries medicine 1 Food stuff 1 Food stuff, water 1 Food stuffs (fish, vegetables) 1 Fruits and vegetables 1 Hair for braiding, drugs, rice 1 Meat 1 None 2 Okra, tomatoes, onion, cabbage, pepper 1 Rice and other staples 1 Rice, fish 1 Rice, savon, butter 1 Shoes, slippers 1 Some food items 1 Some working tools 1 Sometimes fish is not available in the camp market. 1 Vegetables 1 Were you able to find the right quality of items/services in the market? 96 0 don_t_know 2 mostly 15 no 12 yes 67 What items/services were not available in sufficient quality? 27 Chicken, drinks 1 Fish 1 Food items, medicine and toiletries 1 Food stuff (Rice) 1 Food stuffs (rice, oil, Tomatoes) 1 Fruits and vegetables 1 He always buys a bag of rice for the family with the money but sometimes he doesn't get the quality he wants as the amount he gets is less than the cost of the item. 1 None 5 Pepper, tomatoes,fish,cabbage,carrots and others 1 Rice 2 Rice, drinks, chicken 1 Rice, hair for braiding 1 Rice, oil 1 Rice, soap, condiments for cooking 1 Rice, water, medicine 1 Some food items 1 Sometimes the frozen fish and chicken taste bad as they have been stored in the fridge for too long. 1 Television, mobile phone, shoes, food. 1 The money is insufficient to buy quality items. She is concerned about the quantity. 1 The rice purchased is of inferior quality because the money is spent on other items. 1 Tomatoes, Onion, Plantain, groundnut 1 Vegetables 1 Any increase in the price of any items/services in the last 4 weeks? 96 0 no 1 yes 95 What items/services have increased in price? 95 0 A bag of rice. He uses all the money for that commodity. 1 All food items 1 Clothes (shoes) 1 Clothes, Shoes, Food Stuffs 1 Condiments, rice, cooking fuel, soaps 1 Doesn't know 1 Every food commodity 1 Fish, rice, clothing 1 Food 4 Food commodities and household items. 1 Food commodities. 1 Food item 1 Food items 2 Food items for sale 1 Food items in general 1 Food jtems 1 Food stuff 1 Food stuff, clothes, toileteries 1 Food stuff, fuel and transportation. 1 Food stuffs (Rice, Cooking Oil), Sanitory and Hygiene items and Transport fares to market 1 Food stuffs (Rice, Cooking Oil, Onion, Fish, Meat) 1 Food stuffs (Rice, Fish, Chicken, Cooking Oil etc) 1 Food stuffs (bag of rice, oil, onion, etc), transport fares to market 1 Food stuffs (cabbage, oil, rice, tomatoes, yam, etc), clothes 1 Food stuffs (maize, beans, rice, yam, fish etc) 1 Food stuffs (maize, cooking oil, rice and eggs) 1 Food stuffs (maize, rice, bean, cooking oil, fish), soap, charcoal, 1 Food stuffs (maize, rice, garri, beans, tomatoes, pepper etc) 1 Food stuffs (rice, beans, maize), Oil 1 Food stuffs (rice, tomato paste, oil, fish, onion), transport fares, utility bills 1 Food stuffs (rice, tomatoes, cooking oil), transport fares 1 Food stuffs at market, Transport fares 1 Food stuffs(Fish, Meat) 1 Food stuffs, Fish 1 Food stuffs, Transport Fares 1 Food, clothes and transportation 1 Food, clothing, toiletries 1 Food, fish and items for doing small income generation activity 1 Food, fuel for cooking 1 Food, fuel, hygiene materials and transportation 1 Food, transportation and clothes 1 Food, transportation and water 1 Food, transpotation and clothes 1 General food items 3 General food items, transportation 1 General food stuff and transportation 1 General food stuff, 1 General food stuff, transportation and working tools 1 Meat, Fish, Vegetables, Transport fares 1 Meat, plantain, rice 1 Medicines 1 Medicines for my sick child 1 Mostly food stuffs (Groundnuts, vegetables), Fish, Chicken 1 Rice and charcoal. 1 Rice, and cooking oil. 1 Rice, charcoal, cooking oil, fish. 1 Rice, charcoal, oil etc 1 Rice, charcoal, pampers for child with disability, condiments, oil 1 Rice, cooking oil, charcoal, fish, meat etc. 1 Rice, cooking oil, pepper, charcoal, vegetables etc 1 Rice, corn, charcoal, oil, fish, biscuits, dettol, soap etc 1 Rice, fish 2 Rice, fish, cassava, soap, maggi cube, cooking oil etc 1 Rice, fish, meat, chicken, oil and other condiments 1 Rice, fish, oil, garden eggs. 1 Rice, fish, oil, meat etc 1 Rice, fuel for cooking, oil, condiments and fish 1 Rice, fuel, oil, condiments and transport 1 Rice, oil, charcoal 1 Rice, oil, fuel, transport 1 Rice, oil, maggi, salt, tin tomatoes, fish, and gas. 1 Rice, oil, milk, beans, tomatoes, onions, fish, fuel 1 Rice, oil, plantain, and charcoal. 1 Rice, plantain, maize, cassava flour, fish, chicken etc. 1 Rice, soap, tomatoes, oil, charcoal and meat 1 Rice, sugar flour 1 Rice, vegetables and gas. 1 Rice,oil, chicken and gas. 1 Toiletries and food. 1 Transport Fares, Hygiene items, Food stuffs 1 Transport fares, food stuffs 1 Transportation and food items in general 1 Transportation and general food items 1 Transportation, gas, general food items 1 Transportation, medicines, food items. 1 Transportation, rice and oil. 1 Transportation, tomatoes, oil, spices and most food items 1 Underwear for females, which she sells 1 Of the cash you have received, how much have you spent already? 96 0 all 90 don_t_know 1 less_than_half 2 more_than_half 3 Food 96 0 0 2 1 94 Water 96 0 0 67 1 29 Hygiene items 96 0 0 65 1 31 Health costs 96 0 0 52 1 44 Rent 96 0 0 95 1 1 Shelter repair 96 0 0 90 1 6 Household items 96 0 0 88 1 8 Firewood / Fuel for cooking or heating 96 0 0 59 1 37 Clothes / shoes 96 0 0 70 1 26 Utilities and bills 96 0 0 58 1 38 Assets for a livelihood activity 96 0 0 82 1 14 Education 96 0 0 91 1 5 Entertainment 96 0 0 94 1 2 Transport 96 0 0 58 1 38 Debt repayment 96 0 0 76 1 20 96 0 0 87 1 9 Legal assistance / documents 96 0 0 96 Other use of cash assistance 96 0 0 95 1 1 Other use of cash assistance, specify 1 0 Christmas toys for the child 1 Top expenditure 95 0 Livellihoods_a 2 clothes_shoes 2 debt_repayment 2 food 80 health_costs 8 other 1 Second expenditure 81 0 Household_item 1 Livellihoods_a 3 clothes_shoes 2 education 3 firewood_fuel 14 food 12 health_costs 21 hygiene_items 5 transport 4 utilities_and_ 9 water 7 Third expenditure 62 0 Livellihoods_a 2 clothes_shoes 8 debt_repayment 2 firewood_fuel 11 food 1 gave_some_to_o 1 health_costs 9 hygiene_items 6 transport 8 utilities_and_ 8 water 6 Fourth expenditure 37 0 Livellihoods_a 1 clothes_shoes 4 debt_repayment 2 firewood_fuel 8 gave_some_to_o 1 health_costs 2 hygiene_items 4 transport 8 utilities_and_ 5 water 2 Fifth expenditure 34 0 Livellihoods_a 1 clothes_shoes 2 debt_repayment 6 health_costs 2 hygiene_items 5 transport 5 utilities_and_ 7 water 6 Did you save any of the money? 96 0 no 90 yes 6 If Yes, did you save any of the money on your account? 6 0 no 2 yes 4 NA 0 96 Sysmiss 96 Improved your living conditions? 96 0 moderately 18 not_at_all 8 significantly 3 slightly 67 Reduced the financial burden of your household? 96 0 moderately 14 not_at_all 10 significantly 7 slightly 65 Reduced feelings of stress? 96 0 moderately 12 not_at_all 6 significantly 3 slightly 75 Extent are you currently able to meet the basic needs of your HH? 96 0 All 1 Half 15 less_half 76 more_half 2 not_at_all 2 Food 95 0 0 49 1 46 Water 95 0 0 84 1 11 Hygiene items 95 0 0 84 1 11 Health costs 95 0 0 60 1 35 Rent 95 0 0 94 1 1 Shelter repair 95 0 0 91 1 4 Household items 95 0 0 70 1 25 Firewood / Fuel for cooking or heating 95 0 0 86 1 9 Clothes / shoes 95 0 0 64 1 31 Utilities and bills 95 0 0 80 1 15 Assets for a livelihood activity 95 0 0 71 1 24 Education 95 0 0 79 1 16 Entertainment 95 0 0 87 1 8 Transport 95 0 0 90 1 5 Debt repayment 95 0 0 86 1 9 95 0 0 91 1 4 Legal assistance / documents 95 0 0 95 Others could not afford 95 0 0 95 Stop a child from attending school? 96 0 no 96 Sell livelihood/productive assets in order to buy food or basic goods? 96 0 no 78 yes 18 Ask for money from strangers (begging)? 96 0 no 80 yes 16 Move to a poorer quality shelter? 96 0 no 93 yes 3 Send household members under the age of 16 to work? 96 0 no 89 yes 7 Send a member of the household to work far away? 96 0 no 73 yes 23 Engage in activities for money or items that put HH at risk? 96 0 no 93 yes 3 Skip paying rent / debt repayments to meet other needs? 96 0 no 74 yes 22 Take out new loans or borrowed money? 96 0 no 56 yes 40 Reduce expenditure in order to meet household food needs? 96 0 no 23 yes 73 In the past 7 days, food coping strategies 0 96 Sysmiss 96 Rely on food/meals from relatives, friends, strangers? 95 0 0 18 1 18 2 21 3 10 4 5 5 4 7 19 Borrow food, or rely on help from a friend or relative? 96 0 0 49 1 17 2 14 3 10 5 4 7 2 Limit portion size at mealtimes? 96 0 0 34 1 4 2 10 3 12 4 5 5 10 7 21 Reduce consumption of adults so small children can eat? 96 0 0 48 1 2 2 7 3 8 4 5 5 5 6 1 7 20 Reduce the number of meals eaten in a day? 96 0 0 31 1 3 2 11 3 9 4 3 5 2 7 37 Do you, or another member of your household: 0 96 Sysmiss 96 Have a bank account or mobile money account or other official account? 96 0 don_t_know 2 no 6 yes 88 Have the items you need in order to earn a living? 96 0 no 76 yes 20 Have access to micro-credit? 96 0 don_t_know 2 no 90 yes 4 How did you hear about UNHCR cash assistance? 96 0 leaflets_or_other_written_mate 1 mass_meeting 6 other 4 unhcr_ngos_staff 74 via_local_leaders 3 via_relatives__neighbors__frie 7 when_visiting_help_desk__recep 1 Other, specify 4 0 IC was identified through the survey conducted in 2016 for persons with specific needs. 1 Saw her son's name on the notice board as beneficiary 1 She heard it through the Camp PA systems 1 Via Annoucement over the camp's PA system 1 Eligibility for cash assistance 96 0 0 92 1 4 Distribution date, time and location 96 0 0 73 1 23 How to spend the cash assistance 96 0 0 93 1 3 How to give complaints and feedback to agencies 96 0 0 83 1 13 What assistance is coming next 96 0 0 76 1 20 None (Don’t want any additional information) 96 0 0 56 1 40 Other 96 0 0 69 1 27 Other, specify 40 CBI money should be increased 1 For it to be continued. Requests for increment 1 How long will I be on Cash Assist and I will like to know if the amount of the cash can be increased 1 How the amounts for the various family sizes was arrived at. 1 I want to know how much is given based on family sizes and see if there is the possibility of increasing the amount. 1 I will like to know if the money for the cash assistance can be increased. 1 IC wants to know if the cash can be incresed upwards. 1 IC wants to know whether the amount will be increased in future. 1 IC wants to know why beneficiaries have to wait for three months to receive such a small amount of money. Thus, she suggests that the amount be increased. 1 Increase amount to 150 cedis per month for family size of 3. Monies should be played every month and not three months. 1 Increase the amount 1 KIC wants to know for how long the assistance will be available to beneficiaries. 1 Need to increase amount 1 Need to increase the amount 1 Pleading for the amount to be increased, and to be paid regularly. Delays in time for payment affects households 1 PoC wans to know why the assistance comes quaterly. 1 PoC wants to know if the assistance can be increased 1 Prices have gone up so requesting for an increase in the cash for basic needs 1 Single mother asking for an increase in the cash assistance 1 The cash assistance is not enough, especially for a large family as hers 1 1 The money does notmeet needs adequately. Can it be increased? 1 The possibility of increasing the amount and also pay monthly. 1 To increase the amount 1 Wants to if the CBI is only for vulnerable people 1 Wants to know if CBI beneficiaries are the only people of concern to UNHCR and will be resettled 1 Wants to know if the money will be increased and also, if the payment can be monthly 1 Wants to know what is CBI 1 Wants to know why the amount of money given is too small and can never increase. Wants about 300 cedis a month for one person. 1 When Will UNHCR increase the amount they give and by how much. Its been three years now without increment. 1 When the amount will be increased. 1 When will the amount be increased. 1 When will the money be increased 1 Whether the amount will be increased? 2 Why does the amount received vary from PoC to PoC and those who are just 1 family size taking more than those in larger family sizes? 1 Why does the assistance money differ from PoC to PoC 1 Will the amount be increased for basic needs? 1 Will the money be increased and also, will it end 1 Will the money be increased? 1 Know how complaints and feedback on the cash assistance from UNHCR? 96 0 no 30 yes 66 Via local leaders 66 0 0 56 1 10 Via community mobilisers 66 0 0 66 Hotline 66 0 0 66 Complaints desk 66 0 0 11 1 55 Complaints and suggestion box 66 0 0 64 1 2 Other 66 0 0 43 1 23 Other, specify 23 0 I can report to a UNHCR staff for my camp 1 I will complain to the UNHCR Focal Person for my camp 1 PoC will report to UNHCR Focal Point for the Camp 1 Report to UNHCR Focal Point 1 Report to UNHCR staff 1 To UNHCR staff 1 UNHCR 4 UNHCR Camp office 1 UNHCR Focal Point for my Camp 1 UNHCR Office 1 UNHCR Staff 3 UNHCR officials 1 UNHCR staff 5 UNHCR staff directly 1 If the assistance could be started again would you prefer: 96 0 cash 69 combination_of_cash_and_items 23 items_inkind_food_or_non_food_items 1 other 3 Other, specify 3 I want Cash. I also want an increment to about 500 cedis for a family of 5 for three months. Amount should be divided and paid every month. 1 Will take what UNHCR can provide 1 Will take whatsoever UNHCR is giving at the time 1