Post-Return Monitoring Survey 2024
Afghanistan, 2024
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AFG_2024_PRMS_v01_M
Post-Return Monitoring Survey 2024
PRMS 2024
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | AFG |
Sample Frame, Households [sf/hh]
This dataset contains results from UNHCR’s 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’ 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.
Household
Version
Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned, and anonymised data.
2025-08-05
Scope
The scope includes:
- Demographic and return profile of Afghan refugee returnees
- Protection concerns and coping mechanisms
- Access to basic services (education, healthcare, shelter, water and sanitation)
- Livelihoods and income generation
- Food security and basic needs
- Community engagement and social cohesion
- Mental health and psychosocial support
- Connectivity and access to information
- Reintegration challenges and local solutions
| Topic |
|---|
| Health |
| Water Sanitation Hygiene |
| Food security |
| Emergency Shelter and NFI |
| Education |
| Livelihood and Social cohesion |
| Mental Health and Psychosocial Support |
| Connectivity |
| Return |
| Basic Needs |
| Cash Assistance |
| Solutions |
Coverage
Afghanistan
UNHCR-assisted Afghan refugee returnee households who returned from Pakistan between January and June 2024.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) | UN |
| Samuel Hall |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| UN Refugee Agency | UN |
| Samuel Hall | UNHCR |
Sampling
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.
No weighting was applied as the sample is representative at the national level without stratification.
Survey 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.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2024-12-03 | 2024-12-16 |
- Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Samuel Hall | UNHCR |
Data was collected through remote phone interviews conducted with returnee households using contact information recorded at border points. Interviews focused on returnees’ well-being, reintegration conditions, and access to basic services.
Data Access
UNHCR, Samuel Hall (2025). Afghanistan: Afghans Post-Return Monitoring Survey 2024. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Curation team | UNHCR | dencomdl@unhcr.org |
Metadata production
DDI_AFG_2024_PRMS_v01_M
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| UN Refugee Agency | UNHCR | UN | |
| Development Data Group | DECDG | World Bank Group | Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library |
2025-08-05
Metadata version
Identical to a metadata (UNHCR_AFG_2024_PRM_2) published on UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.