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Refugee Economies Programme 2016-2018

Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, 2016 - 2018
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University of Oxford, Refugee Studies Centre
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Data file: Household

This file contains the household data dictionary.

Cases: 8996
Variables: 231

Variables

hhid_new
Individual identifier
individualid_new
Head of household dummy
hh_dummy3
Location of the survey
surveylocation
Nationality
nationality_cat
Country; urban/camp; nationality identifier
context
Strata
strata3
Sampling unit
su1
Finite population correct
fpc_su1
Sampling weights
weight_ind
Being Somali
somali
Living in urban context
urban
Location (neighbourhoods)
location3
Locations (neighbourhoods) identifier
location3_id
Unique enumerator ID
enumerator_loc_id
Year of displacement from home country
year_leave
Year of arrival into current host country
year_arrive
Years lived in current location
years_hostsite
Age
age
Being female
gender
Relationship to head of household
relationship3
What is your current marital status?
maritalstatus
Being married/Living with partner
maritalstatus_married
What religious group do you belong to?
religion3
Years of formal education
education_years3
Father's years of formal education
educfather_years3
Mother's years of formal education
educmother_years3
Has ever completed vocational training
vocational
How well can you understand and speak [local language]?
likert_local
Has good local language skills
local_language
How well can you understand and speak English?
likert_well_en
Has good English skills
english
Female head of household dummy
hf_hhh_gender
Number of people in the household
hf_people
Dependency ratio of the household
hf_dependency
Household resided in urban areas before displacement
hf_hhhistory_urban
Job dummy
job
How did you find the current job
findjob3
Monthly income from work (LCU)
m_income_TOT_ALL_3
Total HH income (LCU, monthly)
hhincome_ww_lcu
Total HH income per capita (LCU, monthly)
hhincome_ww_lcu_pc
HH work income per capita(LCU, monthly)
wageincome_pc
HH remittance income per capita (LCU, monthly)
remit_pc
Main income-generating activity in the past 30 days
activity3
Type of employment (employee/own-business/family business)
employee3
Remittances received (averaged per month, LCU)
remittances_monthly
Ever received remittances dummy
remittances_d
Asset index (PCA)
assets
Household has radio(s) dummy
assetshh_radio
Household has TV(s) dummy
assetshh_television
Household has refrigerator(s) dummy
assetshh_refrigerator
Household has solar panel(s) dummy
assetshh_solarpanel
Household has table(s) dummy
assetshh_table
Household has chair(s) dummy
assetshh_chair
Household has sofa(s) dummy
assetshh_sofa
Household has bed(s) dummy
assetshh_bed
Household has cupboard(s) dummy
assetshh_cupboard
Household has lock(s) dummy
assetshh_clock
Individual has mobile phone(s) dummy
assetsi_mobilephone
Individual has MP3(s) dummy
assetsi_mp3
Individual has watch(s) dummy
assetsi_watch
Individual has bicycle(s) dummy
assetsi_bicycle
Individual has motorcycle(s) dummy
assetsi_motorcycle
Individual has car(s) dummy
assetsi_car
How many different pairs of shoes do you own yourself?
assetsi_shoes
Number of small animals (e.g. chicken) owned by household
animals_small
Number of large animals (e.g. cattle, donkeys, camel, coat, sheep) owned by hous
animals_large
Has a loan (bank, microfinance, private lender, friend/family)
credit_bank
Has savings (bank account, microfinance, NGO, SACCO)
savings_account3
No start-up capital
buscapital_none3
Loan from bank/microfinance
buscapital_loan3
Grant from NGO
buscapital_ngo3
Remittances/aid from peers
buscapital_remit3
Savings
buscapital_save3
Loan/support from friends/family
buscapital3_fam3
Sold assets
buscapital3_asset3
Ate fruits in the past 7 days dummy
variety3_fruit_d
Ate meat in the past 7 days dummy
variety3_meat_d
Ate fish in the past 7 days dummy
variety3_fish_d
Dietary diversity (IDDS)
variety
Food insecurity dummy (HFIAP)
hh_HFIAP_d
How much of a problem did you have in joining in community activities (for examp
health_community
How much difficulty did you have in concentrating on doing something for ten min
health_concentrating
How much difficulty did you have in learning a new task, for example learning ho
health_learning
How much difficulty did you have in taking care of your household responsibiliti
health_responsibilities
How much difficulty did you have in standing for long periods such as 30 minutes
health_standing
How much difficulty did you have in walking a long distance such as a kilometer?
health_walking
Health index
health
Mental health index (PHQ9)
mental_phq9
None
mental_phq9_none
Mild
mental_phq9_mild
Moderate
mental_phq9_mod
Moderately severe
mental_phq9_modsev
Severe
mental_phq9_sev
Having Little drive or pleasure for doing things
anxiety_pleasure
Feeling sad, depressed, or hopeless
anxiety_sad
Having trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much
anxiety_sleep
Feeling tired or having little energy
anxiety_tired
Losing appetite or over eating
anxiety_appetite
Feeling bad about yourself — or that you are a failure or have let yourself or y
anxiety_failure
Having trouble concentrating on things such as reading, performing your daily ac
anxiety_concentrating
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposi
anxiety_slowly
Having thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some
anxiety_dead
Were you ever a victim of a violence in your former country or in exile?
dotts_refugees_violence
Were you ever a victim of torture in your former country or in exile?
dotts_refugees_torture
Have you ever witnessed someone else being the victim of violence or torture in
dotts_refugees_witness
A victim of a violence in your former country or in exile dummy
dotts_refugees_violence_d
A victim of torture in your former country or in exile dummy
dotts_refugees_torture_d
A witness of torture/violence in your former country or in exile dummy
dotts_refugees_witness_d
Has relative(s) in same site dummy
family_samesite_d
Has relative(s) in Western countries
family_western_d
Proportion that 'agree' or 'strongly agree' that they have access to health care
regulatory_health_ok
Proportion that 'agree' or 'strongly agree' that the security level is good
regulatory_security_ok
Proportion that 'agree' or 'strongly agree' that their children access eduaction
regulatory_education_ok
I have access to health care
regulatory_health
The level of security is good
regulatory_security
My children have access to education
regulatory_education
I can move around freely
regulatoryforrefugees_move
I can pursue the occupation which I would like to do
regulatoryforrefugees_occup
I can participate in local markets and sell my services and items
regulatoryforrefugees_markets
I can buy what I want in local markets
regulatoryforrefugees_buy
My [host nationality] neighbours mistreat me because I am a refugee
regulatoryforrefugees_mistreat
The [host country] government discriminates against me because I am a refugee
regulatoryforrefugees_gov
[Host nationality] employers discriminate against me because I am a refugee
regulatoryforrefugees_employers
I have just as many opportunities to find formal work as my [host nationality] n
regulatoryforrefugees_opportun
My landlord treats me differently than my [host nationality] neighbours because
regulatoryforrefugees_landlord
I am treated the same as [host nationals] by the law and have access to justice
regulatoryforrefugees_justice
[Host nationals] are friendly (good people)
opinionsonhost_friendly_d
[Host nationals] are trustworthy
opinionsonhost_trusted_d
[Host nationals] are culturally similar to us
opinionsonhost_similar_d
Refugees are well integrated with [host nationals]
opinionsonhost_integrated_d
No. of times of sharing a meal with a member of the host community in the past 3
meal_exchange
No. of times of having a business exchange with a member of the host community i
business_exchange
No. of times of having a personal conversation with a member of the host communi
conversation_exchange
Would not ask for aid/ No one to ask
protect_emergency_notask3
Local family members
protect_emergency_localfam3
Distant friends/family
protect_emergency_distfamfri3
Local friend
protect_emergency_localfri3
Neighbour
protect_emergency_neighbour3
Community/clan/tribe leader
protect_emergency_comlead3
Community member
protect_emergency_commem3
NGO/IO/UNHCR
protect_emergency_ngo3
Bank/microfinance/financial institution
protect_emergency_bank3
Informal group (e.g. merry-go-round, Ayuto)
protect_emergency_informalgrp3
Community-based group
protect_emergency_commgp3
Religious group
protect_emergency_religion3
Sell assets
protect_emergency_assets3
Would not ask for aid/ No one to ask
protect_eat_notask3
Local family members
protect_eat_localfam3
Distant friends/family
protect_eat_distfamfri3
Local friend
protect_eat_localfri3
Neighbour
protect_eat_neighbour3
Community/clan/tribe leader
protect_eat_comlead3
Community member
protect_eat_commem3
NGO/IO/UNHCR
protect_eat_ngo3
Bank/microfinance/financial institution
protect_eat_bank3
Informal group (e.g. merry-go-round, Ayuto)
protect_eat_informalgrp3
Community-based group
protect_eat_commgp3
Religious group
protect_eat_religion3
Sell assets
protect_eat_assets3
Would not ask for aid/ No one to ask
protect_business_notask3
Local family members
protect_business_localfam3
Distant friends/family
protect_business_distfamfri3
Local friend
protect_business_localfri3
Neighbour
protect_business_neighbour3
Community/clan/tribe leader
protect_business_comlead3
Community member
protect_business_commem3
NGO/IO/UNHCR
protect_business_ngo3
Bank/microfinance/financial institution
protect_business_bank3
Informal group (e.g. merry-go-round, Ayuto)
protect_business_informalgrp3
Community-based group
protect_business_commgp3
Religious group
protect_business_religion3
Sell assets
protect_business_assets3
Would not ask for aid/ No one to ask
protect_job_notask3
Local family members
protect_job_localfam3
Distant friends/family
protect_job_distfamfri3
Local friend
protect_job_localfri3
Neighbour
protect_job_neighbour3
Community/clan/tribe leader
protect_job_comlead3
Community member
protect_job_commem3
NGO/IO/UNHCR
protect_job_ngo3
Bank/microfinance/financial institution
protect_job_bank3
Informal group (e.g. merry-go-round, Ayuto)
protect_job_informalgrp3
Community-based group
protect_job_commgp3
Religious group
protect_job_religion3
Sell assets
protect_job_assets3
Would not ask for aid/ No one to ask
protect_police_notask3
Local family members
protect_police_localfam3
Distant friends/family
protect_police_distfamfri3
Local friend
protect_police_localfri3
Neighbour
protect_police_neighbour3
Community/clan/tribe leader
protect_police_comlead3
Community member
protect_police_commem3
NGO/IO/UNHCR
protect_police_ngo3
Bank/microfinance/financial institution
protect_police_bank3
Informal group (e.g. merry-go-round, Ayuto)
protect_police_informalgrp3
Community-based group
protect_police_commgp3
Religious group
protect_police_religion3
Sell assets
protect_police_assets3
Realistically, where do you think you will be living in 3 years?
aspire_real_all_5cat_n
Where do you hope to be living in 3 years?
aspire_hope_all_5cat_n
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these day
subjective
Refugee nationality
nationality_ref
Host country
country_d
Business
business
NGO/government employee
employee_ngo
Employee (other)
employee_other
Urban background (pre-exile)
hhhistory_urban
Household has electricity dummy
assetshh_electricity
Per capita monthly income from work (USD), individual level if job=1
m_income_USD_w99
Per capita monthly income from work (USD), individual level
m_income_ALL_USD_w99
Remittances
remittances_USD
Refugee groups by location and origin
group_ref
Refugee groups by location, origin, and gender
group_ref2
Household identifier
hhid_new3
Household assets (USD in 2018)
totalassetshh
Per capita asset value (USD)
totalassetshh_pc
Primary sector work
primarysector
Trade sector work
tradeinclfoodhosp
Transport sector work
transport
Manual work
manualwork
Skilled work
skillednonmanual
Other work
otherwork
Incentive work
incentive
Remittances, winsorized
remittances_USD_w99
Total HH income (USD, monthly)
hhincome_ww
Per capita monthly income (USD)
hhincome_ww_pc
Per capita monthly income from work (USD), HH aggregate
hh_m_income_ALL_USD_w99_ww_pc
Per capita monthly remittances (USD)
hh_remittances_USD_w99_ww_pc
HH receives remittances (USD)
hh_remittances_USD_w99_ww_d
Per capita monthly value of food assistance (USD)
hh_m_income_aidsupport_USD_pc
Total: 231
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