Reducing Irregular Migration Experiment and Replication Files

Gambia, 2019 - 2021

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GMB_2019-2020_RIME_v01_M

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David McKenzie, Tijan Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert

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Aug 09, 2023

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Data file: completedata.dta

Constricted data, it contains complete datasets from baseline and endline surveys.

Cases:	3641
Variables:	418

Variables

Identification number

starttime

endtime

starttime_str

starttime_str_fm

endtime_str

original_dev

gmb_lga_id

LGA:

gmb_district_id

District:

gmb_settlement_id

Settlement:

house_id

Household:

int_date

Interview Date:

int_date_cal

int_lang

Interview Language:

int_strttime

Interview Start Time:

int_strttime_cal

house_img

May I take some pictures of your compound to help the survey find your place mor

i_experimental_group

conf_1

1. Are you ?

conf_2

2. Were you interviewed by our team last year?

conf_3

3. Has youth consented?

Y1: Do you have a mobile phone?

Y2: Do you have a Whatsapp?

Y3: Do you have an email account?

a1a

A1a: What was your main occupation during the last rainy season?

a1b

A1b: List this occupation

a2a

A2a: Where did this occupation take place?

a2a_aboard

A2a_a: Please more details about aboard (A2a)

a2a_segenal

A2a_s: Please more details about Segena (A2a_a)

a2a_europan

Specify (other Europan country)

a2a_ot

Specify (other country)

a3a

A3a: What was your main occupation during this year (2020)’s dry season?

a3b

A3b: List this occupation

A4: Where did this occupation take place?

a4a_aboard

A4a_a: Please more details about aboard (a4a)

a4a_segenal

A4a_s: Please more details about Segena (a4a_a)

a4a_europan

Specify (other Europan country)

a4a_ot

Specify (other country)

A5: In the last month, have you worked at all for pay?

a5a

A5a: How many hours per week did you work for pay on average in the last 30 days

A6: How much did you earn from all paid work in the past month from all sources

a6b

A6b: Even if you cannot give a precise figure, in which category do you think yo

A7: Do you currently suffer from any chronic illness or disability that limits y

A8: In the past month, did any member of your household have to skip a meal due

a8a

A8a: How many times in the past month did at least one household member have to

W1: Please imagine a ladder with steps numbered from zero at the bottom to ten a

w2a

W2a: Robbed of money

w2b

W2b: Physical violence (beatings, torture, etc.)

w2c

W2c: Arrest or imprisonment

w2d

W2d: Threats against your life from other people

B: Have you migrated/travelled to Banjul/KMC/Kombo for a period of at least one

Ba: What was your main purpose in going to Banjul/KMC/Kombo?

ba_ot

Ba_ot:Specify

b0a

B0a: Collected or saved the money needed to pay for travelling the backway to Eu

b0b

B0b: Asked someone for help finding a job in Europe?

b0c

B0c: Asked someone for help finding accommodation in Europe?

b0d

B0d: Have mapped out the initial route you would take if you were to travel the

b0e

B0e: Have you made other plans on how you would travel to Europe?

B1: Have you moved or attempted to move to another country since we last surveye

b1a

B1a: How many times did you move or attempt to move?

move_rr_count

b17

B17: Do you remember last year about the time of Ramadan watching the video we s

b18

B18: Do you think returning migrants are a good source of information about migr

b19

B19: Did you seek more information about migration after seeing this video?

b20

B20: Did this video change in any way your migration decision?

b20a

B20a:Specify

b21

B21: Do you know any person be it relatives, family, or friends who have success

b21a

B21a: How many? (B21)

rp_succ_migr_count

b27

D8: How many people do you personally know who have died along the “Backway”?

b281

B281: Has he attempted to move the backway since last interview?

b282

B282: Has he attempted to move the backway since last interview?

b283

B283: Has he attempted to move the backway since last interview?

b284

B284: Has he attempted to move the backway since last interview?

b285

B285: Has he attempted to move the backway since last interview?

b29

B29: Remittances: In the past TWELVE months, has your household received any mon

b30

B30: What was the total amount of money received in the last TWELVE MONTHS as re

b31

B31: What was the total amount of money received in the last TWELVE MONTHS as re

b32

B32: What was the total amount of money received in the last TWELVE MONTHS as ca

b33

B33: Which of the following has your household received in the last TWELVE MONTH

b33_opt1

[1] - Rice

b33_opt2

[2] - Suger

b33_opt3

[3] - Cooking oil

b33_opt4

[4] - Other

b33_1

B33_1: How many bags of rice?

b33_2

B33_2: How many bags of suger?

b33_3

B33_3: How many liters of cooking oil?

b33_4

B33_4:Please specify

b34

B34: Have you witnessed any information campaigns about migration to Europe sinc

b35

B35: Have you answered any questions/interview on information campaigns about mi

S1: Since we interviewed you in April/May 2019 (Just before Ramadan), were you c

s2a

S2a: Were you offered a voucher by our team that could pay for the cost of trave

s2b

S2b: Did you redeem the voucher into cash from Yonna or JFin?

S3: Did you call or contact our representative in Dakar to find out more informa

S4: Did you decide to go to Dakar or not?

S5: What was the main reason you did not want to go to Dakar?

s5a

S5a:Specify

S6: How long did you stay in Dakar?

s6_unit

Unit

listrandom1

p00

What language would you prefer?

p0a

Have you heard of Coronavirus or COVID-19 before today?

p0b1

The Coronavirus is mostly spread by infected food

p0b2

More than 100 Gambians have died of the Corona virus

p0b3

Staying more than 2 metres away from other people is a good way to help prevent

p0b4

The border between Gambia and Senegal is closed because of the virus

p0b5

The people most at risk from coronavirus are young children

p0b6

Italy and Spain were among the worst affected countries in Europe from the virus

p0b7

You can tell if someone has COVID-19 by looking at them

Do you feel that you or anyone in your household (living in this village/town) i

p1_1

Why do you feel that your household is protected from covid-19?

p1a_ot

Specify

Do you think the reaction of your country’s government to the current coronaviru

How has the measures taken by the government to prevent the spread of covid-19 a

p3_opt1

[1] - A. Markets closed or hours changed – could not sell or could only sell a l

p3_opt2

[2] - B. Markets closed or hours changed – could not make shopping for the famil

p3_opt3

[3] - C. Mosques/Churches closed - could not pray in mosque

p3_opt4

[4] - D. Schools closed – children in the household could not attend

p3_opt5

[5] - E. Was not affected

p3_opt6

[6] - F. Other, specify

p3a

Specify

p4a

How has Covid-19/Coronavirus affected your ability to earn money in your home vi

p4b

How has Covid-19/Coronavirus affected your ability to finance travel to another

How do you think Covid-19/Coronavirus has affected the cost and ease of travelli

How do you think Covid-19/Coronavirus has affected the likelihood you could find

How do you think Covid-19/Coronavirus has affected the amount of money you could

What is the risk of a people living in your village/town contracting covid-19?

What is the risk of a Gambian living in Italy contracting covid-19?

p10

Before the Covid-19/Coronavirus, did you intend to migrate to Europe?

p11

Taking into account all the different effects of Covid-19/Coronavirus on your ab

p11a

Specify

p12

Before the Covid-19/Coronavirus, did you intend to migrate to Dakar, Senegal?

p13

Taking into account all the different effects of Covid-19/Coronavirus on your ab

p13a

Specify

How likely are you to move to a different location within The Gambia in the next

What do you think you will do for a living five years from now if you stay in yo

i2_1

Specify

How much money per month do you think you will earn in five years from now if yo

What do you think you will do for a living five years from now if you move to an

i4_1

Specify

How much money per month do you think you will earn in five years from now if yo

How likely are you to move to Senegal in the next 5 years? (0-5 scale)

What do you think you will do for a living five years from now if you move to Se

i7_1

Specify

How much money per month do you think you will earn in five years from now if yo

How likely are you to move to Europe in the next 5 years? (0-5 scale)

i10

Do you consider taking the backway to Europe?

i11

What do you think you will do for a living five years from now if you move to Eu

i11_1

Specify

i12

How much money per month do you think you will earn in five years from now if yo

listrandom2

a26a

Choose the number that are true

a26b

Choose the number that are true

a26c

Choose the number that are true

a26d

Choose the number that are true

E.1. What do you think is the daily wage of a Gambian migrant in Europe?

E.2. Out of every 100 Gambians who arrive in Europe and apply for asylum or refu

e3_1

E.3.1: What is the typical monthly wage of a Gambian migrant worker earns workin

e3_2

E.3.2: True or False: Gambians do not need a passport to travel in Senegal.

e3_3

E.3.3: True or False: Gambian migrants in Dakar typically work as businessmen, t

e3_4

E.3.4: What is the cost of a bus ticket from Banjul to Dakar?

e3_5

E.3.5: True or False: The average time it takes to travel from Banjul to Dakar i

e3_6

E.3.6: True or False: Gambians are legally allowed to stay as long as they like

e4_1

E.4.1: True or False: It has become easier to cross the Mediterranean in the las

e4_2

E.4.2: True or False: [Backway] migrants without residence/asylum permits can be

e4_3

E.4.3: How many days/weeks/months does the average Gambian migrant take to reach

e4_3_unit

Unit?

e4_4

E.4.4: How much does it cost the average Gambian to go from the Gambia to Italy

e4_5

E.4.5: True or False: When migrating the backway, more people die trying to cros

e4_6

E.4.6: True or False: Some backway migrants are forced to work for others withou

V1. Since the baseline survey in April/May 2019 (just before Ramadan last year),

V2. Were you offered any sort of training course that you decided not to partici

V3. What was the main reason you did not participate in this course?

v3_ot

V3_ot Specify

V4. What type of training course(s) did you participate in? (open-ended) (e.g. m

V5. How many days of training did you receive?

V6. How much did you have to pay for this training?

V7. After doing this training, do you think you are more likely, less likely, or

V8. Where do you think your training would be more useful to work?

p0a_2

P0A: Have you heard of Coronavirus or COVID-19 before today?

p0b1_2

The Coronavirus is mostly spread by infected food

p0b2_2

More than 100 Gambians have died of the Corona virus

p0b3_2

Staying more than 2 metres away from other people is a good way to help prevent

p0b4_2

The border between Gambia and Senegal is closed because of the virus

p0b5_2

The people most at risk from coronavirus are young children

p0b6_2

Italy and Spain were among the worst affected countries in Europe from the virus

p0b7_2

You can tell if someone has COVID-19 by looking at them

p1_2

Do you feel that you or anyone in your household (living in this village/town) i

p1a_2

Why do you feel that your household is protected from covid-19?

p1a_ot_2

Specify

p2_2

Do you think the reaction of your country’s government to the current coronaviru

p3_2

How has the measures taken by the government to prevent the spread of covid-19 a

p3_2_opt1

[1] - A. Markets closed or hours changed – could not sell or could only sell a l

p3_2_opt2

[2] - B. Markets closed or hours changed – could not make shopping for the famil

p3_2_opt3

[3] - C. Mosques/Churches closed - could not pray in mosque

p3_2_opt4

[4] - D. Schools closed – children in the household could not attend

p3_2_opt5

[5] - E. Was not affected

p3_2_opt6

[6] - F. Other, specify

p3a_2

Specify

p4a_2

How has Covid-19/Coronavirus affected your ability to earn money in your home vi

p4b_2

How has Covid-19/Coronavirus affected your ability to finance travel to another

p5_2

How do you think Covid-19/Coronavirus has affected the cost and ease of travelli

p6_2

How do you think Covid-19/Coronavirus has affected the likelihood you could find

p7_2

How do you think Covid-19/Coronavirus has affected the amount of money you could

p8_2

What is the risk of a people living in your village/town contracting covid-19?

p9_2

What is the risk of a Gambian living in Italy contracting covid-19?

p10_2

Before the Covid-19/Coronavirus, did you intend to migrate to Europe?

p11_2

Taking into account all the different effects of Covid-19/Coronavirus on your ab

p11a_2

Specify

p12_2

Before the Covid-19/Coronavirus, did you intend to migrate to Dakar, Senegal?

p13_2

Taking into account all the different effects of Covid-19/Coronavirus on your ab

p13a_2

Specify

p002

What language would you prefer?

uniid_new1

instanceID

rta_form_id

instanceHI_origi

Original InstanceID

instanceHI

Instance's History

house_img_01

Picture 1

house_img_02

Picture 2

house_img_03

Picture 3

house_img_04

Picture 4

house_img_05

Picture 5

house_video

Video

dropgroup

prestigeEurope

Prestige rank of youth working in Europe

prestigefail

Prestige rank of failed migration

prestigeSen

Prestige rank of youth working in Senegal

Treatment

finalstrata

Randomization strata

region

Region

age

Age

owncellphone

Own a cellphone

haswhatsapp

Has a Whatsapp account and shared it

speaksenglish

Speaks English well enough for work

speaksfrench

Speaks French well enough for work

highestschool

Highest Grade of School Completed

married

Married

mainocc_nonag

Main occupation in rainy season non-agricultural paid work

workedforpay

Worked for pay in last month

hunger

Household member skipped meal in last month due to no funds

assetindex

Asset index

internalmig

Has migrated internally since age 12

Europemig

Has migrated to Europe previously

Senegalmig

Has migrated to Senegal previously

Europeunsuccess

Made unsuccessful attempt to Europe

backwaydeath

No. people they know who died going the backway

knowmadeitbackway

No. people they know who made it the backway

havefamrelinEurope

Have family or relatives in Europe

knowsdeportee

Knows someone deported from Europe

receivedremittances

Received remittances from outside Gambia

wantsinternal

Would ideally move internally

wantsSenegal

Would ideally move to Senegal

wantsEurope

Would ideally move to Europe

numberofsteps

Number of steps taken towards moving out of Gambia

wouldbackway

Would ideally migrate to Europe and would go backway

heardofyaim

Having heard of Youth Against Irregular Migration

chronichealth

Has chronic health condition that limits travel/work

riskseekingshare

Share of 1000 Dalasi that would gamble on fair bet

patiencelevel

Willingness to give up something today for future benefit

generalselfefficacy

Generalized Self-efficacy

EuropeMigIntent

amountremittances

Amount of remittances received from abroad

incomeearned

Income earned in past 30 days

notsurveyed

Not surveyed in face to face

l1_1

L1.1. Is currently present in the household?

sample

Sample Status

reason

Reason for Not being interviewed

numberofstep_youth

Number of steps taken towards migrating the backway_youth

numberofstep_hhead

Number of steps taken towards migrating the backway_hhead

numberofstep_phone

Number of steps taken towards migrating the backway_phone

attemptedbackway_youth

Attempted backway_youth

attemptedbackway_hhead

Attempted backway_hhead

attemptedbackway_phone1

Attempted backway_phone

call_status

Call status

europe_youth

Migrate to Europe since baseline_youth

europe_hhead

Migrated to Europe since baseline_hhead

europe_elder

Migrated to Europe since baseline_elder

europe_phone1

Migrated to Europe since baseline_phone

location1

Individual request

location2

SMS request

location3

WhatsApp Group

europe_whatsapp

Migrated to Europe since baseline_WhatsApp

migratedsenegal_whatsapp

Migrated to Senegal since baseline_WhatsApp

migratedbanjul_whatsapp

Migrated to Banjul since baseline_WhatsApp

migratedsenegal_youth

Migrated at all to Senegal since baseline_youth

migrateddakar_youth

Migrated to Dakar since baseline_youth

migratedbanjul_youth

Migrated at all to Banjul since baseline_youth

banjul_youth

Currently in Banjul_hhead

migratedsenegal_hhead

Migrated at all to Senegal since baseline_hhead

migrateddakar_hhead

Migrated to Dakar since baseline_hhead

migratedbanjul_hhead

Migrated at all to Banjul since baseline_hhead

banjul_hhead

Currently in Banjul_hhead

migratedsenegal_elder

Migrated at all to Senegal since baseline_elder

migrateddakar_elder

Migrated to Dakar since baseline_elder

migratedbanjul_elder

Migrated at all to Banjul since baseline_elder

banjul_elder

Currently in Banjul

migratedsenegal_phone

Migrated at all to Senegal since baseline_phone

migrateddakar_phone

Migrated at all to Dakar since baseline_phone

migratedbanjul_phone

Migrated at all to Banjul since baseline_phone

Total: 418

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