Dataset

Socio-economic assessment of Malian refugees in Burkina Faso

RefugeesBurkina FasoUnited Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)

Dataset Objective

To provide data on the socio-economic aspects of Malian refugees in Burkina Faso

Context

The total population of Malian refugees at the time of the survey was estimated at around 8,972 households. These refugees were located in Goudoubo and Mentao refugee camps, urban areas of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, and Oudalan Province.

What is included

The data includes; the type of site, main source of water, time to reach the water point, family water self-sufficiency, number of households using latrines, number of children without birth certificates, food consumption, household income, debt, and expenditures

Collection Methods

Data was collected through household surveys - The survey applied a full-coverage (census) approach of all Malian refugees living in Burkina Faso, i.e. no sample selection was made. Out of the estimated 8,972 households of interest, 7,177 households were retrievable from a registration database that served as the list frame for this survey. The total number of completed interviews (after non-response) was 6,775 households. The public-release version of the dataset contains a systematically drawn sub-sample of this original data for statistical disclosure control reasons. The total sample size in the dataset presented for public release is 1,690 households.