HOW COVID-19 CONTINUES TO AFFECT LIVES OF REFUGEES IN KENYA - Rapid Response Phone Survey - Rounds 1 to 5

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Rapid Response Phone Survey rounds 1 to 5 analyze how COVID-19 continues to shape the lives of refugees in Kenya. The policy note documents livelihood impacts and household responses, with emphasis on employment, non-labor income, coping strategies and food insecurity, including measures of skipped meals and access to staple food. It further assesses human capital effects through education and health outcomes, supported by a detailed methodology covering survey design, instrument, sampling and re-weighting.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages34

Reading Time1 h 26 min

Executive Summary

A. Introduction

Livelihood Impacts, Coping Strategies and Food Insecurity

Employment

Non-labor Income

Coping Strategies

Food Security

Human Capital: Education and Health

Education

Health

References

D. Annex: Detailed Methodology

Design and Survey Instrument

Sampling and re-weighting

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized HOW COVID-19 CONTINUES TO AFFECT LIVES OF REFUGEES IN KENYA RAPID RESPONSE PHONE SURVEY ROUNDS 1 TO 5 10/16/2021 Acknowledgement This policy note was prepared by a team led by Utz Pape (Senior Economist, EAEPV) and Antonia Delius (ET Consultant, EAEPV) . The team consisted of Mirko Vintar (Consultant, EAEPV) and Rhea Gupta (Consultant, EAEPV), with additional contributions from Alastair Haynes (ET Consultant, EAEPV), Abril Rios Rivera (Consultant, EAEPV), Eugenie Rose Fontep (Consultant, EAEPV), Theresa Beltramo (Senior Economist, UNHCR) and Florence Nimoh (UNHCR) . The team would like to express its gratitude to Remit for the outstanding efforts on data collection. In particular, the team would like to thank the manager, Carolyne Nekesa, and the field manager, Sam Balongo, leading the data collection and the enumerators as well as supervisors collecting data. The team would like to thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, for their vision, commitment to this work and collaboration in the efforts of data collection. In particular, the team would like to thank Theresa Beltramo (UNHCR) and Dennis Egger (University of California, Berkeley) for their contributions. The PROSPECTS partnership program, funded through the Multi Donor Trust Fund for Forced Displacement administered by the World Bank, contributed to the collaboration between the World Bank and the UNHCR facilitating the inclusion of refugees in the rapid response phone surveys. TABLE OF CONTENTS [Executive Summary...................................................................................................................................... vi](Executive Summary...................................................................................................................................... vi) [A. Introduction ...............................](A. Introduction ...............................)........................................................................................................... 1 B. Livelihood Impacts, Coping Strategies and Food Insecurity ................................................................. 3 1. Employment ...................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Non-labor Income ............................................................................................................................. 7 3. Coping Strategies .............................................................................................................................. 8 4. Food Security .................................................................................................................................. 10 C. Human Capital: Education and Health ................................................................................................ 13 1. Education ........................................................................................................................................ 13 2. Health .............................................................................................................................................. 13 References .................................................................................................................................................. 18 D. Annex: Detailed Methodology ............................................................................................................ 20 1. Design and Survey Instrument ........................................................................................................ 20 2. Sampling and re-weighting ............................................................................................................. 21 List

FAQs

What do the survey rounds 1 to 5 focus on regarding COVID-19 impacts on refugees in Kenya?

They examine livelihood impacts and human capital outcomes, including employment, non-labor income, coping strategies, food security, education, and health.

How does the report describe changes in food insecurity during the COVID-19 outbreak?

It highlights indicators such as days adults and children skipped meals and the ability to access staple food, alongside broader measures of food security.

What methodological elements are covered in the annex?

The annex details the survey design and instrument, plus sampling and re-weighting procedures used to support the phone survey results.

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