The Côte d’Ivoire EHCVM 2021/22 is implemented by the National institute of Statistics (INS) with support from the World Bank and the WAEMU Commission. The objective of the program is to strengthen the capacity of its member countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinee Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo) to conduct living conditions surveys that meet harmonized, regional standards and to make the collected micro-data publicly accessible. The EHCVM is a nationally representative survey of 13,000 households, which are also representative of the geopolitical zones (at both the urban and rural level).

The survey uses two main survey instruments: a household/individual questionnaire, and a community-level questionnaire. The surveys took place in two waves with each wave covering half of the sample. The first wave was fielded between November 2021 and January 2022, while the second wave occurred between April 2022 and July 2022. The two-wave approach was chosen to account for seasonality of consumption.

Abstract

The Côte d’Ivoire EHCVM 2021/22 is implemented by the National institute of Statistics (INS) with support from the World Bank and the WAEMU Commission. The objective of the program is to strengthen the capacity of its member countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinee Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo) to conduct living conditions surveys that meet harmonized, regional standards and to make the collected micro-data publicly accessible. The EHCVM is a nationally representative survey of 13,000 households, which are also representative of the geopolitical zones (at both the urban and rural level).

The survey uses two main survey instruments: a household/individual questionnaire, and a community-level questionnaire. The surveys took place in two waves with each wave covering half of the sample. The first wave was fielded between November 2021 and January 2022, while the second wave occurred between April 2022 and July 2022. The two-wave approach was chosen to account for seasonality of consumption.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

Household Individual Community

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sampling frame for the 2018/19 survey was the 2014 General Population and Housing Census (RGPH). In 2021/2022, a new enumeration was conducted in the same clusters. The sample for the 2018/2019 survey was drawn using a two-stage stratified sampling plan. The stratum consisted of combinations of region and type of settlement (urban/rural). Within each stratum, at the first stage, clusters (primary sampling units) were selected with probability proportional to their size in terms of the number of households. At the second stage, 12 households were selected with equal probability within each cluster.

In 2021/2022, the strategy involves revisiting the same clusters. This entails either surveying the same 12 households from 2018/19 if they are relocated (after the enumeration phase), or surveying relocated households and supplementing the sample to 12 households in clusters where fewer are found during the enumeration phase (either because there were fewer than 12 households in the final 2018/19 database or because some households cannot be located).

The total survey sample size is 13,693 households - 5,675 from urban areas and 8,018 from rural areas. After that, the survey design randomly divided each enumeration area into two equal groups. The survey team interrogated the first group in wave 1 and the other in wave 2. Finally, for various reasons, including availability and quality monitoring, the final sample size comprises slightly more households (twelve) in round 2 than in round 1. In wave one, the survey teams interviewed 6,835 households (2,936 in urban areas and 2, 3,899 in rural areas. In wave two, the teams interviewed 6,858 households (2,739 in urban areas and 4,119 in rural areas).

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Research instrument

The Côte d’Ivoire ECHVM 2021/22 consists of two questionnaires for each of the two visits. The Household Questionnaires was administered to all households in the sample. The Community Questionnaire was administered to the community to collect information on the socio-economic indicators of the enumeration areas where the sample households reside.

EHCVM 2021/22 Household Questionnaire: The Households Questionnaire provides information on demographics; education; health; employment (including activity-related information, primary and secondary employments); nonjob revenues; saving and credit (including information for payments due for 15 years old members of the household); food consumption; food security; nonfood consumption; nonagricultural enterprises; housing; household’s assets; transfers (received and sent); shocks and survival strategies; safety nets; agriculture (including information on plots, costs of inputs, and crops); livestock; fishing; agricultural equipment; and a module that provides indicators to helps users situate the household on the poverty spectrum based on subjective considerations and comparative indicators.

EHCVM 2021/22 Community Questionnaire: The Community Questionnaire solicits information on general community’s characteristics; community access to infrastructure and to social services; community agricultural activity; community participation; and local retail price information.