Abstract

This dataset corresponds to the baseline survey for an emergency livelihoods and food security support project to strengthen the resilience of crisis-affected populations. Data was collected from 1376 households, including 675 beneficiaries and 701 non-beneficiaries. The objective is to know the situation of households before the project in terms of various indicators of food consumption, sources of income, access to basic services, ownership of assets (productive and non-productive), agricultural and fisheries production, adoption of innovative techniques, social safety nets, exposure to shocks and coping strategies. The questionnaire is based on the Short RIMA questionnaire, which collects the minimum amount of information necessary to calculate the resilience capacity index using the RIMA methodology developed by FAO.

Geographic coverage

Prefectures of Bangui, Ombella M'poko, Lobaye, Ouham, Haute Kotto, Sangha Mbaéré, Mambéré Kadéi, Nana Mambéré, Nana Gribizi, Kémo and Ouaka

Analysis unit

Households

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The baseline survey targets the 12 prefectures with project villages. For the treatment group, the target population of the study is the project beneficiary households. The sample was drawn from the selected beneficiaries. To provide a comparison group, non-beneficiary villages in the same intervention prefectures were targeted. Households in the comparison group were selected from outside the beneficiary villages to minimize contamination effects. The sample was distributed to reflect the weight of beneficiaries per prefecture. A total of 1376 households were interviewed, including 675 beneficiary households and 701 non-beneficiary households. The population surveyed among the beneficiaries was almost equally divided between the three types of intervention (cash transfers, direct distribution and vouchers).

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]