Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System - Household Survey - Round 9, Yemen, 2023

Yemen, 2023

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YEM_2023_DEMHS-R9_v01_EN_M_v01_A_ESS

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies Hub, Office of Emergencies and Resilience

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Data file: data_anon_df_yem_r9

Cases:	2483
Variables:	107

Variables

OBJECTID

survey_id

Unique identifyer for the household survey

adm0_name

Country name

adm0_iso3

Country ISO3 Code

adm0_m49

Country M49 Code

adm1_pcode

Administrative level 1 - Code

adm1_name

Administrative level 1 - Name

adm2_pcode

Administrative level 2 - Code

adm2_name

Administrative level 2 - Name

survey_date

Date of survey

round

Survey round number in the country

total_case_duration

Interview duration (in minutes). It has been calculated by doing [survey_date_time] minus end. [survey_date_time] will be replaced with the date and time of the survey.

resp_age_rng

Reclassification of 'resp_age' values into classes for the dissemination of sensitive data

resp_gender

Question asked: 'What is the gender of the respondent?'

hh_agricactivity

Question asked: 'Has anybody in your household produced crops or livestock for household consumption or for sale in the past 12 months, including household members currently away for transhumance?' [HINT FOR PROBING: Do you cultivate any plants to sale or

hh_gender

Question asked: 'Is the head of your household male or female?'

hh_residencetype

Question asked: 'Which in the following types of residence best describes your residence?'

income_main_comp

Question asked: 'Has your household's income from [income_main] changed in the last 3 months compared to the same period of #reference year#?'. #reference year# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. a normal year, last year, etc...)

shock_noshock

Question asked: 'Has your household or community faced any particular disaster or crisis affecting your household's ability to raise an income and/or to produce food for self consumption in the last 3 months, and if so, which one(s)?' 'Yes' if 'No shock'

shock_sicknessordeathofhh

shock_lostemplorwork

shock_otherintrahhshock

shock_higherfoodprices

shock_higherfuelprices

shock_mvtrestrict

shock_othereconomicshock

shock_pestoutbreak

shock_plantdisease

shock_animaldisease

shock_napasture

shock_othercropandlivests

shock_coldtemporhail

shock_flood

shock_hurricane

shock_drought

shock_earthquake

shock_landslides

shock_firenatural

shock_othernathazard

shock_violenceinsecconf

shock_theftofprodassets

shock_firemanmade

shock_othermanmadehazard

shock_dk

shock_ref

fies_worried

Question asked: 'During the last 30 days, was there a time when you or others in your household were worried about not having enough food to eat because of lack of money or other resources?'.

fies_healthy

Question asked: 'During the last 30 days, was there a time when you or others in your household were unable to eat healthy and nutritious food because of lack of money or other resources?'.

fies_fewfoods

Question asked: 'During the last 30 days, was there a time when you or others in your household ate only a few kinds of foods because of lack of money or other resources?'.

fies_skipped

Question asked: 'During the last 30 days, was there a time when you or others in your household had to skip a meal because of lack of money or other resources to get food?'.

fies_ateless

Question asked: 'During the last 30 days, was there a time when you or others in your household ate less than you thought you should because of lack of money or other resources?'.

fies_ranout

Question asked: 'In the past 30 days, was there ever no food to eat of any kind in your house because of lack of resources to get food?'.

fies_ranout_hhs

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'fies_ranout' question 'How often did this happen?', the respondent is required to select the frequency of when there was no food to eat of any kind in houshold's house because of lack of resources to get food.

fies_hungry

Question asked: 'In the past 30 days, did you or any household member ever go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food?'.

fies_hungry_hhs

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'fies_hungry' question 'How often did this happen?', the respondent is required to select the frequency of any household member go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food.

fies_whlday

Question asked: 'In the past 30 days, did you or any household member ever go a whole day and night without eating anything at all because there was not enough food?'.

fies_whlday_hhs

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'fies_whlday' question 'How often did this happen?', the respondent is required to select the frequency of any household member go a whole day and night without eating anything at all because there was not enough food.

fies_rawscore

This variable represents the sum of the values of all fies_ fields.

p_mod

The variable is the probability that the respondent has been exposed to moderate or severe recent food insecurity (experienced in the 4 weeks preceding the survey). The weighted average of p_mod across a group of respondents produces the indicator 'preval

p_sev

The variable is the probability that the respondent has been exposed to for severe recent food insecurity (experienced in the 4 weeks preceding the survey). The weighted average of p_sev produces the indicator 'prevalence of severe recent food insecurity'

fcs

The Food consumption Score (FCS) is an index that aggregates household-level data on the diversity and frequency of food groups consumed over the last 7 days. It is then weighted according to the relative nutritional value of the consumed food groups. Foo

fcg

Food Consumption Group. Based on Food Consumption Scores, a householdâ€™s food consumption can be classified into one of three categories: poor, moderate, or acceptable. The FCG will be 'poor' if the FCS is under or equal to 21 in most countries (threshol

hhs

Household Hunger Scale (hhs) measures hunger in the household by asking three questions on experiences of food deprivation at household level in the previous 4 weeks. hhs_# are rawscores obtained using these hhs questions.

hhg

Households are divided into five categories based on their household hunger scale (hhs). The Household Hunger Groups refer to a severity level of the IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Reference Table: 'Little to none (IPC-1)', 'Slight (IPC-2)', 'Moderate (IPC-3

cs_hh_assets

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to sell household assets / goods (radio, furniture, television, jewelry, etc.) because of lack of food or money?'.

cs_spent_savings

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to spend savings because of lack of food or money?'.

cs_credit

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to purchase food on credit or borrowed food because of lack of food or money?'

cs_borrowed_money

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to borrow money because of lack of food or money?'

cs_no_school

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to withdraw children from school because of lack of food or money?'

cs_reduced_health_exp

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to reduce expenses on health (including drugs) because of lack of food or money?'

cs_decrease_input_exp

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to decrease expenditures on fertilizer, pesticide, fodder, animal feed, veterinary care, etc. because of lack of food or money?'.

cs_sold_house

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to sell a house or land because of lack of food or money?'.

cs_begged

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to beg because of lack of food or money?'

cs_sold_last_female

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to sell your last female animals because of lack of food or money?'.

lcsi

The Livelihood Coping Strategies Index (LCSI) indicates the maximum severity of coping measures that the households need to utilise as a response to lack of food or money to purchase food. This index varies from 0 to 3, respectively : 'no coping strategie

hdds_cereals

Question asked: 'Now I would like to ask you a set of questions on food consumption, referring to the 24 hours of yesterday. Please describe the foods (meals and snacks) that you or any household member ate or drank at home yesterday (in the 24 hours of y

hdds_rootstubers

hdds_vegetables

hdds_fruits

hdds_meat

hdds_eggs

hdds_fish

hdds_legumes

hdds_milkdairy

hdds_oils

hdds_sugar

hdds_condiments

hdds_score

The number of food groups consumed in the 24 hours prior to the survey.

hdds_class

Households are classified as having low dietary diversity if they consume less than 3 food groups, medium dietary diversity if they consume 3 or 4 food groups and high dietary diversity if they consume 5 or more food groups.

fcs_staple_days

Question asked: 'How many days over the last 7 days, did members of your household eat starches, roots and tubers such as rice, maize, pasta, bread, sorghum, millet, potato, yam, cassava, white sweet potato?'.

fcs_pulses_days

Question asked: 'How many days over the last 7 days, did members of your household eat pulses and nuts such as beans, lentils, cowpeas, soybean, pigeon peas and peanuts or other nuts?'.

fcs_vegetables_days

Question asked: 'How many days over the last 7 days, did members of your household eat vegetables or leaves such as #local vegetables# and/or other leaves/vegetables?' #local vegetables# will be replaced with the country specific information.

fcs_fruit_days

Question asked: 'How many days over the last 7 days, did members of your household eat fruit such as #local fruits# and/or other fruits?' #local fruits# will be replaced with the country specific information.

fcs_meat_fish_days

Question asked: 'How many days over the last 7 days, did members of your household eat meat, eggs or fish (any type of meat or fish including insects, birds, bush meat, seafood, or organs)?'.

fcs_dairy_days

Question asked: 'How many days over the last 7 days, did members of your household consume fresh milk, sour milk, yogurt, cheese or other dairy products? (Excluding margarine/butter or small amounts of milk for tea/ coffee)'.

fcs_sugar_days

Question asked: 'How many days over the last 7 days, did members of your household consume sugar or sweets such as sugar, honey, jam, cakes, candy, cookies, pastries, cakes and other sweets and sugary drinks?'.

fcs_oil_days

Question asked: 'How many days over the last 7 days, did members of your household eat oil/fat/butter such as vegetable oil, palm oil, groundnut oil, margarine, other fats / oil?'.

fcs_condiments_days

Question asked: 'How many days over the last 7 days, did members of your household eat spices or condiments such as tea, coffee, cocoa, salt, garlic, spices, yeast, meat fish as a condiment or small amounts of milk for tea or coffee?'.

rcsi_less_preferred_foods

Question asked: 'In the past 7 days, how many days did your household rely on less preferred or less expensive food due to lack of food/money?'.

rcsi_borrowed_food

Question asked: 'In the past 7 days, how many days did your household borrow food, or rely on help from a friend or relative due to lack of food or money to buy food? '.

rcsi_reduce_number_meals

Question asked: 'In the past 7 days, how many days did your household reduce the number of meals eaten in a day due to lack of food or money to buy food?'.

rcsi_limit_portions

Question asked: 'In the past 7 days, how many days did your household limit portion sizes at mealtime due to lack of food or money to buy food? '.

rcsi_restrict_adult_consumpt

Question asked: 'In the past 7 days, how many days did your household restrict consumption by adults so children could eat, due to lack of food or money to buy food?'.

language

Question asked: 'Select the language that was mostly used to complete the interview.', the enumerator is required to select the most used language in the interview.

weight_final

Final weight used for data aggregation

qc_step0_date

Date of reception of the raw dataset from the enumerators

qc_enumerator

Technology or company involved in data collection

qc_method

Data collection methodology

Total: 107

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Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System - Household Survey - Round 9, Yemen, 2023

Yemen, 2023

Data file: data_anon_df_yem_r9

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