Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System – Household Survey – Round 6, Niger, 2023

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NER_2023_DIEM-HS-R6_v01_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

Cases:	1676
Variables:	287

Variables

OBJECTID

survey_id

Unique identifyer for the household survey

adm0_name

Country name

adm0_iso3

Country ISO3 Code

adm0_m49

adm1_pcode

Administrative level 1 - Code

adm1_name

Administrative level 1 - Name

adm2_pcode

Administrative level 2 - Code

adm2_name

Administrative level 2 - Name

adm_level

Representative administrative level

survey_date

Date of survey

round

Survey round number

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

Question asked: 'How old are you?'

resp_age_rng

Reclassification of 'resp_age' values into classes

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_education

Question asked: 'What is the educational level attained by the head of household?'

hh_wealth_water

Question asked: 'Where does the water that you drink at home come from?'

hh_residencetype

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

hh_size

Question asked: 'How many people are part of the household?'

hh_size_rng

Reclassification of 'hh_size' values into classes

hh_maritalstat

Question asked: 'What is the head of householdâ€™s current marital status?'

hh_age

Question asked: 'How old is the head of household?'

main_agric_source

Main agricultural income source. The variable is derived using 'income-main', 'insome_sec' and 'income_third' variables

resp_islsproducer

1 if household is involved in the livestock production or sales.

resp_iscropproducer

1 if household is involved in the crop production or sales.

resp_isfishproducer

1 if household is involved in the capture, culture, processing or sales of fish

income_main

Question asked: 'What was your household's main source of income in the past 3 months?'

income_main_amount

Question asked: 'How much was earned in #currency# from your main income source, [income_main], in the past 3 months?'. #currency# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. Pakistani Rupee, Pesos, Dollars, etc...). [income_main] will be

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...)

income_sec

Question asked: 'What was your household's second most important source of income in the past 3 months?'

income_sec_amount

Question asked: 'How much was earned in #currency# from your second main income source, [income_sec], in the past 3 months ?'. #currency# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. Pakistani Rupee, Pesos, Dollars, etc...). [income_sec] w

income_sec_comp

Question asked: 'Has your household's income from [income_sec] 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...).

income_third

Question asked: 'What was your household's third most important source of income in the past 3 months?'

income_third_amount

Question asked: 'How much was earned in #currency# from your third main source of income, [income_third], in the past 3 months?'. #currency# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. Pakistani Rupee, Pesos, Dollars, etc...). [income_thi

income_third_comp

Question asked: 'Has your household's income from [income_third] 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...

tot_income

Total amount of income in the past 3 months. Sum of income_main_amount, income_sec_amount and income_third_amount. In cases where these individual components are not reported (NA), the "tot_income" is recorded as 0, ensuring comprehensive coverage acros

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_flood

shock_hurricane

shock_drought

shock_firenatural

shock_othernathazard

shock_violenceinsecconf

shock_theftofprodassets

shock_firemanmade

shock_othermanmadehazard

crp_landsize_ha

Question asked: 'What is the total size of the land you can cultivate?' The answer is converted into hectares.

crp_main

Question asked: 'What is the main crop that your household grows for food and income generation in #season#, if any?'. #season# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. wet season, monsoon season, harvest season, etc...).

crp_main_check

Question asked: 'Why did you not produce any crops in #season#?'. #season# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. wet season, monsoon season, harvest season, etc...).

crp_irrig_source

Question asked: 'Where do you normally and mainly obtain water for the production of [crp_main]?'. [crp_main] will be replaced with the main crop grown by the respondent's household.

crp_seed_ownprod

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'Own production' selected.

crp_seed_market

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'Local market or agro-input shop/dealer' selected.

crp_seed_company

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'Private seed company' selected.

crp_seed_ngo

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'NGOs' selected.

crp_seed_organized_community

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'Community seed banks / farmer networks / farmers' association / etc.' selected.

crp_seed_gov

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'Government (e.g. MoA)' selected.

crp_seed_relatives_friends

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'Relatives or friends' selected.

crp_seed_other

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'Other' selected.

crp_seed_dk

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'DON'T KNOW' selected.

crp_seed_ref

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'REFUSED' selected.

crp_area_change

Question asked: 'How did the area planted for [crp_main] from #season# compare to #reference year#?'. #season# and #reference year# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. wet season, monsoon season, harvest season, etc...) and (e.g.

crp_harv_change

Question asked: 'How does the (expected) harvest of [crp_main] in the #season# compare to #reference year#?'. #season# and #reference year# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. wet season, monsoon season, harvest season, etc...) an

crp_proddif

Question asked: 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty in terms of crop production in #season#?'. #season# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. wet season, monsoon season, harvest season, etc...).

crp_proddif_plant_disease

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'crp_proddif' question 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty in terms of crop production in #season#?', the respondent is required to select which difficulties the household faced with crop production in #sea

crp_proddif_pest_outbreak

crp_proddif_animal_grazing

crp_proddif_access_plot

crp_proddif_access_fertilize

crp_proddif_seed_quality

crp_proddif_seed_quantity

crp_proddif_access_pesticide

crp_proddif_access_labour

crp_proddif_access_machinery

crp_proddif_access_fuel

crp_proddif_soil_erosion

crp_proddif_lack_irrigation

crp_proddif_excess_water

crp_proddif_access_credit

crp_proddif_other

crp_proddif_dk

crp_proddif_ref

crp_salesmain

Question asked: 'What was the main crop that you have sold over the last 3 months?'

crp_salesdif

Question asked: 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty in the last 3 months selling your [crp_salesmain]?' [crp_salesmain] will be replaced by the response of the households to the question 'What was the main crop that you have sold over the

crp_saledif_marketing_cost

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'crp_salesdif' question 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty in the last 3 months selling your [crp_salesmain]?', the respondent is required to select which difficulties the household faced with selling thei

crp_saledif_damage_losses

crp_saledif_low_demand

crp_saledif_pay_delay

crp_saledif_low_price

crp_saledif_processing

crp_saledif_competition

crp_saledif_other

crp_saledif_dk

crp_saledif_ref

crp_salesprice

Question asked: 'How does the current price of your household's [crp_salesmain] compare to the average price in the same period of #reference year#?'. [crp_salesmain] will be replaced by the response of the households to the question 'What was the main cr

ls_main

Question asked: 'What was the main animal raised for food and income generation in the last 12 month by your household?'

ls_num_lastyr

Question asked: 'How many [ls_main] did you have at the same time last year?' [ls_main] will be replaced by the response of the households to the question 'What was the main animal raised for food and income generation in the last 12 month by your househo

ls_num_now

Question asked: How many [ls_main] do you have now? [ls_main] will be replaced by the response of the households to the question 'What was the main animal raised for food and income generation in the last 12 month by your household?'.

ls_num_diff

Difference between the number of main livestock now and the number of main livestock last year at the same time (ls_num_now - ls_num_lastyr).

ls_num_increased

1 if the number of livestock has increased compared to last year at the same time; 0 otherwise

ls_num_decreased

1 if the number of livestock has decreased compared to last year at the same time; 0 otherwise

ls_num_no_change

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'No significant change in livestock number' selected.

ls_num_inc_less_sales

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Did not sell as many' selected.

ls_num_inc_more_birth

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Many more were born' selected.

ls_num_inc_more_acquired

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Purchased or bartered more animals this year' selected.

ls_num_inc_received_free

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Received animals for free (restocking / gift)' selected.

ls_num_dec_poor_health

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Animal death due to malnutrition, drought, lack of feed' selected.

ls_num_dec_death

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Animal death due to other factors (e.g. diseases, parasites, injury)' selected.

ls_num_dec_sales_good_price

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Sold more than usual because of good prices' selected.

ls_num_dec_sales_distress

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Sold more than usual because of distress sales (unable to feed animal / need money urgently for household basic needs even if sales were unsustainable)' selected.

ls_num_dec_escape_stolen

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Animal escaped or was lost or stolen' selected.

ls_num_dec_consumed

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Killed or gave away more animals than usual for household consumption or celebrations (marriage / funerals / etc)' selected.

ls_num_inc_dec_other

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'Other' selected.

ls_num_inc_dec_dk

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'DONâ€™T KNOW' selected.

ls_num_inc_dec_ref

Question asked: 'Why did the number of livestock change?' 'Yes' if 'REFUSED' selected.

ls_feed_open_pasture

Question asked: 'Where do you usually access food for your [ls_main]? ' 'Yes' if 'Open pasture' selected.

ls_feed_common_pasture

Question asked: 'Where do you usually access food for your [ls_main]? ' 'Yes' if 'Community-managed pasture land' selected.

ls_feed_self_produced

Question asked: 'Where do you usually access food for your [ls_main]? ' 'Yes' if 'Owned or rented field or self-produced fodder' selected.

ls_feed_purchased

Question asked: 'Where do you usually access food for your [ls_main]? ' 'Yes' if 'Purchase feed or fodder at the market' selected.

ls_feed_free_dist

Question asked: 'Where do you usually access food for your [ls_main]? ' 'Yes' if 'Free distribution' selected.

ls_feed_other

Question asked: 'Where do you usually access food for your [ls_main]? ' 'Yes' if 'Other' selected.

ls_feed_dk

Question asked: 'Where do you usually access food for your [ls_main]? ' 'Yes' if 'DON'T KNOW' selected.

ls_feed_ref

Question asked: 'Where do you usually access food for your [ls_main]? ' 'Yes' if 'REFUSED' selected.

ls_proddif

Question asked: 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty with livestock production over the last 3 months?'.

ls_proddif_feed_purchase

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'ls_proddif' question 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty with livestock production over the last 3 months?', the respondent is required to select which difficulties the household faced with livestock produ

ls_proddif_access_pasture

ls_proddif_access_water

ls_proddif_vet_serv

ls_proddif_vet_input

ls_proddif_diseases

ls_proddif_theft

ls_proddif_access_market

ls_proddif_access_credit

ls_proddif_access_labour

ls_proddif_other

ls_proddif_dk

ls_proddif_ref

ls_salesmain

Question asked: 'What was the main livestock or livestock product sold by your household in the last 3 months?'

ls_salesdif

Question asked: 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty in the last 3 months selling your [ls_salesmain]?'. [ls_salesmain] will be replaced by the response of the households to the question 'What was the main animal raised for food and income

ls_salesdif_marketing_cost

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'ls_salesdif' question 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty in the last 3 months selling your [ls_salesmain]', the respondent is required to select which difficulties the household faced with selling livesto

ls_salesdif_damage_losses

ls_salesdif_low_demand

ls_salesdif_pay_delay

ls_salesdif_low_price

ls_salesdif_slaughterhouse

ls_salesdif_processing

ls_salesdif_competition

ls_salesdif_other

ls_salesdif_dk

ls_salesdif_ref

ls_salesprice

Question asked: 'How does the current price of your household's [ls_salesmain] compared to the average price in the same period of #reference year#?' #reference year# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. a normal year, last year, e

fish_main_coastal

Question asked: 'What type of fishing activity does your household generally practice?'. 'Yes' if 'Near coastal, delta, lagoon fishing'.

fish_main_offshore_sea

Question asked: 'What type of fishing activity does your household generally practice?'. 'Yes' if 'Offshore sea fishing'.

fish_main_freshwater

Question asked: 'What type of fishing activity does your household generally practice?'. 'Yes' if 'Freshwater fishing (in lakes, reservoirs, ponds, rivers, or wetlands)'

fish_main_aquaculture

Question asked: 'What type of fishing activity does your household generally practice?'. 'Yes' if 'Aquaculture'.

fish_main_dk

Question asked: 'What type of fishing activity does your household generally practice?'. 'Yes' if 'DON'T KNOW'.

fish_main_ref

Question asked: 'What type of fishing activity does your household generally practice?'. 'Yes' if 'REFUSED'.

fish_change

Question asked: 'How does your fish catch (capture fishery) in the last 3 months (or last harvest) compare to the same period (harvest) last year?'

fish_proddif

Question asked: 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty with fish catch and/or aquaculture production in the last 3 months?'

fish_proddif_find_fish

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'fish_proddif' question 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty with fish catch and/or aquaculture production in the last 3 months?', the respondent is required to select which difficulties the household faced

fish_proddif_pests

fish_proddif_access_area

fish_proddif_fuel

fish_proddif_input_access

fish_proddif_labour

fish_proddif_infrastructure

fish_proddif_damage_equip

fish_proddif_other

fish_proddif_dk

fish_proddif_ref

fish_salesmain

Question asked: 'What was the main fish product sold by your household in the last 3 months?'

fish_salesdif

Question asked: Has your household faced any significant difficulty marketing / selling your [fish_salesmain] in the last 3 months? [fish_salesmain] will be replaced by the response of the households to the question 'What was the main fish product sold by

fish_salesprice

Question asked: 'How does the current price of your household's [fish_salesmain] sold compare to the average price in the same period/harvest of #reference year#?'. #reference year# will be replaced with the country specific information (e.g. a normal yea

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

Prevalence of recent moderate or severe household food insecurity (FIES). The values range from 0 to 1.

p_sev

Prevalence of recent severe household food insecurity (FIES). The values range from 0 to 1.

p_ipc2plus

p_ipc3plus

Prevalence of recent household food insecurity (FIES) aligned with definitions adopted in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) corresponding to severity levels equivalent to IPC Phase 3 or more. The values range from 0 to 1.

p_ipc4plus

p_ipc5

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 which are 'fies_ranout_hhs', 'fies_hungry_hhs', 'fies_whlday_hhs'

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_sold_more_animals

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to sell more animals (non-reproductive) than usual 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_sold_prod_assets

Question asked: 'Over the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to sell productive assets or means of transport (sewing machine, wheelbarrow, bicycle, car, etc.) 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_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. In the DIEM dataset the higher

need

Question asked: 'Does your household need assistance for agricultural activities (including crop, livestock and fisheries/aquaculture activities) over the next 3 to 6 months?'.

need_food

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'need' question 'Does your household need assistance for agricultural activities (including crop, livestock and fisheries/aquaculture activities) over the next 3 to 6 months?', the respondent is required to select the house

need_cash

need_vouchers_fair

need_crop_inputs

need_crop_infrastructure

need_crop_knowledge

need_ls_feed

need_ls_vet_service

need_ls_infrastructure

need_ls_knowledge

need_fish_inputs

need_fish_infrastructure

need_fish_knowledge

need_env_infra_rehab

need_cold_storage

need_marketing_supp

need_other

need_dk

need_ref

need_received_food

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'need_received' question 'Has your household received any assistance in the last 3 months, and if so, which kind?', the respondent is required to select the assistance received in last 3 months. 'Yes' if 'Food'.

need_received_cash

need_received_vouchers_fair

need_received_crop_assist

need_received_ls_assist

need_received_fish_assist

need_received_rehabilitation

need_received_sales_support

need_received_other

need_received_none

need_received_dk

need_received_ref

assistance_quality

Question asked: 'Were you satisfied with the quality of the assistance provided? ', the respondent is required to select the quality of assistance in terms of sufficient assistance in terms of sufficient assistance for production or sales difficulty to be

assistance_fao

Following an answer to the 'assistance_quality' question 'Who provided your household with this assistance?', the respondent is required to select the organization providing the assistance. 'Yes' if 'FAO'.

assistance_wfp

assistance_otherun

assistance_gov

assistance_ngo

assistance_dk

assistance_ref

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_base

weight_quota

weight_crop_prod

weight_livestock_prod

weight_wealth

weight_educ

weight_final

Final weight used for data aggregation

qc_step0_date

Date of reception of the raw dataset from the enumerators

qc_step1_date

qc_step1_username

qc_step2_date

qc_step2_username

qc_enumerator

Technology or company involved in data collection

qc_method

Technology or company involved in data collection

Total: 287

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Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System – Household Survey – Round 6, Niger, 2023

Niger

Data file: data_anon

Variables

FAO Organizational Chart