Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System - Household Survey - Round 7, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024
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Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System - Household Survey - Round 7, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024
DIEM HS COD R7 – 2024
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | COD |
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
This seventh-round survey was conducted between 22 January and 19 February 2024. The sixth round was conducted in October 2023 during the rainy season, the fifth round in August 2023 during the dry season, the fourth round in September 2022 at the start of the rainy season, and the third round in March 2022 in the off-season.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a monitoring system in 26 food crisis countries to better understand the impacts of various shocks on agricultural livelihoods, food security and local value chains. The Monitoring System consists of primary data collected from households on a periodic basis (more or less every four months, depending on seasonality). FAO conducted a computer-assisted telephone interviews survey in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assess agricultural livelihoods and food security between 22 January and 19 February 2024. Data collection took place during the harvest season in 11 of the country’s 26 provinces (Ituri, Kasai, Kasai Central, Kasai Oriental, Nord-Kivu, Nord Ubangi, Sud-Kivu, Sud-Ubangi, Kwango, Tshopo and Tanganyika). Data are representative at the provincial level. For more information, see https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/pages/monitoring.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households
Scope
The survey collected information on the following areas:
- HOUSEHOLD : household information
- INCOME SOURCES, SHOCKS : income changes, shocks experienced by households
- CROP PRODUCTION : crops planted, area planted, area harvested, crop production difficulties
- CROP MARKETING : crop sale difficulties, crop sale price
- LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION : types of livestock present on holding, number of livestock, livestock production difficulties
- LIVESTOCK MARKETING : livestock sale, livestock sale difficulties, livestock sale price
- FISHERIES PRODUCTION : fish activity, comparison of fish production
- FISHERIES MARKETING : fish sale, fish sale difficulties, fish sale price
- FOOD SECURITY AND CONSUMPTION : food consumption, food utilization, coping strategies
- NEEDS ASSISTANCE : open questions on the needs for assistance
Coverage
National coverage
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies Hub, Office of Emergencies and Resilience |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Data in Emergencies Hub | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Data processing and analysis |
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| European Union | EU |
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities | SFERA |
Sampling
This survey was carried out in 11 of the 26 provinces (Ituri, Kasai, Kasai Central, Kasai Oriental, Nord-Kivu, Nord Ubangi, Sud-Kivu, Sud-Ubangi, Kwango, Tshopo and Tanganyika) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A total of 2 723 agricultural and non-agricultural households were interviewed using a computer-assisted telephone survey approach. These households were randomly selected according to a stratified simple random sampling design, with minimal design effect.
Surveys are designed based on country-specific needs, objectives, and constraints. The sample design and size aim to achieve a 10% margin of error, a 95% confidence level, administrative-level granularity, for key variables within target populations, including agricultural households.
The final weights were constructed by multiplying:
- Regional base weights, to correct for disproportionate sampling across regions
- Quota weights, for crop and livestock producers, based on household agricultural engagement
- Post-stratification weights, using access to toilet facilities as a proxy for household wealth
Crop producers were identified using a standard proxy based on reported agricultural activity ("hh_agricactivity") and income sources ("income_main", "income_sec", "income_third").
These weights ensure that the sample distribution reflects the actual population distribution and correct for any over- or under-sampling in specific areas.
Survey instrument
A link to the questionnaire has been provided in the downloads tab.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2024-01-22 | 2024-02-19 |
- Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
Data processing
The datasets have been edited and processed for analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies Hub (DIEM) team at the Office of Emergencies and Resilience, with some dashboards and visualizations produced. For more information, see https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/pages/countries.
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE CONTROL (SDC)
The dataset was anonymized using Statistical Disclosure methods by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Hub team and reviewed by the Statistics Division. All direct identifiers have been removed prior to data submission.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIEM Team - Office of Emergencies and Resilience | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/ | [email protected] |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO. |
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- The micro dataset will only be used for statistical and/or research purposes;
- Any results derived from the micro dataset will be used solely for reporting aggregated information, and not for any specific individual entities or data subjects;
- The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO;
- The micro dataset cannot be re-disseminated by users or shared with anyone other than the individuals that are granted access to the micro dataset by FAO.
FAO. 2025. Data in Emergencies Monitoring Household Survey - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Round 7, 2024. data-in-emergencies.fao.org. Dataset downloaded from microdata.fao.org.
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIEM Team - Office of Emergencies and Resilience | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | [email protected] | https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/ |
Metadata production
DDI_COD_2024_DIEM-HS-R7_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIEM Team, Office of Emergencies and Resilience | OER | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Metadata producer |
| Statistics Division | ESS | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Metadata adapted for FAM |