Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System - Household Survey - Round 5, Chad, 2023

Chad, 2023

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TCD_2023_DIEM_HS_R5_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: anon_df_TCD_R5

Cases:	5821
Variables:	291

Variables

OBJECTID

survey_id

Unique identifyer for the household survey

adm0_name

Country name

adm0_iso3

Country ISO3 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

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_toilet

Question asked: 'Where do household members typically go to use a toilet?'

hh_residencetype

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

hh_size_rng

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

hh_maritalstat

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

hh_age_rng

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.

covid_goodstransp

Question asked: 'Have you or anyone in your household been affected by movement restrictions or social distancing measures aimed at containing COVID-19 in the last 3 months?' 'Yes' if 'Movement restrictions (sometimes producing product scarcity or price h

covid_marketclosed

Question asked: 'Have you or anyone in your household been affected by movement restrictions or social distancing measures aimed at containing COVID-19 in the last 3 months?' 'Yes' if 'Closure of food markets or other businesses' selected.

covid_borderclosed

Question asked: 'Have you or anyone in your household been affected by movement restrictions or social distancing measures aimed at containing COVID-19 in the last 3 months?' 'Yes' if 'Closure of international borders (affecting the purchase of imported i

covid_stayhome

covid_gatherings

covid_processclosed

Question asked: 'Have you or anyone in your household been affected by movement restrictions or social distancing measures aimed at containing COVID-19 in the last 3 months?' 'Yes' if 'Closure of food processors (slaughterhouse / dairy cooperatives / etc)

covid_other

covid_none

covid_dk

covid_ref

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_cantworkordobusiness

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_fire

shock_othermanmadehazard

shock_dk

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_landsize

crp_irrigation

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_freedist

crp_seed_bank

crp_seed_gov

Question asked: 'Who do you normally procure your seeds from?' 'Yes' if 'Government (e.g. MoA)' 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 or nothing) 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,

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_plantdisease

crp_proddif_seedquality

crp_proddif_lostordamaged

crp_proddif_naplot

crp_proddif_nafertilizer

crp_proddif_naseeds

crp_proddif_nainsecticides

crp_proddif_nalabour

crp_proddif_namachinery

crp_proddif_nafuelorelect

crp_proddif_soilerosion

crp_proddif_irrigation

crp_proddif_other

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_dk

crp_proddif_ref

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_damagelosses

crp_saledif_lowdemand

crp_saledif_lowprice

crp_saledif_dif_processing

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

The number of livestock has increased compared to last year at the same time.

ls_num_decreased

The number of livestock has decreased compared to last year at the same time.

ls_num_nochange

ls_num_inc_didnotsellasmany

ls_num_inc_moreborn

ls_num_inc_purchbarterdmore

ls_num_inc_receivedfree

ls_num_dec_animalsdied

ls_num_dec_soldmoregoodprice

ls_num_dec_soldmoredistsale

ls_num_dec_anmlescloststolen

ls_num_dec_killedorgaveanml

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_food_supply_openpasture

ls_food_supply_commonpasture

ls_food_supply_fieldselfprodfod

ls_food_supply_purchased

ls_food_supply_other

ls_food_supply_dk

ls_food_supply_ref

ls_proddif

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

ls_proddif_diffeedpurchase

ls_proddif_constaccesstopasture

ls_proddif_constaccesstowater

ls_proddif_difaccessvetserv

ls_proddif_difaccessvetinp

ls_proddif_diseases

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_theftorinsecurity

ls_proddif_pooraccesstolmarket

ls_proddif_noaccesstocredit

ls_proddif_lackoflabour

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_main] will be replaced by the response of the households to the question 'What was the main animal raised for food and income gene

ls_salesdif_smallerprofits

ls_salesdif_damageandlosses

ls_salesdif_lowdemand

ls_salesdif_lowprices

ls_salesdif_slaughterhouse

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_processing

ls_salesdif_other

ls_salesdif_dk

ls_salesdif_ref

ls_salesprice

Question asked: 'How does the current price of your household's [ls_salesmain] compare 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, et

fish_main_coastal

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

fish_main_opensea

fish_main_lakespondsrivers

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_proddif_covid

fish_proddif_fuel

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_inputs

fish_proddif_labour

fish_proddif_other

fish_proddif_dk

fish_proddif_ref

fish_inputdif_bait

fish_inputdif_net

fish_inputdif_gear

Question asked: 'Which fishing (culture) input material has your household had difficulties accessing in the last 3 months?'. Yes if 'Fishing gear [e.g. rods, hooks, nets]'.

fish_inputdif_ice

Question asked: 'Which fishing (culture) input material has your household had difficulties accessing in the last 3 months?'. Yes if 'Ice'.

fish_inputdif_fuel

Question asked: 'Which fishing (culture) input material has your household had difficulties accessing in the last 3 months?'. Yes if 'Fuel'.

fish_inputdif_boatrepairs

fish_inputdif_other

Question asked: 'Which fishing (culture) input material has your household had difficulties accessing in the last 3 months?'. Yes if 'Other'.

fish_inputdif_dk

Question asked: 'Which fishing (culture) input material has your household had difficulties accessing in the last 3 months?'. Yes if 'DON'T KNOW'.

fish_inputdif_ref

Question asked: 'Which fishing (culture) input material has your household had difficulties accessing in the last 3 months?'. Yes if 'REFUSED'.

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_saledif_smallerprofits

fish_saledif_damageandlosses

fish_saledif_lowdemand

fish_saledif_lowprices

fish_saledif_processing

Following a 'Yes' answer to the 'fish_salesdif' question 'Has your household faced any significant difficulty marketing / selling your [fish_salesmain] in the last 3 months?', the respondent is required to select which difficulties the household faced wit

fish_saledif_other

fish_saledif_dk

fish_saledif_ref

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.

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

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_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?'.

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_stress_hh_assets

cs_stress_sold_more_animals

cs_stress_borrowed_or_helped

cs_stress_credit

cs_crisis_sold_prod_assets

cs_crisis_no_school

cs_crisis_reduced_health_exp

cs_crisis_harv_immature_crops

cs_crisis_consumed_seed_stocks

cs_crisis_decr_agric_input_exp

cs_emergency_sold_house

cs_emergency_begged

cs_emergency_illegal

cs_emergency_sold_last_female

cs_emergency_hh_migration

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

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_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_consumption

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_score

The rCSI is an experience-based indicator measuring the behaviour of households over the past seven days when they did not have enough food or money to purchase food. The score is equal to the sum of number of days each strategy has been used times its st

rcsi_class

Households are divided in four categories according to the rCSI score: 0-3, 4-18, 19-42, and 43 and above. These categories correspond to IPC Phases 1, 2, 3 and 4 and higher respectively.

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.

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_seeds

need_fertilizers

need_pesticides

need_tools

need_accesstoirrigationwater

need_accesstoland

need_animalfeed

need_veterinaryservices

need_veterinaryinputs

need_animalsalemingarantdprice

need_restockinganimals

need_supportforprocessprod

need_supptransofanimalsorprod

need_acstomechanisedequipprod

need_marketingsupport

need_cashassistance

need_loans

need_storageequipmentorfaci

need_techsupporextensionserv

need_landrehabilitation

need_fishequiorothersuppforfish

need_infoonsafetymeasures

need_other

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_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_cashvouchers

need_received_seeds

need_received_extensionservices

need_received_livestockfeed

need_received_other

need_received_noassistreceived

need_received_dk

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

Total: 291

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Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System - Household Survey - Round 5, Chad, 2023

Chad, 2023

Data file: anon_df_TCD_R5

Variables

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