Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System - Household Survey - Round 12, Sierra Leone, 2024
Sierra Leone, 2024
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SLE_2024_DIEM_HS_R12_v01_M_v01_A_ESS
Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring System - Household Survey - Round 12, Sierra Leone, 2024
DIEM HHS SLE R12 – 2024
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | SLE |
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
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 launched the twelfth round of the DIEM-Monitoring household survey in Sierra Leone to assess agricultural livelihoods and food security. Data collection took place from 10 September to 8 October 2024 through face-to-face interviews across all 16 districts. The survey achieved 2550 household interviews, representative at administrative level 2, with the exception of Pujehun where the target was not reached.
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, comping strategies
- NEEDS ASSISTANCE: open questions on the needs for assistance
Coverage
National coverage
Entire population.
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, Office of Emergencies and Resilience | 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
Surveys are designed based on country-specific needs, objectives, and constraints. They aim to achieve a 10 percent margin of error, a 95 percent confidence level, administrative-level granularity, and sufficient sample sizes for key target populations, including agricultural households.
The DIEM Round 12 survey in Sierra Leone applied a stratified sampling design covering all 16 administrative districts. The sampling was representative at the district (admin2) level, except for Pujehun, where the minimum target was not reached. Households were randomly selected from the rural and semi-urban population within each district, ensuring proportional representation across agricultural livelihood types (crop, livestock, and mixed producers). The survey covered 2550 households and was conducted during the early harvesting period to capture seasonal variations in production and food security.
Survey weights were computed using population counts at the district level, adjusted to reflect the distribution of households across rural and peri-urban areas. Weights ensure that results are representative of the population at administrative level 2, except Pujehun. Adjustments were made to account for the achieved sample size per district and household composition. These weights were used for the estimation of key indicators such as food insecurity (FIES), dietary diversity (HDDS), coping strategies (LCSI, rCSI), and livelihood impacts.
Survey instrument
A link to the questionnaire has been provided in the downloads tab.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2024-09-06 | 2024-10-05 |
- Face-to-face paper [f2f]
Data processing
The datasets have been edited and processed for analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Hub 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 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Hub and reviewed by the Statistics Division, using Statistical Disclosure methods in accordance with FAO Corporate Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol. All direct identifiers have been removed prior to data submission. For more information, see https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/833ee200-0484-4f87-8f5c-b3fed4a3722b/content.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data in Emergencies Hub, 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 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 - Sierra Leone, Round 12, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data in Emergencies Hub, Office of Emergencies and Resilience | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | [email protected] | https://data-in-emergencies.fao.org/ |
Metadata production
DDI_SLE_2024_DIEM_HS_R12_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data in Emergencies Hub, 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 |