Cameroon - Assessment on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on refugees, IDPs and host c

698 people were interviewed over the phone to collect household-level data for this assessment. UNHCR in Cameroon organized this exercise in June 2020 to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on refugees, internally displaced persons, and host communities. The objective was to assess the impact on food security and livelihood situations in rural areas of the Extreme North region.

Use Cases

• Modeling food security vulnerability based on household-level socioeconomic data.
• Analyzing the differential impact of COVID-19 on refugees, IDPs, and host communities.
• Assessing livelihood disruption in rural areas during a pandemic based on survey data.

Strengths

• Data collection involved 698 interviews, providing a substantive sample.
• Assessment focuses on a specific vulnerable population and geographic region (Extreme North, Cameroon).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Phone interviews collecting household-level data.

Time Range

June 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:42:09.383868; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Extreme North region, Cameroon