DRC Returnee Site Assessments: Monthly Population Movement Tracking

OCHA Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) produces this monthly site assessment data tracking returnee population movements. The records quantify displaced persons and households returning to their areas of origin based on a standardized 18-month movement window. The data is extracted from a global database using specific temporal filters to ensure operational relevance.

Use Cases

• Calculating average household size for returnees using the 'person' and 'household' columns
• Trend analysis of returnee timing using the 'movement_date' field
• Validating data recency for humanitarian response planning using the 'evaluation_date' field

Strengths

• Uses HXL tags for humanitarian data interoperability
• Provides dual metrics for both 'person' and 'household' counts
• Follows a standardized OCHA DRC methodology for returnee evaluation

Limitations

• Temporal exclusion of movements occurring more than 18 months prior to extraction
• Relies on site-based assessments which may not capture all individual returnee movements outside of assessed sites

Provenance

Source

OCHA Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Collection Method

Site assessment surveys

Time Range

18-month rolling window for movements

Freshness

Updated monthly.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo