VASyR Arsaal: Syrian Refugee Vulnerability Assessment in Lebanon, 2019

2019 data from the seventh annual Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (VASyR), focusing on Arsaal. The assessment was conducted jointly by UNICEF, UNHCR, and WFP to identify changes and trends in the situation of Syrian refugee families. It contains a representative sample of Syrian refugee households in the town of Arsaal.

Use Cases

• Assessing food security needs based on household vulnerability indicators
• Analyzing trends in refugee livelihoods over time as part of a multi-year assessment
• Identifying priority areas for humanitarian assistance based on representative household sampling
• Comparing refugee conditions across different geographic areas within Lebanon

Strengths

• Jointly produced by three major UN agencies (UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP)
• Part of a seventh-year longitudinal assessment, suggesting established methodology
• Focuses on a specific geographic area (Arsaal) for localized analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Arsaal sample

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Representative sample survey of Syrian refugee households.

Time Range

2019

Geography

Arsaal, Lebanon