Lebanon Syrian Refugee Socio-Economic Scores for Cash Assistance Targeting, 2016-2020

The dataset contains socio-economic desk scores for households assessed in the 2020 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees (VASyR). These Proxy Means Test (PMT) scores are used by Lebanon Crisis Response Plan cash actors to identify beneficiaries for multi-purpose cash assistance. The dataset includes scores for case numbers dating back to 2016.

Use Cases

• Predicting household economic vulnerability based on the Proxy Means Test (PMT) score.
• Targeting beneficiaries for multi-purpose cash assistance based on socio-economic desk scores.
• Analyzing trends in refugee vulnerability over time using scores from 2016 onward.

Strengths

• Scores are revised annually, suggesting a consistent update process.
• Includes case-level data spanning multiple years, from at least 2016 to 2020.
• Data is used operationally by Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) cash actors for beneficiary selection.

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 and temporal bias inherent to the specific refugee assessment in Lebanon.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Scores derived from the 2020 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees (VASyR), a Proxy Means Test (PMT).

Time Range

2016 to 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:33:39.357962; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lebanon