Malawi Refugee Socio-economic Survey, Dzaleka and Luwani Camps 2017

March 2017 survey of 1,026 refugee households in Malawi's Dzaleka and Luwani camps and surrounding villages. Conducted by UNHCR to provide an overview of livelihood and vulnerability situations for refugees and host families. The survey included 802 households in the established Dzaleka camp and 224 in the newer Luwani camp.

Use Cases

• Assessing livelihood strategies based on survey questions about economic activities.
• Comparing vulnerability profiles between established and newly arrived refugee camps.
• Analyzing socio-economic integration based on data covering refugees and surrounding host families.
• Planning multi-year humanitarian programming based on multi-partnership survey findings.

Strengths

• Survey covers 1,026 households, providing a substantial sample size.
• Data distinguishes between two distinct camps: Dzaleka (established, multi-national) and Luwani (newer, exclusively Mozambican).
• Includes households from surrounding villages, allowing for host community comparison.

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 a single survey in 2017.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Survey conducted to help UNHCR's Malawi office in its multi-year, multi-partnership planning and programming.

Time Range

March 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:49:19.398436; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dzaleka and Luwani refugee camps and surrounding villages in Malawi.