Qualitative Socio-Economic Interviews from Ten Villages in Gurue, Mozambique

Ten villages in the Gurue district of Mozambique provide transcripts from interviews and group discussions conducted between July and December 2015. The dataset captures participatory mapping, seasonality, agricultural trends, and wealth ranking data, collected under the ESPA programme.

Use Cases

• Analyze wealth ranking data to understand differences between wealth statuses within the ten villages.
• Examine transcripts on agricultural activity trends to model changes over time driven by land constraints.
• Use participatory mapping data to correlate village characteristics with the described land scarcity gradient.
• Compare seasonality information across villages with similar infrastructure, soils, and rainfall.

Strengths

• Data collected from ten villages selected along a defined land scarcity gradient.
• Interviews conducted over a six-month period from July to December 2015.
• Includes multiple analytical themes: participatory mapping, seasonality, trend analysis, and wealth ranking.

Limitations

• Sample size is limited to ten villages, restricting statistical generalizability.
• Data consists of qualitative transcripts, requiring manual coding or NLP for quantitative analysis.
• Geographic scope is confined to one district in Zambezia province.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Interviews and discussion groups conducted with village groups or leaders.

Time Range

July to December 2015

Freshness

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Geography

Ten villages in Gurue district, Zambezia province, Mozambique