Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Ethiopia, Report No. 7 : Results from Six Rounds of High-Frequency Household Phone Surveys
The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social effects on households have created an urgent need for timely data to help monitor and relieve the impacts and protect the welfare of the least-well-off Ethiopians. To monitor how the pandemic is aff...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/678511608616662907/Monitoring-COVID-19-Impacts-on-Households-in-Ethiopia-Results-from-Six-Rounds-of-High-Frequency-Household-Phone-Surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34967 |
| Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic
and social effects on households have created an urgent need
for timely data to help monitor and relieve the impacts and
protect the welfare of the least-well-off Ethiopians. To
monitor how the pandemic is affecting Ethiopia’s economy and
people and to inform interventions and policy responses, the
World Bank is conducting a tailored High-Frequency Phone
Survey of Households (HFPS-HH). The HFPS-HH builds on the
national longitudinal Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS)
that the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) and the World Bank
carried out in 2019. The HFPS-HH drew a subsample of the ESS
sample that was representative of households with access to
a working phone. The same households are being tracked over
12 months, with selected respondents, typically the
household head, completing phone-based interviews every
three to four weeks. Such prompt follow-up allows for better
understanding of the household effects of and responses to
the pandemic in near real time to support immediate
evidence-based responses. This survey brief summarizes the
results of the first six rounds of the HFPS-HH, covering the
period from April to September 2020. The brief is based on a
sample of both urban and rural households in all regions of
Ethiopia. The 15-20-minute questionnaire covers such topics
as knowledge of COVID mitigation measures and behavior
changes, access to basic staple food items and medicines,
educational activities during school closures, access to
health care services, employment dynamics, household income
and livelihoods, income loss and coping strategies, food
security, and assistance received. |
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