Due to persistent instability in the region, Cameroon hosts refugees and asylum seekers from neighboring countries, mainly from the Central African Republic and Nigeria. In 2015, nearly 259,000 Central African refugees arrived in Cameroon, of whom the vast majority settled in the Northern, Eastern and Adamaoua regions. Within these regions, the study identified 11 subsistence zones, of which the 5 zones with the highest refugee concentration were surveyed, in order to inform UNHCR's Livelihoods Strategy 2017-2020 targeting these refugees and to provide a baseline against which to measure the success of its implementation. The survey was conducted among 2,206 refugee households in November 2016. The household data is supplemented with UNHCRs progress data for the purpose of refining the targeting approach of both WFP and UNHCR.
The scope of the quantitative data of this socio-economic assessment includes:
- Identification of the household
- Household members (demographic characteristics, education, economic activity)
- Access to services
- Health
- Child education and health
- Food and other assistance
- Agricultural production
- Sources of income
- Asset ownership
- Dwelling/housing characteristics
- Food consumption groups
- Expenditure
- Credit/debt
- Coping strategies
- Social participation
- Intentions of return
