Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees - 2016 - Lebanon

Abstract
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The 2016 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees (VASyR) surveyed a representative sample of Syrian refugee households in Lebanon to identify changes and trends in their situation. The assessment to provided valuable insight into refugees living conditions, from the size of their families to the shelter they live in, to their economic vulnerability and food insecurity. Throughout this report, refugees own viewpoints offer a crucial glimpse into the strategies they deploy to survive and their own perceptions of their situation and the assistance they receive. A total of 4596 households were surveyed.
Since its inception, the VASyR has been an essential process and partnership for shaping planning decisions and programme design. It is the cornerstone for support and intervention in Lebanon. As in previous years, humanitarian agencies have incorporated VASyR findings into their programming and recommendations.
The assessment, jointly issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP, dataviz.vam.wfp.org), demonstrates that economic vulnerability is, at best, as serious as previous year. Over one third of refugees are moderately to severely food insecure, an increase compared to 2015. Families have exhausted their limited resources, and are having to adapt to survive on the bare minimum. Refugees continue to rely on harmful coping mechanisms to get by.

Analysis unit
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Household and individual.

Sampling procedure
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A two-stage cluster sampling methodology was utilized. The population was stratified by district and governorate in order to obtain representative information at both geographical levels.
To ensure geographical representativeness, 30 clusters were selected per district following a random methodology proportional to refugee population size. In each cluster, six randomly selected households were visited. In order to have representative information at the governorate level, additional clusters were selected in Beirut and Akkar, which are the only districts that are also governorates. All other governorates had more than one district to sample.

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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The questionnaire included key information on household demographics, arrival profile, registration, protection, shelter, WASH, assets, health, education, security, livelihoods, expenditures, food consumption, coping strategies, debts and assistance, as well as infant and young feeding practices.

Cleaning operations
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Data was edited and anonymised with local suppression and recoding. Few observations were removed because of their higher risk of identification.

摘要
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2016年叙利亚难民脆弱性评估（VASyR）对黎巴嫩叙利亚难民家庭的代表性样本进行了调查，以识别其状况的变化和趋势。此次评估为难民的生活状况提供了宝贵的洞见，从家庭规模到居住的住所，再到其经济脆弱性和食物不安全等方面。在本报告中，难民自身的观点为理解他们采取的生存策略、对他们自身状况及所获援助的认识提供了至关重要的视角。共调查了4596个家庭。
自成立以来，VASyR一直是塑造规划决策和项目设计的重要过程和合作伙伴。它是黎巴嫩支持和干预的基石。如同往年，人道主义机构将VASyR的调查结果纳入其项目规划和建议中。
由联合国难民事务高级专员公署（UNHCR）、联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）和世界粮食计划署（WFP, dataviz.vam.wfp.org）共同发布的评估报告显示，经济脆弱性至少与去年一样严重。超过三分之一的难民处于中度至重度食物不安全状态，与2015年相比有所增加。家庭已经耗尽其有限的资源，不得不适应在最低限度上生存。难民继续依赖有害的应对机制来维持生计。
分析单元
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家庭和个人。
抽样程序
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采用了两阶段聚类抽样方法。人口根据地区和省份进行分层，以便在地理层面获取代表性的信息。
为确保地理代表性，每个地区随机选择30个集群，其选择方法与难民人口规模成比例。在每个集群中，随机访问了六个家庭。为了在省份层面获取代表性信息，在贝鲁特和阿卡克选择了额外的集群，这两个地区既是地区也是省份。所有其他省份都有多个地区可供抽样。
数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]。
研究工具
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问卷包含了关于家庭人口统计、抵达情况、登记、保护、住所、卫生设施、资产、健康、教育、安全、生计、支出、食物消费、应对策略、债务和援助，以及婴儿和幼儿喂养实践的关键信息。
数据清理操作
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对数据进行编辑和匿名化处理，包括本地抑制和重新编码。由于识别风险较高，移除了少数观测值。