Yemen - Mobile Phone Survey Monitoring Round I, 2022

The survey draws on a probability sample of 1,297 adult Yemenis (18 years of age and older) with mobile phones, targeted across 21 governorates based on the latest population projections. Interviews were conducted over the phone in August and September 2022, using a questionnaire consisting of four sections mainly focusing on labor market experiences and food insecurity. Although the survey was implemented over the phone, it is expected to have adequate coverage of the target population, as mobile phone ownership was widespread in Yemen prior to the start of the conflict. According to the Household Budget survey of 2014, 81 percent of households owned a mobile phone. While there is no recent national level data on mobile phone ownership, representative data of areas under IRG control show that mobile phone ownership increased from 84 percent in 2014 to 92 percent in 2021 (Yemen Human Development Survey 2021). Additionally, a study comparing the number of mobile phones households owned in the World Food Programme (WFP) mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM) phone survey finds a similar number to that of the last nationally representative survey, the 2014 Household Budget Survey (HBS), except for some governorates where the number of mobile phones declined due to significant population migration.