Combined COVID-19 MENA Monitor Household Survey, CCMMHH- Nov-2020, Feb-2021, Apr-2021, Jun-2021, Aug-2021 - Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Sudan

Abstract --------------------------- The COVID-19 MENA Monitor Survey was led by the Economic Research Forum (ERF) to provide data for researchers and policy makers on the socio-economic and labor market impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on households. The ERF COVID-19 MENA Monitor Survey is constructed using a series of short panel phone surveys that are conducted every two months, covering topics such as demographic and household characteristics, education and children, labor market status, income, social safety net, employment and unemployment detection, employment characteristics, and social distancing. In addition to the survey's panel design, which will permit the study of various phenomena over time, the survey also takes into account the key demographic and socio-economic characteristics of each country in the questionnaires' design to understand the different distributional consequences of the impact of COVID-19 and responses to it. This design allows further study of the effect of the pandemic on different vulnerable groups including women, informal and irregular workers, low skilled workers, and youth. The COVID-19 MENA Monitor Survey consists of a set of harmonized surveys, including: -The “Poll on the effects of COVID-19 in Egypt” cross-sectional survey, conducted and prepared by the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion research “Baseera” in June 2020 and harmonized by ERF. This dataset is featured as Egypt's wave 1 for Household/Individual data. - The ERF COVID-19 MENA Monitor Survey is a wide-ranging, nationally representative panel survey. The baseline wave of this dataset was collected in October 2020 and is featured as wave 1 for Household/Individual data for Tunisia and Morocco. The second wave of this dataset was collected in February 2021 for Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan. The third wave was collected in April 2021 for Tunisia, Morocco, and Sudan. The fourth wave was collected in June 2021 for Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan. The fifth wave was collected in August 2021 for Sudan and Jordan, and harmonized by the Economic Research Forum (ERF). The harmonization was designed to create comparable data that can facilitate cross-country and comparative research. All the COVID-19 MENA Monitor surveys incorporate similar survey designs, with data on households and individuals within those households. Geographic coverage --------------------------- National Analysis unit --------------------------- Household and Individuals Universe --------------------------- The survey covered a national random sample of mobile phone users aged 18-64. Kind of data --------------------------- Sample survey data [ssd] Sampling procedure --------------------------- The sample universe for the household survey was mobile phone users aged 18-64. Random digit dialing (RDD), within the range of valid numbers, was used, with up to three attempts if a phone number was not picked up/answered, was disconnected or busy, or picked up but could not complete the interview at that time. Samples were stratified by country-specific market shares of mobile operators. The sample is designed to cover at least 2000 unique households and individuals. Attrition is addressed through the addition of refresher households in later waves to maintain that target. A question is included in the survey for the number of phone numbers within the household to weight appropriately. Further weighting of the household and individual samples was done to reflect the demographic composition of the population as obtained by the most recent publicly available data with individual phone ownership and relevant demographic and labour market characteristics. In the individual interview, respondents who are employers or self-employed were asked to respond to either the household enterprise or farmer modules. All respondents who consented to follow up in the prior wave were contacted in order to include them in the subsequent wave. Households will be followed up every two months up to a total of four interviews. Interviews are conducted by experienced survey research or polling firms in each country using computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) techniques. Mode of data collection --------------------------- Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]