COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Rwanda, Round 2

Author(s)
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Release Year 2021
Regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
Themes
  • Nutrition and health
  • Women's empowerment
  • Climate change
Source HARVARD Dataverse
Temporal coverage -
Usage Rights
Access Limited
License CC-BY
Disclaimer

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Methodology
Instrument Structured questionnaire
Sampling A sample of about 500 individuals was drawn using systematic random sampling from an existing list of phone numbers from previous household surveys which were conducted in the Kigali city, Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western provinces of Rwanda. The second wave of phone surveys was conducted in October 2021 with 501 respondents. Female respondents represent about 44 percent of the sample. The survey targeted one principal decision maker in a household, either male or female
Unit of analysis Individual Household
Universe Farmers from Kigali city, Southern, Western, Northern, and Eastern provinces of Rwanda
Contact point IFPRI-Data
DOI https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/J6EAD6
Funding Organisations Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Providers International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
full citation International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2022. COVID-19 Impact on Rural Men and Women in Rwanda, Round 2. Washington, DC: IFPRI [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/J6EAD6. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

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Abstract

This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Rwanda. The impact of COVID-19 can affect women and men in different ways: as an income shock (directly or indirectly); as a health and caring shock; as a shock of mobility (affecting access to water, food, firewood, schooling); and as a risk of increased domestic conflict and violence. To capture these various effects on household welfare, this phone survey was conducted with (around) 500 individuals randomly drawn from an existing list of phone numbers collected from previous household surveys with 223women and 278 men. At the time of data collection, COVID-19 caseloads were considerably slowing in Rwanda. The focus was on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on work and income; food and nutrition security; mobility and migration; household conflicts during the pandemic and access to services. The same individuals were also interviewed during other rounds to generate a longitudinal panel allowing for analysis of the impact of COVID-19 through time.