The Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 on Households in Cambodia, Report No. 5 : Results from the High-Frequency Phone Survey of Households Round 5 (1-21 March 2021)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects on households create an urgent need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis on the Cambodian people, especially the poo...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/833701624563697124/Main-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35868 |
| Summary: | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic and its effects on households create an urgent need
for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate
the social and economic impacts of the crisis on the
Cambodian people, especially the poor and most vulnerable.
To monitor the evolving socioeconomic impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic and inform policy responses and
interventions, the World Bank designed and conducted a
nationally representative High-Frequency Phone Survey (HFPS)
of households in Cambodia. The survey covers important and
relevant topics, including knowledge of COVID-19 and
adoption of preventative behaviors, economic activity and
income sources, access to basic goods and services, exposure
to shocks and coping mechanisms, and access to social
assistance. The survey will track the same households over
10 months, with selected respondents - typically the
household head - completing interviews every 8 weeks.
Monitoring the well-being of households over time will
improve understanding of the effects of, and household
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in near-real time. This
brief summarizes the findings of Round 5 (R5) of the HFPS.
The information presented is based on a sample of 1,688
households, of which 379 were drawn from the nationally
representative Living Standards Measurement Study Plus
(LSMS+) survey and 1,309 from the list of beneficiaries of
the conditional cash transfer program for pregnant women and
children under 2 with an IDPoor equity card (IDPoor sample).
IDPoor is Cambodia's national poverty identification
program and official targeting mechanism for programs that
support the poor. Unless otherwise noted, the results
presented are primarily drawn from the LSMS+ sample. To
trace the evolution of key indicators, the results of Round
5 (R5) implemented in March 2021 are compared against
results of Round 4 (R4) implemented in December 2020–January
2021, Round 3 (R3) implemented October–November 2020, Round
2 (R2) implemented August–September 2020, and Round 1 (R1)
implemented May–June 2020. |
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