World Bank Survey on Ukrainian Refugees in Italy 2024
Italy, 2023 - 2024
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ITA_2024_UKR-REF_v01_M
World Bank Survey on Ukrainian Refugees in Italy 2024
UKR-REF 2024
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Italy | ITA |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many school-age Ukrainian refugees arrived in Europe, including in Italy, raising the need to protect their human capital and integrate them into new educational systems. Focusing on Italy, this survey aims to investigate how Ukrainian refugee children between 11 and 19 years old are adjusting to a foreign country, exploring the prevalence of factors that can hinder or facilitate their integration.
The World Bank, in collaboration with the Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale - CeSPI ETS (CeSPI), has collected survey data on Ukrainian refugees’ children and their caregivers between December 2023 and July 2024. The objective of the survey is to provide a detailed picture of the learning gaps and needs of forcibly displaced Ukrainian children in Italy.
The survey uses two main survey instruments: a caregiver questionnaire and a child questionnaire. The former is aimed to a person that can be identified as the adult (either formally or informally) responsible of the Ukrainian student in Italy, while the latter is administered to the each Ukrainian student individually.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Individual
Scope
The World Bank Survey on Ukrainian refugees in Italy covered the following topics:
STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRE
- Socio-demographic information
- Schooling history
- Education aspirations
- Schooling environment
- Youth empowerment
- Bullying
- Growth mindset
- Language skill
- Social network
- Personal well-being
- Assistance
CAREGIVER QUESTIONNAIRE
- Socio-demographic information
- Employment in Italy
- Displacement history
- Dwelling
- Access to information
- Mobility
Coverage
National coverage
The survey covered all 20 Italian regions
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale - CeSPI ETS (CeSPI) | Independent |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Collaborated in design, implementation and analysis |
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| World Bank Group | WBG | Funded the study |
Sampling
Due to the impossibility to adopt a probabilistic sampling, survey respondents were primarily recruited by requesting contact information of caregivers of Ukrainian refugee students enrolled in Italian schools, as identified by student enrollment data provided by the Italian Ministry of Education.
Moreover, further contacts have been recruited through a series of organizations (327) that had previously assisted Ukrainian refugee children aged 11-19 years and by posting links and QR codes to access the questionnaires for children and caregivers on the UNHCR Italy's Telegram channel.
The number of observations in the final sample is of 248 students and 362 caregivers interviewed.
The survey is not representative of Ukrainian refugee children in Italy and results cannot be extrapolated beyond the respondents.
Survey instrument
The World Bank Survey on Ukrainian refugees in Italy consists of two questionnaires for each category of respondent (the student and the related caregiver). The Student Questionnaire was administered to each Ukrainian student interviewed. The Caregiver Questionnaire was administered to eligible adult responsible (formally or informally) of the Ukrainian student(s) participating in the survey (the same caregiver is interviewed in case is identified as the responsible adult of more than one student participating in the survey).
The World Bank Survey on Ukrainian refugees in Italy Caregiver Questionnaire includes the following modules: Socio-demographic information; Employment in Italy; Displacement history; Dwelling; Access to information; Mobility; Brief Parental Self Efficacy Scale; Believes on child’s achievement and well-being; Financial services; Contact info; Social integration; Personal well-being; and Assistance.
The World Bank Survey on Ukrainian refugees in Italy Child Questionnaire includes the following modules: Socio-demographic information; Schooling history; Education aspirations; Schooling environment; Youth empowerment; Bullying; Growth mindset; Language skill; Social network; Personal well-being; and Assistance.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2023-12 | 2024-07 |
- Other [oth]
Interviews were self-conducted by the respondent independently, using a CAWI modality for the data collection. The link and the password for accessing both questionnaires were directly sent to the contact email or phone number provided by the participant caregiver (i.e. the person who cared for the child, whose contact information has been shared and that gave the consent for the student participation to the survey).
A team of 14 enumerators, supervised by 4 supervisors from the survey firm, contributed to the data collection. Their role was to contact all caregivers as a reminder for the completion of their questionnaires during the data collection phase.
Data Access
| Confidentiality declaration text |
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| Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree: 1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the data depositor. 2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files. 3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the data depositor. |
Public use files, accessible to all
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
• the Identification of the Primary Investigator
• the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
• the survey reference number
• the source and date of download
World Bank, World Bank Survey on Ukrainian refugees in Italy. Ref ITA_2024_UKR-REF_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from www.microdata.worldbank.org on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Tiberti | World Bank Group | mtiberti@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_ITA_2024_UKR-REF_v01_M
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | DECDG | World Bank Group | Documentation of the survey |
2024-12-13
Metadata version
Version 01 (December 2024)