Harmonized Host and Refugee Labor Market Survey 2022

[Further described in "Harmonized Host and Refugee Labor Market Survey in Ethiopia, Sampling Description" documentation.]

The sample design included 150 initial enumeration areas in Addis Ababa and 79 EAs in Somali region. These EAs were selected using probability proportionate to size where size is measured by the number of households. The enumeration areas were selected based on the sample frame prepared for the population census of Ethiopia planned for 2020 but not implemented due to the COVID pandemic and overall security challenges in the country. The Ethiopian Central Statistical Service (CSS) conducted the selection of the EAs and provided their list along with detailed maps of the areas.

Using maps of the selected enumeration areas provided by CSS, the study team conducted the listing of all households in the selected EAs with door-to-door visits. The listing exercise was carried out during February-March 2022 in Addis Ababa and during May-June 2022 in Somali region by a team of local field workers recruited and trained for this purpose.

In Addis Ababa, we employed adaptive cluster sampling (ACS) to capture enough refugee households. Using the listing of households in the initial 150 clusters in Ababa, we identified those EAs that have 10 percent or more refugee households and conducted the listing of all their neighbors. This resulted in listing additional 71 EAs clusters that are identified as neighbors to these initial clusters. The exer-cise served as a basis for selection of both refugees and national households in Addis Ababa.

In general, the sample design is a two-stage sample, with an extra third stage for individuals random-ly selected in households (RSI). Within each household, one person is selected at random (RSI) from the list of the eligible members: persons aged between 18 and 65 years old in a national household; or refugees aged between 18 and 65 years old in a non-national household.