DDI_MYS_2021_PDM_v01_M UN Refugee Agency Development Economics Data Group 2023-02-15 NADA Version 01 (February 2023): This metadata was downloaded from the UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home) and it is identical to UNHCR version (UNHCR_MYS_2021_PDM_anon_data_v2.1). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document ID and Survey ID. Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention 2021 PDM 2021 MYS_2021_PDM_v01_M UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) NADA Curation team Other Household Survey [hh/oth] Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data. Cash Assistance Basic Needs Malaysia The survey covers returnee households that received CBI in 2021 in Malaysia Census/enumeration data [cen] MRA TCF Face-to-face [f2f] Household data Anonymized Household data 0 150 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49 49 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69 70 70 71 71 72 72 73 73 74 74 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 82 82 83 83 84 84 85 85 86 86 87 87 88 88 89 89 90 90 91 91 92 92 93 93 94 94 95 95 96 96 97 97 98 98 99 99 100 100 101 101 102 102 103 103 104 104 105 105 106 106 107 107 108 108 109 109 110 110 111 111 112 112 113 113 114 114 115 115 116 116 117 117 118 118 119 119 120 120 121 121 122 122 123 123 124 124 125 125 126 126 127 127 128 128 129 129 130 130 131 131 132 132 133 133 134 134 135 135 136 136 137 137 138 138 139 139 140 140 141 141 142 142 143 143 144 144 145 145 146 146 147 147 148 148 149 149 150 150 151 151 152 152 153 153 154 154 155 155 156 156 157 157 158 158 159 159 160 160 161 161 162 162 163 163 164 164 165 165 166 166 167 167 168 168 169 169 170 170 171 171 172 172 173 173 174 174 175 175 176 176 177 177 178 178 179 179 180 180 181 181 182 182 183 183 184 184 185 185 186 186 187 187 188 188 189 189 190 190 191 191 192 192 193 193 194 194 195 195 196 196 197 197 198 198 199 199 200 200 201 201 202 202 203 203 204 204 205 205 206 206 207 207 208 208 209 209 210 210 211 211 212 212 213 213 214 214 215 215 216 216 217 217 218 218 219 219 220 220 221 221 222 222 223 223 A1. Date 1 Johor 2 Kedah 3 Other 4 Kuala_lumpur 5 Pahang 6 Penang 7 Selangor A6. Is the person registered to receive the cash from MRA, or another member of their household over the age of 18, available for this survey? 1 yes B1. Do you agree to continue with this survey? 1 yes 1 female 2 male 3 other B5. What is your age? 1 35_or_younger 2 36_or_older B6. Are you the person registered to receive the cash assistance from MRA? 1 no 2 yes 2 0.00591715976331361 3 0.0123456790123457 4 0.015625 5 0.0165289256198347 6 0.02 7 0.0204081632653061 8 0.0277777777777778 9 0.03125 10 0.04 11 0.046875 12 0.0555555555555555 13 0.0612244897959184 14 0.0625 15 0.08 16 0.111111111111111 17 0.222222222222222 18 0.25 19 0.5 2 0.00826446280991735 3 0.0118343195266272 4 0.015625 5 0.02 6 0.0204081632653061 7 0.0277777777777778 8 0.03125 9 0.04 10 0.0408163265306123 11 0.046875 12 0.0555555555555555 13 0.0612244897959184 14 0.0625 15 0.08 16 0.0833333333333333 17 0.111111111111111 18 0.12 19 0.125 20 0.222222222222222 21 0.25 2 0.015625 3 0.02 4 0.0204081632653061 5 0.0236686390532545 6 0.0247933884297521 7 0.0277777777777778 8 0.03 9 0.03125 10 0.04 11 0.0408163265306123 12 0.046875 13 0.0555555555555555 14 0.0612244897959184 15 0.0617283950617284 16 0.0625 17 0.08 18 0.111111111111111 19 0.12 20 0.125 21 0.16 22 0.2 23 0.222222222222222 24 0.25 25 0.5 26 1 2 0.015625 3 0.0204081632653061 4 0.0277777777777778 5 0.04 6 0.0625 7 0.111111111111111 8 1 2 0.0277777777777778 3 0.04 4 0.0408163265306123 5 0.0414201183431952 6 0.046875 7 0.0495867768595041 8 0.0555555555555555 9 0.06 10 0.0612244897959184 11 0.0625 12 0.07 13 0.0740740740740741 14 0.08 15 0.0816326530612244 16 0.0833333333333333 17 0.09375 18 0.102040816326531 19 0.111111111111111 20 0.12 21 0.122448979591837 22 0.125 23 0.138888888888889 24 0.16 25 0.1875 26 0.2 27 0.222222222222222 28 0.25 29 0.333333333333333 30 0.5 31 1 2 0.0118343195266272 3 0.015625 4 0.0204081632653061 5 0.0277777777777778 6 0.03125 7 0.04 8 0.0408163265306123 9 0.046875 10 0.0555555555555555 11 0.0625 12 0.08 13 0.111111111111111 14 0.12 15 0.125 16 0.25 2 0.00591715976331361 3 0.0123456790123457 4 0.015625 5 0.0165289256198347 6 0.02 7 0.0204081632653061 8 0.0277777777777778 9 0.03125 10 0.04 11 0.0408163265306123 12 0.046875 13 0.0555555555555555 14 0.0612244897959184 15 0.0625 16 0.08 17 0.0833333333333333 18 0.111111111111111 19 0.12 20 0.125 21 0.16 22 0.222222222222222 23 0.25 24 0.5 2 0.01 3 0.015625 4 0.0177514792899408 5 0.02 6 0.0204081632653061 7 0.0246913580246913 8 0.0247933884297521 9 0.0277777777777778 10 0.03125 11 0.04 12 0.0408163265306123 13 0.0555555555555555 14 0.0612244897959184 15 0.0625 16 0.08 17 0.111111111111111 18 0.125 19 0.222222222222222 20 0.25 21 0.5 2 0.0204081632653061 3 0.03125 4 0.04 5 0.0625 2 0.0204081632653061 3 0.0277777777777778 4 0.03 5 0.03125 6 0.0355029585798817 7 0.037037037037037 8 0.04 9 0.0408163265306123 10 0.0413223140495868 11 0.0555555555555555 12 0.0612244897959184 13 0.0625 14 0.078125 15 0.08 16 0.0816326530612244 17 0.0833333333333333 18 0.102040816326531 19 0.111111111111111 20 0.12 21 0.125 22 0.138888888888889 23 0.16 24 0.1875 25 0.2 26 0.222222222222222 27 0.25 28 0.333333333333333 29 0.5 Household size 1 0.1 2 0.25 3 0.428571428571429 4 0.5 5 0.615384615384615 6 0.666666666666667 7 0.75 8 1 9 1.18181818181818 10 1.25 11 1.5 12 1.71428571428571 13 2.125 14 2.14285714285714 15 2.2 16 2.33333333333333 17 2.375 18 3 19 3.2 20 3.5 21 4 22 4.4 23 4.75 24 6 25 7 26 7.33333333333333 27 7.66666666666667 28 11 29 12 30 22 C2. Was this the amount you were expecting to receive? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes C3. Did you receive the cash from MRA on the day you were informed by MRA? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes C3a. Did you receive the cash in time to meet your most urgent essential needs 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes C4. Did the person registered to receive the cash need help to receive or spend the cash assistance? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes C5. Where did you go to spend the cash? Don't know 2 1 C5. Where did you go to spend the cash? Local market 2 1 C5. Where did you go to spend the cash? Local shop 2 1 C5. Where did you go to spend the cash? Supermarket 2 1 C5. Where did you go to spend the cash? Wholesalers 2 1 C5. Where did you go to spend the cash? Other 2 1 C6. How long did it take you to reach the place you spent the cash? 1 15_30_minutes 2 30_45_minutes 3 45_60_minutes 4 don_t_know 5 less_than_15_m 6 more_one_hr C7. How much did it cost you to go and come back to the place you spent the cash? 1 1_to_10 2 10_above 3 Did_not_spend 4 don_t_know C8. Who in your household decided how the cash assistance should be spent? 1 both__husband_ 2 Female_HH 3 Male_HHH 4 other 5 Single_individual_household 6 the_whole_hous 7 your_mother_or C9. Was there any disagreement on use of the cash assistance? 1 no___there_was 2 some___we_disc 3 yes___we_disag C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? Formal income generating activities e.g. any business or activities generating money, or salary 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? Informal income generating activities e.g. casual /seasonal labour 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? Savings 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? Remittances 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? Support from friends / family (locally) 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? Loans (debt or credit) 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? NGOs/agencies – giving cash support 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? NGOs/agencies – giving material support 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? NGOs/agencies – giving other support 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? None 2 1 C10. What other sources of income or support has your household received or used in the last 4 weeks? Other 2 1 C11. Did you experience loss of income as a result of the pandemic/lockdown? 1 no 2 yes C12. How many individuals generated income in your household in the last 4 weeks? 1 no 2 yes C11b. If Yes, how much are you earning compared to your previous income? 1 Dont_know 2 Half 3 Less_than_half 4 More_than_half 5 Same_income C12. How many individuals generated income in your household in the last 4 weeks? 1 3_or_more 2 none 3 one 4 two C13. Are any of the working individuals in your household children? 1 no 2 yes C13a. if Yes, what is the gender of the working children in your household? 1 boys D1a. Going to withdraw or get the money? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes D1b. Deciding how to spend the money? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes D1c. Keeping the money at home? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes D1d. Going to spend the money? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes D1e. Did anything else make you feel unsafe or at risk of harm related to the cash assistance? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes D2a. The registered person is not available to receive or access the money? 1 no 2 yes D2b. Market/shop trader/wholesaler refused to serve you? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes D2c. Needed to pay additional money or do favours in order to receive or spend cash? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes D2ea. Who did you need to give money or favours to? Another household member 2 1 D2ea. Who did you need to give money or favours to? Another family member (outside the household) 2 1 D2ea. Who did you need to give money or favours to? Friend 2 1 D2ea. Who did you need to give money or favours to? Community leader 2 1 D2ea. Who did you need to give money or favours to? Stranger D2ea. Who did you need to give money or favours to? Bank/mobile money/FSP agent D2ea. Who did you need to give money or favours to? Shopkeeper D2ea. Who did you need to give money or favours to? Other 2 1 D2f. Did you experience any other problems receiving or spending the cash from UNHCR? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes E1. Were you able to find the items/services you needed in the markets/shops? 1 don_t_know 2 mostly 3 yes E1a. What items/services were not available? 1 Cooking Oil 2 MEDICINE 3 Most items able to get 4 no issue 5 Some Vegetables and Rice 6 Suger, Salt, and others E2. Were you able to find the right quality of items/services in the market? 1 don_t_know 2 mostly 3 yes E3. Has there been any increase in the price of any items/services in the last 4 weeks? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes F1. Of the cash you have received from MRA, how much have you spent already? 1 all 2 half 3 less_than_half 4 more_than_half F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Food 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Water 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Hygiene items 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Health costs (including medicines) 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Rent 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Shelter repair (e.g. rehabilitation, materials) 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Household items (e.g. mattress, blankets, jerry can) 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Firewood / Fuel for cooking or heating 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Clothes / shoes 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Utilities and bills (e.g. electricity, water bills, cooking gas, phone calling credit) 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Assets for a livelihood activity (e.g tools, petty trade, sewing machine etc) F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Education (e.g. school fees, uniform, books) 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Entertainment (including alcohol, cigarettes) F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Transport 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Debt repayment 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Gave some to other family members / relatives / friends 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Legal assistance / documents 2 1 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? Other (please specify) 2 1 Please rank in order of importance 1 1 debt_repayment 2 food 3 health_costs 4 hygiene_items 5 rent 6 utilities_and_ Please rank in order of importance 2 1 clothes_shoes 2 debt_repayment 3 education 4 food 5 health_costs 6 hygiene_items 7 other 8 rent 9 utilities_and_ 10 water Please rank in order of importance 3 1 clothes_shoes 2 debt_repayment 3 education 4 firewood_fuel 5 food 6 health_costs 7 Household_item 8 hygiene_items 9 other 10 rent 11 Shelter_repair 12 utilities_and_ 13 water Please rank in order of importance 4 1 clothes_shoes 2 debt_repayment 3 education 4 firewood_fuel 5 food 6 gave_some_to_o 7 health_costs 8 Household_item 9 hygiene_items 10 legal_assistance_documents 11 rent 12 transport 13 utilities_and_ 14 water Please rank in order of importance 5 1 clothes_shoes 2 debt_repayment 3 education 4 firewood_fuel 5 health_costs 6 Household_item 7 hygiene_items 8 rent 9 transport 10 utilities_and_ 11 water F4. if you did not spend the whole amount received, did you save some of the money? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes G1a. Improved your living conditions? 1 moderately 2 not_at_all 3 significantly 4 slightly G1b. Reduced the financial burden of your household? 1 moderately 2 not_at_all 3 significantly 4 slightly G1c. Reduced feelings of stress? 1 moderately 2 not_at_all 3 significantly 4 slightly G2. Overall, to what extent are you currently able to meet the basic needs of your household? 1 All 2 don_t_know 3 Half 4 less_half 5 more_half 6 not_at_all G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Food 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Water 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Hygiene items 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Health costs (including medicines) 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Rent 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Shelter repair (e.g. rehabilitation, materials) 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Household items (e.g. mattress, blankets, jerry can) 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Firewood / Fuel for cooking or heating 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Clothes / shoes 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Utilities and bills (e.g. electricity, water bills, cooking gas, phone calling credit) 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Assets for a livelihood activity (e.g tools, petty trade, sewing machine etc) G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Education (e.g. school fees, uniform, books) 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Entertainment (including alcohol, cigarettes) 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Transport 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Debt repayment 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Gave some to other family members / relatives / friends 2 1 G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Legal assistance / documents G2a. If more than half (but not all), half, a little or not at all: Which of your household’s basic needs can you not afford? Other (please specify) 2 1 a. Stop a child from attending school/learning centre? 1 no 2 yes b. Sell livelihood/productive assets in order to buy food or basic goods? (e.g. sold items such as a car, motorbike, plough, sewing machine, tools, seed stock, livestock, productive land) 1 no 2 yes c. Ask for money from strangers (begging)? 1 no 2 yes d. Move to a poorer quality shelter or experience homelessness? 1 no 2 yes e. Send household members under the age of 16 to work? 1 no 2 yes f. Send a member of the household to work far away? 1 no 2 yes g. Engage in activities for money or items that you feel puts you or other members of your household at risk of harm? 1 no 2 yes h. Skip paying rent / debt repayments to meet other needs? 1 no 2 yes i. Take out new loans or borrowed money? 1 no 2 yes j. Reduce expenditure hygiene items, water, baby items, health, or education in order to meet household food needs? 1 no 2 yes G4. In the past 7 days, if there have been times when you did not have enough food or did not have enough money to buy food, how often has your household had to: a. Rely on less preferred and less expensive foods? 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 6 8 7 G4. In the past 7 days, if there have been times when you did not have enough food or did not have enough money to buy food, how often has your household had to: b. Borrow food, or rely on help from a friend or relative? 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 6 8 7 G4. In the past 7 days, if there have been times when you did not have enough food or did not have enough money to buy food, how often has your household had to: c. Limit portion size at mealtimes? 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 7 G4. In the past 7 days, if there have been times when you did not have enough food or did not have enough money to buy food, how often has your household had to: d. Restrict consumption by adults in order for small children to eat? 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 7 G4. In the past 7 days, if there have been times when you did not have enough food or did not have enough money to buy food, how often has your household had to: e. Reduce number of meals eaten in a day? 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 6 8 7 H1. (as a result of the cash assistance), do you, or another member of your household: a. Have a bank account or mobile money account or other official account? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes H1. (as a result of the cash assistance), do you, or another member of your household: b. Have the items (productive/livelihood assets) you need in order to earn a living? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes H1. (as a result of the cash assistance), do you, or another member of your househoc. C. Have access to loans, micro-credit? 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes H1. (as a result of the cash assistance), do you, or another member of your househoc. Have access to loans, micro-credit? d. Have access to informal jobs 1 don_t_know 2 no 3 yes H1. (as a result of the cash assistance), do you, or another member of your househoc. Have access to loans, micro-credit? e. How many individuals in the household of working age are interested to work? (including part time and full time job) 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 I1. How did you hear about UNHCR cash assistance? 1 other 2 social_media__facebook__twitte 3 unhcr_hotline 4 unhcr_ngos_staff 5 via_community_leaders 6 via_relatives__neighbors__frie I2. Is there any other information you would like to know about the cash assistance? Eligibility for cash assistance 2 1 I2. Is there any other information you would like to know about the cash assistance? Distribution date, time and location 2 1 I2. Is there any other information you would like to know about the cash assistance? How to spend the cash assistance 2 1 I2. Is there any other information you would like to know about the cash assistance? How to give complaints and feedback to agencies 2 1 I2. Is there any other information you would like to know about the cash assistance? What assistance is coming next 2 1 I2. Is there any other information you would like to know about the cash assistance? Other (please specify) 2 1 I2. Is there any other information you would like to know about the cash assistance? None (Don’t want any additional information) 2 1 I3. Do you know how you can report complaints and feedback on the cash assistance from UNHCR? 1 no 2 yes I4. If the assistance could be started again would you prefer: 1 cash 2 combination_of_cash_and_items 3 items_inkind_food_or_non_food_items 4 other