DDI_BGR_2024_PDM-CBI_v01_M UN Refugee Agency Development Data Group 2025-01-21 NADA Identical to a metadata (UNHCR_BUL_2024_PDM) published on UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home). Some of the metadata fields have been edited. Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Interventions 2024 PDM-CBI 2024 BGR_2024_PDM-CBI_v01_M UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) UNHCR MetadataEditor Curation team Sample Frame, Households [sf/hh] Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned, and anonymised data. PDM Cash Assistance Needs assessment Cash Assistance Basic Needs Bulgaria Bulgaria Sample survey data [ssd] UN Refugee Agency Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati] Households This file contains the household data dictionary. 506 323 ID 506 A1. Date 506 A3. Country 464 42 A3. Province/District 464 42 Type of accommodation 506 Is the registered person available 506 Person not at home /present at interview location 130 376 Phone call not answered 130 376 Phone number not in use or out of reach 130 376 B4. What is your sex? 365 141 B5. What is your age? 365 141 B9. Does anyone in the household have a lot of difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing or remembering due to a health problem? 365 141 C1. How much cash (in BGN) did your household receive from UNHCR at the last distribution? 361 145 C2. Was the amount of money you received the same as the amount specified in the SMS you received from UNHCR? 365 141 C3. For what purpose did you receive cash assistance from UNHCR? 365 141 Multipurpose cash for basic needs, including among other food, water, utilities, clothes, rent/shelter, transport, communication etc. 365 141 Livelihoods - business start up 365 141 Livelihoods - Training 365 141 Education 365 141 Shelter 365 141 WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) 365 141 Protection 365 141 Food 365 141 C4. Did you receive the cash from UNHCR when you were expecting it? 364 142 C5. How long did you have to wait at Western Union to receive your cash? 365 141 C6. Did the person registered to receive the cash need help to get access to the cash? 365 141 C6a. If yes, why did they need help? 24 482 Did not know how to withdraw the payment 24 482 Limited mobility 24 482 No time to get the cash 24 482 Place of withdrawal of cash not accessible 24 482 No money to pay transport to withdraw the cash 24 482 Cannot understand instructions to access the money 24 482 Specify: 6 500 C6b. If yes, who gave help? 24 482 Family Member 24 482 Acquaintance (friend, neighbour etc.) 24 482 Distant relative 24 482 Stranger (e.g. person passing by on the street) 24 482 UNHCR or partner staff 24 482 Western Union agent 24 482 C6c. If yes, did they need to pay any money for this help? 24 482 C7a. If yes, why did they need help? 365 141 Did not know how to withdraw the payment 10 496 Limited mobility 10 496 No time to get the cash 10 496 Place of withdrawal of cash not accessible 10 496 No money to pay transport to withdraw the cash 10 496 Cannot understand instructions to access the money 10 496 C7b. If yes, who gave help? 10 496 Family Member 10 496 Acquaintance (friend, neighbour etc.) 10 496 Distant 10 496 Stranger 10 496 UNHCR 10 496 Bank or equivalent 10 496 C7c. If yes, did they need to pay any money for this help? 10 496 C9. Where did you go to spend the cash? 365 141 Permanent marketplace 365 141 Weekly or bi-weekly market 365 141 Small shops 365 141 Supermarket 365 141 Online 365 141 C10. How long did it take you to reach the place you spent the cash? 365 141 C11. How much did it cost you to go and come back to the place you spent the cash? 339 167 C12. Who is in possession of your payment mechanism (phone number used to receive the MTCN code) at present? 365 141 C13. Who in your household decided how the cash assistance should be spent? 365 141 C14. Was there any disagreement on use of the cash assistance within the household? 365 141 C15. Overall, how has the cash assistance impacted relations within your household? 365 141 D1. In general, to what extent were you satisfied with the process of receiving your cash assistance? 365 141 D1a. If somewhat satisfied or unsatisfied, can you explain why? 6 500 D2. Did you feel unsafe or at risk of harm receiving, keeping or spending the cash assistance? 365 141 D2a1. If yes, did you feel unsafe or at risk of harm going to receive/withdraw the money? 4 502 Going to the FSP (i.e. Western Union) 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value At the FSP (i.e. Western Union) 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Returning from the FSP (i.e. Western Union) 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Elsewhere, specify 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Elswhere, please specify 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D2a3. If yes, to any of the above, why did you not feel safe? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Physical violence, harassment, or threats 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Sexual violence 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Assault or robbery 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Riots/ clashes among recipients at the FSP (i.e. Western Union) 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Abductions 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Obstruction or restriction of access to assistance 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Attack by conflicting parties 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Attempts/ acts of sexual abuse and exploitation including sale of sex 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Verbal harassment/ inappropriate treatment 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D2b1. If yes, did you feel unsafe or at risk of harm keeping the money at home? 4 502 D2b2. If yes, why did you feel unsafe: 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Physical violence, harassment, or threats 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Sexual violence 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Assault or robbery 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Abductions 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Obstruction or restriction of access to assistance 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Attack by conflicting parties 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Attempts/ acts of sexual abuse and exploitation including sale of sex 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D2c1. Going to spend the money 4 502 D2c2. If yes, why did you feel unsafe: 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Physical violence, harassment, or threats 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Sexual violence 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Assault or robbery 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Abductions 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Obstruction or restriction of access to assistance 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Attack by conflicting parties 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Attempts/ acts of sexual abuse and exploitation including sale of sex 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Verbal harassment/ inappropriate treatment 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D2d1. Did anything else make you, your family or other recipients feel unsafe or at risk of harm related to the cash assistance? 4 502 D2d2. If yes, specify 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D3. Did you experience any technical (or other) problems receiving, withdrawing, keeping, or spending the cash from UNHCR? 365 141 If yes, what type of problems did you face? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D3a. The registered person was not available to withdraw or access the money? 13 493 D3b. Problems with access code (PIN code, identity documents, etc.)? 13 493 D3c. Poor service when getting or withdrawing the money? 13 493 D3c1. If yes, what type of poor service did you experience? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D3d2. Poor service when spending the money? 13 493 D3e1. Needed to pay additional money in order to get or withdraw the cash? 13 493 D3e2. If yes, who did you need to give money to? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D3e3. If yes, was the person a … ? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D3f1. Needed to pay additional money in order to spend cash? 13 493 D3f2. If yes, who did you need to give money to? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D3f3. If yes, was the person a … ? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D4. In general, did you have to give or share the amount received with any other person? 13 493 D4a. If yes, whom did you give part of the amount received? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D4b. If yes, how much did you give/ share? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D4c. If yes, did you give the amount you received willingly, out of mutual agreement or out of intimidation or force? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Willingly 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Out of mutual agreement 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Forced/ coerced/ intimidated 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D5. Did you have to or were you asked to do or give anything you did not want to (other than money), in order to receive, withdraw or spend your cash? 13 493 D5a. If yes, what were you asked or made to do? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D5b. If yes, who asked you to do this? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D6. Did you experience any other problems receiving, withdrawing or spending the cash from UNHCR? 13 493 D6a. If yes, what problems did you face? 6 500 D6b. Did you find a solution to your problem? 6 500 D6c. If no, what problems remain? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value E1. Were you able to find the items and services you needed in the markets and the shops? 365 141 E1a. If mostly or no, what items/services were not available? 13 493 E2. Were you able to find the right quality of items / services in the market place? 365 141 E2a. If mostly or no: What items / services were not available in sufficient quality? 13 493 E3. Has there been any increase in the price of any items / services in the last 4 weeks? 365 141 E3a. If yes, what items / services have increased in price? 158 348 F1. Of the cash you have received from UNHCR, how much have you spent already? 365 141 F2. What did you spend the UNHCR cash on? 365 141 Food 365 141 Water 365 141 Hygiene items 365 141 Health costs (including medicines and assistive devices such as crutches, wheelchairs) 365 141 Rent 365 141 Shelter repair (e.g. rehabilitation, extension, materials) 365 141 Household items (e.g. mattress, blankets, jerry can) 365 141 Firewood / Fuel for cooking or heating 365 141 Clothes / shoes 365 141 Utilities and bills (e.g. electricity, water bills, phone calling credit) 365 141 Assets or training for a livelihood activity (e.g. seeds, tools, farming, fishing, petty trade etc.) 365 141 Education (e.g. school fees, uniform, books) 365 141 Entertainment (including alcohol, cigarettes) 365 141 Transport 365 141 Debt repayment 365 141 Gave or sent some to other family members / relatives / friends 365 141 Legal assistance / documents 365 141 F3. Of these items/services which did you spend the most money on, ranked in order of importance? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value 1st choice 342 164 2nd choice 322 184 3rd choice 265 241 4th choice 153 353 5th choice 85 421 F4. What could you do or acquire thanks to cash assistance, that you would not have been able to do without the assistance (i.e., expenditures that you would not have been able to make without the assistance )? 365 141 Managed to acquire more food 365 141 Managed to eat more varied and more nutritious food 365 141 Managed to provide children with more food than before 365 141 Managed to meet healthcare needs / access better medical care 365 141 Managed to address unforeseen health expenses 365 141 Managed to pay rent 365 141 Managed to repay debts 365 141 Managed to send children to school and/or pay expenses related to primary education 365 141 Managed to help a household member access secondary / tertiary education / vocational training 365 141 Managed to improve school / training attendance 365 141 Managed to invest in productive assets for income generation / livelihoods 365 141 Managed to help relatives / family 365 141 Managed to buy menstrual hygiene management items 365 141 Managed to pay fees for documentation / legal assistance 365 141 Nothing, the assistance had no significant impact on the household 365 141 F5. Did you save any of the money? 365 141 F5a. If yes, where do you save the money? 51 455 Liquid cash at home 51 455 Saving group 51 455 Bank or equivalent 51 455 E-wallet 51 455 G1a. Improved your living conditions? 365 141 G1b. Reduced feelings of stress? 365 141 G1c. Reduced the need to resort to risky or harmful activities that you normally engage in or consider engaging in, such as child labour, engagement in hazardous labour, begging, sale and exchange of sex, child marriage, and exposure to risky movements? 365 141 G2. Overall, to what extent are you currently able to meet the basic needs of your household? 365 141 G3. In the past 4 weeks has your household needed to: 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value G3a. Stop a child from attending school (for economical reason)? 365 141 G3b. Sell livelihood/productive assets in order to buy food or basic goods? 365 141 G3c. Ask for money from strangers (begging)? 365 141 G3d. Move to a poorer quality shelter? 365 141 G3e. Send / continue to send household members under the age of 16 to work? 365 141 G3f. Send a member of the household to work far away? 365 141 G3g. Engage in activities for money or items that you feel puts you or other members of your household at risk of harm? 365 141 G3h. Skip paying rent / debt repayments to meet other needs? 365 141 G3i. Take out new loans or borrowed money? 365 141 G3j. Reduce expenditure on hygiene items, water, baby items, health, or education in order to meet household food needs? 365 141 G3k. Spent savings allocated for essential activities to meet food and other immediate basic needs such as housing, heating etc. 365 141 G4. Did your family experience problems in having enough food in the last 7 days? 365 141 If yes, 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: 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value G4a. Rely on less preferred and less expensive foods? 20 486 G4b. Borrow food, or rely on help from a friend or relative? 20 486 G4c. Limit portion size at mealtimes? 20 486 G4d. Restrict consumption by adults in order for small children to eat? 20 486 G4e. Reduce number of meals eaten in a day? 20 486 H1. As a result of the cash assistance, do you, or another member of your household: 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value H1a. Have a bank account or mobile money account or other official account? 365 141 H1b. Have the items (productive/livelihood assets) you need in order to earn a living? 365 141 H1c. Have access to loans, micro-credit? 365 141 H1d. Have been registered on Bulgarian social safety net programs? 365 141 I1. How did you receive information about UNHCR cash assistance? 365 141 Mass / community meetings 365 141 Via relatives, neighbours, friends 365 141 Via community leaders/representatives 365 141 UNHCR staff 365 141 NGOs staff or outreach volunteers 365 141 When visiting Help desk, Blue Dots, community centers 365 141 Text (SMS) message 365 141 Social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp) 365 141 UNHCR Help pages 365 141 Leaflets or other written material 365 141 I2. Did you feel you received adequate information about the cash assistance provided by UNHCR ? 365 141 I3. Is there any other information you would like to know about the cash assistance? 365 141 I3a. If yes, what additional information would you require? 295 211 Eligibility for cash assistance 295 211 Help/ support to withdraw and use of cash assistance 295 211 How to give complaints and feedback to agencies 295 211 What assistance is coming next 295 211 I missed the distribution of cash, how can I get my money? 295 211 Information on other UNHCR services 295 211 I4. What would be your preferred way of receiving information about cash assistance? 365 141 Mass / community meetings 365 141 Via relatives, neighbours, friends 365 141 Via community leaders/representatives 365 141 UNHCR staff 365 141 NGOs staff or outreach volunteers 365 141 When visiting Help desk, Blue Dots, community centers 365 141 Text (SMS) message 365 141 Social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp) 365 141 UNHCR Help pages 365 141 Leaflets or other written material 365 141 I5. Did you receive information about how to report complaints and feedback on cash assistance you received from UNHCR? 365 141 I6. Would you feel safe reporting feedback or a complaint to UNHCR? 365 141 I7. Did you have any complaints or feedback to give regarding the cash assistance you received from UNHCR? 365 141 I7a. If yes, did you report the complaints or feedback? 10 496 I7b. If yes, how did you report the complaints or feedback? 64 442 Via community leaders/ representatives 64 442 Via community mobilisers/ outreach volunteers (non-UNHCR/NGO staff) 64 442 UNHCR staff 64 442 Hotline (phone, WhatsApp, Viber, etc.) 3 503 When visiting Help desk, Blue Dots, community centers 64 442 Through the link to the form received in the eligibility SMS message 64 442 UNHCR Help page form 64 442 17c. If yes, did you feel you received a timely response to your complaint or feedback? 7 499 17d. If you did not report your complaint or feedback, please explain why 3 503 I8. What would be your preferred way to report complaints and feedback? 365 141 Via community leaders/ representatives 365 141 Community UNHCR 365 141 UNHCR staff 365 141 NGO staff 365 141 Hotline (phone, WhatsApp, Viber, etc.) 365 141 Through the link to the form received in the eligibility SMS message 365 141 Do not know 365 141 When visiting Help desk, Blue Dots, community centers 365 141 UNHCR Help page form 365 141 I9. In future, if you would have to choose between receiving the assistance in the form of cash or in the form of in-kind (food or non-food items), what would you choose? 365 141 I9a. If in-kind or combination, why would you prefer in-kind or combination? 18 488 Accessing the cash is difficult (due to mobility, network coverage, liquidity etc.) 18 488 Cash feels as a risk for safety (e.g., fear of robbery, crime etc.) 18 488 Cash increases tension in the family 18 488 Cash increases tension in the communities 18 488 Required items are not easily available in the market 18 488 Shopkeepers will increase the price of items if cash is provided 18 488 The cash amount is not enough to buy the in-kind items (i.e., the value of in-kind has increased due to inflation or other, but the value of cash assistance has not) 18 488 Same way as now 6 500 I10. If cash was to continue, how would you prefer to receive the money? 343 163 I10a. If different, how would you prefer to receive the money? 7 499 Bank account 7 499 Pre-paid card 7 499 Mobile money 7 499 Virtual wallet 7 499 Cash in hand (physical cash) 7 499 A7a. If not, why? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Person not at home /present at interview location 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Phone call not answered 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Phone number not in use or out of reach 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value C4. Did you receive the cash from UNHCR when you were expecting it? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Yes 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value No 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Don't know 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value C11. How much did it cost you to go and come back to the place you spent the cash? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D2a1. If yes, did you feel unsafe or at risk of harm going to receive/withdraw the money?/ If yes why: 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D3e1. Needed to pay additional money in order to get or withdraw the cash? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D3e2. If yes, who did you need to give money to? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D4. In general, did you have to give or share the amount received with any other person? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Yes 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value No 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D4a. If yes, whom did you give part of the amount received? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Relatives 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Community/ camp leaders 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Local authority/ government officials 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Security officers or similar 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Humanitarian workers 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value FSP agents 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D4b. If yes, how much did you give/ share? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D4c. If yes, did you give the amount you received willingly, out of mutual agreement or out of intimidation or force? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Willingly 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Out of mutual agreement 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Forced/ coerced/ intimidated 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value D5a. If yes, what were you asked or made to do? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value E2. Were you able to find the right quality of items / services in the market place? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value H1c. Have access to loans, micro-credit? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value I7a. If yes, did you report the complaints or feedback? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value I7b. If yes, how did you report the complaints or feedback? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value I9a. If in-kind or combination, why would you prefer in-kind or combination? 506 FALSE 1 TRUE Missing value Household size 502 4