Yemen Area Assessment Round 37 (March 2019)
BACKGROUND
DTM Yemen has been operational since 2015; there was a break in operations in the North of the country that began in November 2017, but activities resumed countrywide in July 2018. To date, there is coverage in all 22 Governorates, specifically in 333 districts and approximately 41,000 locations (villages and neighborhoods)1 across Yemen, implementing various assessment activities including the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT), the Baseline Sub-Area Assessment and Flow Monitoring Registries and Surveys. DTM Yemen also supports the humanitarian planning cycle (HNO/HRP) and clusters with implementation and data processing of the Multi-Cluster Location Assessment (MCLA).
METHODOLOGY
Sub-Area Assessment (Mobility Tracking)
The aim of the Sub-Area Assessment is to track and monitor IDP and returnee populations in Yemen. Information is collected on population size, area of origin, current location, duration of displacement, shelter types, priority needs and movement trends.
DTM has complete country coverage across all of Yemen, with active data collection taking place in all 22 governorates and 333 districts. For operational purposes for the assessment, there is further division into 2,287 sub-areas. These sub-areas are generally at the sub-district level, though some can be expanded to the district level and others condensed to the neighborhood level, depending on the population in the area to be assessed.
Data is collected through an extensive Key Informant (KI) network within the operational area. In the Yemen context, the suggested practice for field teams and implementing partners is to select KI representatives of both the host and IDP communities while adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence. This ensures that the selected KIs are the most relevant and appropriate individuals to ensure the successful implementation of the exercise. This round 9,917 Key Informants were interviewed to collect the data, of whom 5 per cent or 464 were female and 95 per cent or 9,453 were male.
Among the main outputs of the Sub-Area Assessment, is a list of locations where IDPs and/or returnees are present that can be used to inform more detailed assessments at the location level, including the annual Multi-Cluster Location Assessment (MCLA). DTM field staff, along with KIs, use the Sub-Area Assessment tool to capture locations, which are matched to the identified locations in the OCHA Common Operational Dataset (P-Codes).
Using a standardized and structured approach to the selection of KIs is a key step to ensuring that data collected in the Sub-Area Assessment is comprehensive and comparable across the different teams.
The Sub-Area Assessment tool is used to verify and update the baseline information in quarterly cycles (Rounds). Deployed DTM staff, called enumerators, are in regular communication with their KI network throughout each month and work continuously to maintain and expand this network to further triangulate the displacement statistics collected. The forms and definitions used can be accessed here.
The methodology of the Sub-Area Assessment is self-validating and strengthens the accuracy of the data through each round of assessment.
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-area-assessment-round-37-march-2019
