Monitoring and Assessing Distributional Impact of COVID-19 in Armenia with High Frequency Phone Survey: Follow-up Surveys in 2021

Monitoring and Assessing Distributional Impact of COVID-19 in Armenia with High Frequency Phone Survey: Follow-up Surveys in 2021

Date: 01-06-2021 - 30-07-2021
Status: Completed
Funder: World Bank
Impact area: Equality Healthcare
Objective:

The research aims to conduct a representative CATI survey with citizens in Armenia to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects related to poverty and inequality. These data will inform the WBG’s work related to the pandemic. The two phases of the survey aim to:

(1) monitor changes related to poverty, vulnerability and COVID-19 by location and socioeconomic status;

(2) assess poverty and the distributional impact of COVID-19;

(3) measure the skill sets of working age members of lowincome families and migrants.

Activities:
  • Conducting 2000 CATI-based interviews throughout Armenia in two waves (gathering data representative at a national level):
  • Sampling;
  • Piloting and finalization of the survey instruments;
  • Training of the enumerators;
  • Data collection;
  • Fieldwork quality control;
  • Data processing;
  • Final dataset.