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UNHCR’s Results Monitoring Survey (RMS) in Nepal facilitates and streamlines surveybased data collection and monitors impact and outcome level results as part of Nepal’s Multi-Year Strategy 2023 – 2027. The primary objective of the RMS is to provide quality and timely data to enable UNHCR Nepal to improve its evidence–based planning and programming, allocate resources more effectively, demonstrate accountability, and inform communications and advocacy efforts.
UNHCR developed a standard RMS questionnaire which in Nepal was integrated into the Socio-Economic Assessment (SEA) survey in 2022. Both surveys were conducted in Jhapa, Morang and Kathmandu districts with information collected from 350 refugee and asylum-seeker households (240 in Jhapa, 71 in Morang and 39 in Kathmandu).
Background Characteristics
8 per cent of the household population were under 5 years and around 32 per cent were 17 years and below.
People aged 60 and above accounted for 10 per cent of the population. Almost half of the household population are married (44 per cent). The average household size was 4.8 persons and about two thirds of household heads were male.
Identity Credentials
81 per cent of respondents aged 5 and above hold government of Nepal census slips or marriage certificates, 54 per cent hold civil/government of Nepal issued ID cards, 26 per cent have birth certificates1 , 12 per cent hold student ID cards issued by a school/college while 2 per cent do not possess any documentation that could establish their identity. The population holding government of Nepal census slips or marriage certificates is in Jhapa (89 per cent) and Morang (91 per cent) because Bhutanese refugees were issued census slips by the government.
87 per cent of refugee children under 5 years had birth certificates from a hospital/health facility and 47 per cent of births were registered with civil authorities; none owned passports or any other legal document to facilitate travel. 7 per cent of refugee children under 5 years had no legal proof of their identity.