World Bank Migrant Survey

A face-to-face survey of migrant and refugee families at the height of the reception crisis.

Scale

1,684 families, plus 1,013 individuals who also took the PIAAC literacy assessment

Reach

Greece, selected regions

Duration

2.7 months, February to May 2017

Team

5 interviewing teams, four Arabic-speaking and one Farsi and Dari-speaking, each with one supervisor and four to seven interviewers

Effort

57 professional staff-months

Client

The World Bank Group

Our role

Prime contractor

Period

February to May 2017

Geography

Greece, selected regions

Population

Migrants and refugees resident in Greece

Mode and platform

Face-to-face CAPI, Survey Solutions

Languages

Arabic, Farsi and Dari

Quality standard

Field supervisors travelled with their teams, handled day-to-day supervision and logistics including liaison with migrant centre personnel, and performed quality control on the information their teams collected.

What the data fed

The World Bank's evidence base on the economic and social integration of refugees and migrants in destination countries

Scope of our work

✓ Sampling frame✓ Sample design✓ Questionnaire and translation✓ Programming and testing✓ Pilot✓ Recruitment and training✓ Fieldwork✓ Monitoring✓ Back-checks and quality control✓ Data cleaning and weighting✓ Delivery✓ Reporting and dissemination

Results

1,684 families interviewed in the main survey and 1,013 individuals assessed on PIAAC, delivered as a documented and weighted dataset.