Tonga High Frequency Phone Survey of Households 2022, Round 1

The phone survey was conducted to gather data on the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 crisis, as well as the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga. Round 1 interviewed 2,527 households both in urban and rural regions of the country from April 12, 2022, to May 7, 2022. Survey topics included employment and income, food security, coping strategies, access to health services, asset ownership, and preparedness. While these findings are not without their caveats due to the lack of baseline data, constraints of the mobile phone survey methodology, and data quality constraints, they represent the best estimates to date and supplement other data on macroeconomic conditions, exports, firm-level information, etc. to develop an initial picture of the impacts of the crises on the population.

Version 01: Cleaned, labelled and anonymized version of the Master file.

-HOUSEHOLD: Basic Information, Livelihood, Assets (pre- and post-crises), Food Insecurity, Public Services, Coping Strategies, Preparedness.

• Collection start: 2022
• Collection end: 2022