Consuming Urban Poverty Survey 2016-2017
Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 2016 - 2017
Get Microdata
Reference ID
afr-acc-cups-2016-2017-v1
Producer(s)
Consuming Urban Poverty Project, African Centre for Cities,
Collections
Created on
Jul 18, 2019
Last modified
Oct 17, 2022
Page views
9549
Downloads
4428
Identification
Survey ID Number
afr-acc-cups-2016-2017-v1
Title
Consuming Urban Poverty Survey 2016-2017
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Kenya | ken |
| Zambia | zmb |
| Zimbabwe | zwe |
Study type
Household Survey [hh]
Abstract
The Consuming Urban Poverty (CUP) project - based at the University of Cape Town’s African Centre for Cities - sought to generate an understanding of the connections between poverty, governance, urban space, and food. CUP research focused on secondary cities in three countries: Kisumu, Kenya; Kitwe, Zambia; and Epworth, Zimbabwe.The research included three quantitative surveys: A retail mapping exercise, a food vendor and retailer survey, and a household survey. Over 2,200 households and 1,200 food retailers were interviewed (between April 2016 and February 2017) in the three secondary cities. In addition, nearly 4,500 traders were mapped as part of a retailer census in these cities. The surveys examined the nature of the urban food system and the experience of food poverty. Qualitative in-depth interviews were also carried out in households across the three cities. A qualitative reverse value chain assessment was also undertaken, which traced five key food items (aligned to the food groups of protein, staple, vegetable, traditional food item and snack food) from the point of consumption to origin (or a point where no further information was available) in each city.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data
Unit of Analysis
Households and individuals
Version
Version Description
v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution.
Version Date
2019-06-24
Version Notes
Version 1 of the dataset contains anonymised versions of the original data files which were deposited with DataFirst on 20190624. This version will be replaced by a version 1.2 after more extensive data cleaning.
Scope
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| Food poverty |
| Food production |
| Food consumption |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The survey covered Kisumu, Kenya; Kitwe, Zambia; and Epworth, outside Harare, Zimbabwe
Geographic Unit
The lowest level of geographic aggregration covered by the data is city. The restricted-access data available in DataFirst's Secure Research Data Centre includes GPS coordinates for households and retailers.
Universe
The target population was households and retailers in the secondary cities under investigation.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Consuming Urban Poverty Project, African Centre for Cities | University of Cape Town |
Producers
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| ESRC-DFIC Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation Research | ESRC-DFID | Funding agency |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2017 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
Two questionnaires were used in the survey, one for retailers and one for households. A retailer mapping questionnaire was used in the mapping of a census of retailers in the survey cities.
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Helpdesk | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | Link |
Access conditions
Public use files, available to all
Citation requirements
Consuming Urban Poverty Project, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. Consuming Urban Poverty Survey 2016-2017. [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: CUP [producer], 2019. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/pecm-e116
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | Link |
Metadata production
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata creation |
Date of Metadata Production
2020-04-29
DDI Document version
Version 4