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América Latina y el Caribe Social Development

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  • IDB/Cornell Coronavirus Survey: 2020
    Dataset

    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    The IDB/Cornell Coronavirus Survey collects information related to labor market impacts, food security, social distancing, and knowledge of the Covid-19 pandemic through an online survey. The main modules of the questionnaire were standardized across countries to allow data to be pooled and cross-country comparisons to be made. The survey was launched in the first country on March 27, 2020, and most responses were collected during April 2020. Participants were recruited through social media using paid advertising campaigns. The data consists entirely of responses to an online survey and therefore does not collect information on the most vulnerable people, who are likely to lack access to the internet or social media. However, the survey contains information for people from different social strata and subnational regions. In this sense, the data are useful for analyzing different patterns by socioeconomic groups within a country and between countries. The data include weights to...
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 2020-2020

    Published date 2020-01-07

  • Data Associated with: Social Pulse in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016
    Dataset

    By Social Sector (VPS/SCL/SCL)
    This dataset was created to support the 2016 Social Pulse in Latin America and the Caribbean: Realities & Perspectives. The publication highlights specific indicators where progress has been made such us "race and ethnicity," and areas where large gaps remain. Also, the new dynamic between generations: "poverty and family structure," examines demographic shifts in the region, including the evolution of family living arrangements and trends in the age profile of poverty.
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 1990-2014

    Published date 2016-05-10

  • Community Nutrition Program in El Alto, Bolivia Data: 2014-2017
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    By Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness (STC/SPD/SPD)
    The Community Nutrition Program in El Alto, Bolivia is the second phase of a program originally implemented between 2008 and 2011. The newly-structured program had objectives to improve infant and young child feeding practices, hygiene, and child nutritional status through a behavioral-change strategy based on participatory play education. This dataset includes the data of an evaluation survey to this program, which contains three rounds of data—Baseline (2014), endline 1 (2016) and endline 2 (2017)—on an (unbalanced) panel of 2015 households with children under the age of 12 months or pregnant women at baseline. The survey includes a rich set of socio-economic, demographic and nutrition variables. Datasets were anonymized to protect subject privacy. Variable names, their labels, and any actions taken for de-identification purposes are noted in the codebook below.
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    Geographic coverage Bolivia

    Temporal coverage 2014-2017

    Published date 2019-03-29

  • Suriname Survey of Living Conditions: 2016-2017
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    By Country Department Caribbean Group (VPC/CCB/CCB)
    This dataset covers a Nationally Representative Sample of the Suriname population. It measures all main aspects of living conditions and reports consumption based poverty rates. The survey was executed between October 2016 and September 2017 (12 full months of fieldwork).
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    Geographic coverage Suriname

    Temporal coverage 2016-2017

    Published date 2018-09-07

  • Tool for Calculating Human Resource Needs for the Care of Older Adults with Dependency
    Dataset

    By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)
    This spreadsheet was developed as a supplement to the publication of the document “Estimating Human Resource Needs for the Care of Older Adults with Dependency in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 2022-2032

    Published date 2022-12-08