Introduction

This text is a first rough analysis of the content of the Post Activity Surveys. It reviews all sections of the questionnaire. It is not a report, but a quick review of the data available.

Data cleaning

There are two different data sets (one in french, and one in english). The first step is to append both sets.

Secondly, as the survey has been tested by several people, we removed the surveys completed by the following email addresses:

Some of the fields will be explored more in detail below.

Data Analysis

Location of the surveys

The table summarizes how many surveys have been capture per country.

country

Post-Activty Surveys - Country
Nigeria 10
Sierra Leone 46
The Gambia 130
The tabel below summarizes how many surveys have been captured by country and city

city_ng
mam.country Benin Ikeja Iyana Ipaja Lagos
Nigeria 6 2 1 1 
city_gb
mam.country Bakoteh Banjul Barra Brikama Bundung Illiassa Jangbureh Kanifing Municipality Kanilai Kololi Masembeh null Pakalinding Serekunda Wassu
The Gambia 1 39 8 10 1 6 10 1 11 1 8 11 8 1 14 
city_sl
mam.country V1 Bo Council road, Clock tower Kenema Koidu null Waterloo
Sierra Leone 1 9 1 5 8 15 7

Dates of the Surveys

The plot below shows how many surveys have been collected per day per country.

plot_dates

Visa Requirements

This section reviews whehter the respondents know the visa requirements to travel abroad

Visa Requirements to ECOWAS

All countries covered in the project are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). ECOWAS nationals do not require a visa to travel to another ECOWAS country.

visa_ecowas
Visa Requirements - ECOWAS
mam.visawestafrica Nigeria Sierra Leone The Gambia
depends NA 7 6
dontknow NA 4 3
no 5 7 105
yes 5 28 16

Visa Requirements to EUROPE

All countries covered in the project are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). ECOWAS nationals require a visa to travel to Europe.

visa_europe
Visa Requirements - EUROPE
mam.visaoutsidewestafrica Nigeria Sierra Leone The Gambia
depends 2 5 40
dontknow 1 4 6
no NA 8 29
yes 7 29 55

Cost of Travel

The respondents are asked to asses the cost of travel to Europe in local currency and USD. The plots below present the distribution asnwers for USD. There was the need to do extensive cleaning; the field in the survey allows for integers and text. To do it quickly, we removed all text strings, empty values and values above 10,000 USD. A more rigorous analysis requires a more detailed exploration of the answers given.

plot_cost_travel_usd

Time of Travel

The field to insert the time of travel allow also for text and integers. Analyzing the replies of the respondents would require thorough cleaning of the fields. Ten examples of the answers given are presented below. There are 81 different anwers in total

time_travel
mam.maximumtimeeuropeirregular count
1 month 6
1 week 2
1 year 5
1 year or more 1
10 days 1
14 1
14 days 2
150 4
180 1
180 days 2

Intention to Travel

The intention to travel within the next two years and willingness to travel if the means are available is evaluated via a select one question with the following options: Yes, No, Maybe, Does not know (DNK). We suggest analyzing both together to assess potential inconsistencies in the replies, e.g. the person declares an intention to travel within two years, but unwilling to travel if she/he has access to the financial means to do so.

From the graph below, we see that:

  • 63 respondents have no intention to travel in the next two years, but would travel if given the means;
  • 52 would not travel, even if given the means;
  • 25 have the intention to travel.
intention_plot

Intention to travel by any means possible

The respondent is asked to rank his willingness to travel by any means possible, on a scale from 1 (no intention to travel) to 6 (very determined to travel).

The plot below shows that most respondents are not that willing (value below 3) to travel by any means possible.

intention_any_plot

Improvement of knowledge of the dagers of irregular migration due to the activty

The respondent is asked if the activity has changed his knowledge about the dangers of irregular migration and to select between the following options: No – not at all, Yes – a little, Yes – completely, I do not know (DNK), I do not want to reply (DNR)).

Most of the respondents declare having changed their knowledge due to the activity.

change_activity
mam.awarenessknowledgechange Nigeria Sierra Leone The Gambia
dontwanttoanswer NA NA 1
no 2 NA 2
yeslittle 5 4 20
yestotally 3 42 107

Risks of irregular migration

The respondents are asked to list the risks linked with irregular migration. The surveyor reads the risks aloud to the respondent and she/he selects those they consider relevant across the following list:

  • Sexual Abuse;
  • Arrest;
  • Deportation;
  • Losing friends;
  • Break the law;
  • Victim of severe illness;
  • Dying;
  • Coming home in debt;
  • Other.

A thorough analysis would require reclassifying the replies given in others. Given to the lack of time, we did not do it for this first analysis

The graph below displays the frequency of answers. The most frequently mentioned are:

  1. Death;
  2. Arrest;
  3. Sex Abuse;
risks_graph

Indicator Outcome 1

Calculating the indicator for output 1 requires transforming respondent selection into knowing and not knowing about the risks of irregular migration. To answer this indicator, we will divide respondents into three categories:

  • bad knowledge: lists 3 or less different risks;
  • fair knowledge: lists from 4 to 6 risks;
  • good knowledge: lists more than 6 risks.

Most of the respondents listed more than three risks.

risks_cat
mam.country Poor Fair Good
Nigeria 4 2 4
Sierra Leone 43 3 NA
The Gambia 52 53 25

Indicator Outcome 2

The last question of the survey asks the potential migrant if the activity caused her/him to reconsider her/his plans to travel. The respondent can choose between the following options: Yes – Totally, Yes- a little, No – Not at all, DNK, DNR. This answer will be used to calculate the indicators for output 2. We suggest counting the answers in the first two categories as respondents who are reconsidering their plans to travel.

Most respondent reply reconsidering their plans to travel.

output_2
mam.country dontknow dontwanttoanswer no yeslittle yestotally
Nigeria NA 1 2 1 6
Sierra Leone NA NA NA 4 42
The Gambia 4 NA 2 28 96