NRC I Displacement, HLP and access to civil documentation in the north west of the Syrian Arab Republic METHODOLOGY AND VALIDITY The assessment is based on qualitative and quantitative data. Data was collected and reported by a team of enumerators and other staff working for an NGO contracted by NRC to conduct the data collection. The NGO is hereinafter referred to as ‘the research team’. The research team members were based in the governorates of Aleppo and Idleb, as well as in Gaziantep (Turkey). All data was collected from October to December 2016. The assessment was conducted only in NGCAs which the research team could access. Quantitative data was collected through a household survey of 600 IDP households, including basic information on all family members in the household for a family member dataset representing 3,141 persons. Jarablus Afrin Ain Al Arab A'zaz Al Bab Aleppo Harim Idleb Jisr Ash-Shugur Menbij Jebel Saman As-Safira Ariha Idleb Al Ma'ra Number of households by sub-district 0 1 - 20 21 - 40 41 - 60 >60 Figure 1: Household survey (n=600): Number of households by subdistrict For the household survey, NRC and the research team reviewed recent information available for the sub-districts in the two governorates included in the assessment, including consideration of the HNO data for 201717 and CCCM Cluster Northern Syria Displacement Tracking Data. 18 21 sub-districts that the research team were able to access were selected 17 Available at http://hno-syria.org/#more-information. Last accessed on 6 June 2017. 18 Available from the CCCM Cluster. The data considered was that at 30 June 2016. 10 I NRC Assessment Report