Attributes and Socio-economic status of internally displaced persons

In 2009, the overall number of the IDPs in the world was estimated 27.1 million while 11.6 million of them were reported to be in Africa. In Somalia, the number of the IDPs was estimated 1.500,000 people, but Somaliland IDPs was estimated 66,000 persons. Problem statement of the study was that These IDPs have hard circumstances such as lack of food, low income, and lack of accessibility of education, health, and employment. This study investigated the attributes and Socio-economic status of the Internally Displaced persons, Hargeisa, Somaliland. The study focused on four objectives; Accessibility of food, education, health and employment or income of the IDPs. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods, this means numeric and non-numeric data. The descriptive research design was applied in conducting the study. Data was collected using questionnaire. A sample size was 180 respondents taken which was a selected using probability and non-probability particularly systematic and purposive sampling techniques.