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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Household Survey for Evaluation of Livelihood and Food Security Initiatives in Lower and Middle Juba Regions, Somalia, 2014 data were collected by Oxfam GB as part of the organisation's Global Performance Framework. Under this framework, a small number of completed or mature projects are selected at random each year for an evaluation of their impact, known as an Effectiveness Review. This data was used to evaluate the impact of the 'Community Driven Livelihood and Food Security Initiatives (CLFSI)' project which took place in the Lower and Middle Juba Regions of South Somalia between 2010 and 2013. The overall objective of the project was to promote competitive economic initiatives in the regions. Specifically, the project aimed at strengthening the productive capacity of households by improving their production systems ensuring sustainable food security, income generation through food production, rehabilitation of productive assets (e.g. dykes and canals), and asset transfer together with rehabilitation of livestock market. Income-generating activities focused on supporting small-scale traders with cash and support to small household business. The review adopted a quasi-experimental impact evaluation design, which involved comparing households that had been supported by the project with households in neighbouring communities that had similar characteristics in 2009 (as reported in recall questions). In total, 200 project participants from 11 regions and 434 non-participants from 11 regions were interviewed. Anonymisation: Respondent names have been removed. Community names have been removed and replaced with codes in random order. The following variables have been recoded so as to prevent unique cases that may allow identification of the respondents: household size (capped at 11 members), age (binned in 5-year intervals), size of house (capped at 4+ huts), material of house roof...