The SPS 2017 was conducted in refugee camps and host communities in four regions in Ethiopia. The survey was used to draw a profile for skills and potential opportunities for refugees and host communities to design a better mix of approaches which could help the government in designing livelihood opportunities for these communities. The SPS 2017 contains information on employment, barriers to labor force participation, livelihood structures of refugees before displacement, education and economic conditions as well as access to services, and perceptions. The data combines detailed household questionnaire information with displacement-specific information including drivers of displacement, access to resettlement mechanisms, and return intentions. It also includes comprehensive information on assets and consumption, to allow estimation of poverty based on the Rapid Consumption methodology as detailed in Pape and Mistiaen (2018).