Members of the Rohingya community from Myanmar have sought refuge in Bangladesh at least since the 1970s. Increased attacks on the Rohingya community in Myanmar led to a large increase in migration to Bangladesh and are mostly living in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. The objectives of the survey were to monitor and evaluate the impacts of UNHCR WASH interventions, to identify and measure weaknesses and gaps, to provide guidance for future interventions and to make sure that UNHCR Bangladesh WASH interventions can be compared to UNHCR global standards. A total of 523 households were surveyed.
Unit of Analysis
Household
Version
Version Description
2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.
Scope
Notes
The survey includes the following topics:
- Household main characteristics
- Sources of drinking and non-drinking water
- Information about water collection
- Hygiene of drinking water
- General hygiene practices
- Hand-washing habits and knowledge
- Defecation habits and latrine types
- Waste disposal
- Diarrhea
Topics
Topic
Health
Water Sanitation Hygiene
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
refugee camps in Cox's Bazar
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
Name
UNHCR
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
A two-stage cluster sampling was employed for selecting samples from the 39 camps as well as selecting samples from the host community. In the first stage, clusters were randomly selected (a cluster represents a camp). The second stage was the selection of the households within the clusters.
Weighting
Sample weights for the household data were computed dividing, for each camp, the population by the sample size.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
Start
End
2018-11-25
2018-12-03
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
38 enumerators were used to collect the data, supervised by 5 team leaders.
Data Collectors
Name
NGO-Forum
BRAC
OXFAM
ACF
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The survey questionnaire used to collect the data consists of the following sections: General Information and Demographics, Water Collection and Storage, Drinking Water Hygiene, Hygiene, Sanitation, Messaging, Distribution, Diarrhoea Prevalence and Health Seeking Behaviour.
Data Processing
Data Editing
Data was anonymized through decoding and local suppression.