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Mask-wearing, testing and knowledge of COVID-19 in Cox's Bazaar, 2020

Bangladesh, 2020
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Reference ID
UNHCR_BGD_2020_COVID_MWTK_v2.1
Producer(s)
UNHCR, WHO
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Asia Pacific COVID-19 Related Studies
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Dec 11, 2020
Last modified
Dec 11, 2020
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Identification

Survey ID Number
UNHCR_BGD_2020_COVID_MWTK_v2.1
Title
Mask-wearing, testing and knowledge of COVID-19 in Cox's Bazaar, 2020
Country
Name Country code
Bangladesh BGD
Study type
Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
Abstract
The Rohingya population settled in 34 camps in Cox's Bazar district numbers around 860,000 individuals.1 On March 23, 2020, Cox's Bazar saw the first case of COVID-19 in the host community. The first case of COVID19 in the Rohingya population was confirmed on 14 May 2020. 2 At the time of this survey (September 5th - 10th 2020), there were 138 confirmed cases of, and 8 confirmed deaths from COVID19 in the Rohingya camps.3
Community engagement around prevention of COVID19 has been a core activity of the health sector since March and is supported by many other sectors. Activities are carried out by volunteers through door-door messaging and the use of multimedia approaches, key messages were developed by the risk communication group including the need for physical distancing, mask wearing, recognising symptoms and testing and treatment.
The assessment was designed to assess the effectiveness of the intense community engagement that has been done among the Rohingya population;whether people were absorbing and developing good knowledge from the communication and informationoutreach, and whether they were responding (through behaviour change) to the information they were receiving.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Individuals

Version

Version Description
Version 2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution
Version Date
2020-09-10

Scope

Notes
Individuals: Basic demographics, COVID knowledge, testing, maskwearing.
Topics
Topic
Health and Nutrition
Health
Protection
Health Care Referral Services
Keywords
Keyword
Bangladesh
Rohingya Refugee Response
COVID-19
Mask-wearing
Health

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
All 34 camps in Cox's Bazaar
Universe
All individuals registered with a phone number

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
UNHCR
WHO

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The survey was conducted by phone between September5th-10th 2020, with random samples utilizing UNHCR refugee registration database. Samples were drawn from all camps.
Weighting
Weights were added ex-post.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2020-09-05 2020-09-10
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
Data Collection Notes
The questions were open ended, and answers were not read out to participants. Some questions included options to indicate more than one choice (up to three).
Due to COVID-19, the survey was conducted by phone, limiting thus the participants to those who have a registered phone number.
When analysing several responses in the survey, severalanswers toquestions would suggest that they were formulatedto tell the interviewer 'what they want to hear'or what they imagine is the 'right' reply. While this indicatesthat respondents have good knowledge of appropriate responses to COVID19, behaviour adjustment does require further time.
While some of the survey results around behaviormay contradict other knowledge, these survey results should not be discounted or apparent contradictions around attitudes ignored.
Data Collectors
Name
UNHCR
WHO

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
Basic demographics, COVID knowledge, testing, maskwearing.

Access policy

Citation requirements
UNHCR (2020) Mask-wearing, testing and knowledge of COVID-19 in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazaar 2020. Ref. UNHCR_BGD_2020_COVID19_MWTK. UNHCR Microdata Library: https://microdata.unhcr.org
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email
Curation Team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org
Bangladesh Country Office UNHCR bgdcoim@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
UNHCR_BGD_2020_COVID_MWTK_DDI1.0
Producers
Name
UNHCR
Date of Metadata Production
2020-12
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 (December 2020)
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