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

Bangladesh, 2020
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UNHCR_BGD_2020_COVID_MWTK_v2.1
Producer(s)
UNHCR, WHO
Collections
Asia Pacific COVID-19 Related Studies
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Dec 11, 2020
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Metadata production

    • 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
    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.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Basic demographics, COVID knowledge, testing, maskwearing.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2020-09-05 2020-09-10
    Data Collectors
    Name
    UNHCR
    WHO
    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 Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation Team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org
    Bangladesh Country Office UNHCR bgdcoim@unhcr.org
    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

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    UNHCR_BGD_2020_COVID_MWTK_DDI1.0
    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-12

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.0 (December 2020)
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