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WASH Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Survey 2024

Bangladesh, 2024
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Reference ID
BGD_2024_WASH_v01_M
Producer(s)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Collection(s)
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Jul 09, 2025
Last modified
Jul 09, 2025
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    BGD_2024_WASH_v01_M
    Title

    WASH Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Survey 2024
    Abbreviation or Acronym

    WASH 2024
    Country/Economy
    Name Country code
    Bangladesh BGD
    Study type

    Sample Frame, Households [sf/hh]
    Abstract
    Since August 2017, the arrival of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar District has significantly increased the refugee population in Bangladesh. One of the ongoing challenges in this protracted crisis is ensuring access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services that meet minimum sector standards. As the response shifts from emergency to post-emergency, continuous monitoring of WASH services is essential for quality assurance, timely identification of gaps, and evidence-based decision-making.

    To this end, UNHCR has conducted annual WASH Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) surveys in Cox’s Bazar since 2018. The 2024 round continues this effort, assessing refugee households’ understanding of and access to WASH services, satisfaction with current provision, and perceived challenges. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with Rohingya refugee households between October and November 2024.

    The anonymized dataset provides insights into key WASH indicators and supports operational planning, accountability, and improvements in humanitarian response.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.
    Version Date

    2025-04-01

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey scope covers:

    • access to water
    • sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services
    • knowledge, attitudes, and practices around WASH
    • satisfaction with services
    • perceptions of safety and dignity related to WASH facilities
    • barriers to access
    • feedback mechanisms
    Topics
    Topic
    Water Sanitation Hygiene
    Keywords
    WASH KAP Rohingya Bangladesh Refugees Cox’s Bazar

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh (Admin 2)
    Universe

    Rohingya refugee households residing in camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UN
    Producers
    Name Affiliation
    UN Refugee Agency UN

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Probability: Simple random

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaire covers water access, sanitation facilities, hygiene practices, WASH-related knowledge, satisfaction with services, safety concerns, and feedback mechanisms.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2024-10-23 2024-11-10
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation Abbreviation
    UN Refugee Agency UN UNHCR
    Data Collection Notes

    Data was collected through face-to-face interviews with heads of Rohingya refugee households or other consenting adults. The data collection focused on the respondents' knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to WASH services provided in the camps. The cleaned and anonymized dataset includes one file at the household level.

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2025). Bangladesh: WASH Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Survey - 2024. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation team UNHCR dencomdl@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_BGD_2024_WASH_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    UN Refugee Agency UNHCR UN Metadata producer
    Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library
    Date of Metadata Production

    2025-04-01

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Identical to a metadata (UNHCR_BGD_2024_WASH) published on UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.
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