WASH KAP and Coverage Survey in Refugee Sites – Shire Region May-Aini Camp, 2017

Ethiopia, 2017

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Reference ID

ETH_2017_KAP-MAY_v01_M

Producer(s)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Collection(s)

United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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May 13, 2021

Last modified

May 13, 2021

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Identification

Survey ID number

ETH_2017_KAP-MAY_v01_M

Title

WASH KAP and Coverage Survey in Refugee Sites – Shire Region May-Aini Camp, 2017

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Ethiopia	ETH

Abstract

Mai-Aini Refugee Camp is located in the Tigray regional state of Ethiopia, at about 1,170 km from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

The camp population is 13,074 (UNHCR December 2017 population data report). The camp hosts Eritrean refugees. The Mai-Aini refugee camp Environmental Health program was opened in May 2008 with the core mandate of providing safe water, sanitation and hygiene promotion services and to meet the objective of preventing mortality and morbidity due to diarrhea and other WASH-related diseases.

The main objective of this survey was to assess the knowledge, practices and coverage of water, sanitation, and hygiene related interventions. The total sample size was 195 households.

Based on the results of this survey, there are some gaps that must be bridged both on the hardware side (water supply, family latrine construction) and software side (hygiene promotion) to assess the conditions that could cause public health problems.

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
Diarrhoea

Topics

Topic
Health
Water Sanitation Hygiene

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

May-Aini camp, Shire

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

A cross sectional study design was conducted from Jan 25-27, 2017. This survey was conducted in the population of Mai-Ayni refugee camp which is one of the four Eritrean refugee camps located at a distance of 80 km from zonal town of Shire, at 1170 km from Addis Ababa.

The population was 2,563 households within the sample frame of the camp, and a systematic random sampling technique was applied.

The survey was conducted in all zones of the camp. To get realistic information we primarily targeted household mothers, since they are more responsible for water, sanitation and hygiene activities in the household; if not present, household head was interviewed; if not present, girls or boys greater than 14 years were interviewed. In case of failure to get either of the above interviewees, the interviewer proceeded to the next house which had occupants available for the interview.

Weighting

Sample weights for the household data were computed dividing, for each zone, the population by the sample size.

Survey instrument

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 collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2017-12-25	2017-12-27

Data Collectors

Name
International Rescue Committee

Data Collection Notes

There were three group personnel in the survey: interviewers who had direct contact with interviewee, supervisors who supported and monitored interviewers, and a sanitation officer for overall follow up. A total of 9 persons took part in the survey: 7 interviewers, 1 supervisor and 1 IRC national staff (sanitation officer). Participants of the survey were selected from local community components with knowledge of the local language in order to minimize respondent and interviewer bias and avoid inaccurate posing of questions and recording of responses. One supervisor was assigned to check proper data collection and no household was jumped without reason.

To collect the data correctly it was important to give training for interviewers and supervisor to make them familiar with the aims of the survey and how to conduct the interview. A two-day training was given on December 23-24/2017 and the training was given by a sanitation office. The theoretical part was covered on the first day and the field practice and pilot testing were conducted on the second of the training.

Data processing

Data Editing

Data was anonymized through decoding and local suppression.

Access policy

Archive where study is originally stored

United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/155
Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_ETH_KAP_2017_SHIRE_MAYINI_v2.1
Cost: None

Data Access

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email
The Curation Team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org
WASH Section	UNHCR	hqwash@unhcr.org

Citation requirements

Cite this data as follows:
UNHCR (2017) WASH KAP and Coverage Survey in Refugee Sites – Shire Region May-Aini Camp. UNHCR microdata library: https://microdata.unhcr.org

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation team	UNHCR	dencomdl@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ETH_2017_KAP-MAY_v01_M

Producers

Name
UNHCR

Date of Metadata Production

2021-04-22

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 1 (April 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR_ETH_KAP_2017_SHIRE_MAYINI_v2.1, except the following edits were made:

Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
Specified the archive where study is originally stored

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