WASH KAP Survey, Palorinya Refugee Settlement Zone 3 - 2018

Uganda, 2018

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Reference ID

UGA_2018_WASH-PAL_v01_M

Producer(s)

Norwegian Refugee Council, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Collection(s)

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

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Created on

May 21, 2021

Last modified

May 21, 2021

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Identification

Survey ID number

UGA_2018_WASH-PAL_v01_M

Title

WASH KAP Survey, Palorinya Refugee Settlement Zone 3 - 2018

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Uganda	UGA

Abstract

The WASH KAP Uganda Palorinya survey 2018 was implemented by NRC to provide a benchmark on the status of the WASH situation of Refugees in Zone 3 of the settlement. This part had an estimated 69000 people, and for this part, NRC was selected as UNHCR's implementing partner for WASH activities. The sample includes 402 households, randomly selected from the west and east of Zone 3.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Household

Version

Version Description

2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.

Version Date

2020-01-02

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 practicies
Hand-washing habits and knowledge
Defecation habits and latrine types

Topics

Topic
Water Sanitation Hygiene
Health

Keywords

WASH KAP Water Hygiene Refugee

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Zone 3 in the Palorinya refugee settlment

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Norwegian Refugee Council
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The zone was clustered into two locations: Zone West and Zone East. Then Simple Random Sampling was then used to select 4 villages from each cluster. Systematic Random Sampling was applied to select the respondents within each of villages selected.

Weighting

Sample weights for the household data were computed as the inverse of the probability of selection of the household.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The survey questionnaire used to collect the data consists of the following sections: General Information and Demographics, Water Collection and Storage, Hygiene, Sanitation.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2018-11-01	2018-11-01

Data Collectors

Name
Norwegian Refugee Council

Data Collection Notes

The data was captured using Kobo on Android-based smartphones. The detailed analysis of the data was conducted using MS Excel to provide analytical depth to the findings as well as significant statistics to help orient future actions and provide recommendations.

Data processing

Data Editing

Data was anonymized through recoding and local suppression

Access policy

Archive where study is originally stored

United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/207
Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_UGA_KAP_2018_PALORINYA_v2.1
Cost: None

Data Access

Citation requirements

Cite this data as follows:

UNHCR (2018) WASH KAP Survey, Palorinya Refugee Settlement Zone 3. UNHCR microdata library: https://microdata.unhcr.org

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_UGA_2018_WASH-PAL_v01_M

Producers

Name
UNHCR

Date of Metadata Production

2021-05-14

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 1 (May 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR_UGA_KAP_2018_PALORINYA_v2.1, except the following edits were made:

Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
Specified the archive where study is originally stored
Description of external documents altered to reflect the document titles

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