Water, Sanitation and Hygiene KAP Survey 2020

Bangladesh, 2020

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Reference ID

BGD_2020_WASH_v01_M

Producer(s)

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Collection(s)

United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

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Aug 16, 2023

Last modified

Aug 16, 2023

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Identification

Survey ID number

BGD_2020_WASH_v01_M

Title

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene KAP Survey 2020

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Bangladesh	BGD

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

UNHCR Cox’s Bazar Field Office conducted the second round of its WASH Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) survey from 2nd November to 1st December 2020 in UNHCR’s area of operation in Kutupalong and Teknaf. Five WASH partners implemented the survey: NGO Forum, BRAC, OXFAM, Solidarité International and ACF. Preparation began in early November, as UNHCR discussed methodologies with participating organisations.
The objectives of the study were:
1.To monitor and evaluate impacts of UNHCR WASH interventions in camps;
2.To identify and measure weaknesses and gaps in UNHCR WASH interventions in 2019;
3.To provide guidance for UNHCR WASH future interventions and future sustainable WASH programming for Rohingya refugees;
4.UNHCR Bangladesh WASH interventions able to compare to UNHCR Global KAP standards.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Households

Version

Version Description

Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data

Version Date

2023-06-15

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
Diarrhea

Topics

Topic
Health
Water Sanitation Hygiene
Reproductive Health
Shelter/Other Infrastructure
Basic Needs

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

14 UNHCR WASH supported camps in Cox's Bazar.

Universe

All households in UNHCR managed camps

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	UN

Producers

Name
Action Against Hunger
OXFAM
BRAC
NGO Forum for Public Health
CartONG
Solidarités International

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Simple Random Sampling calculated by estimating a 5% non-response rate to reach a 95% confidence level. The number of interviews required was 1316. 1605 responses were obtained.

Weighting

Weights were added ex post. Sample weights for the household data were computed dividing the population by the sample size

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2020-11-02	2020-12-01

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name
UNHCR
BRAC
NGO FORUM
Solidarité International
OXFAM

Data Collection Notes

Each NGO partners collected data from households located in camps other than their own area of operation. This was done to avoid the possibility of bias due to familiarity and acquaintance with the households.

Data Access

Citation requirements

UNHCR (2020). Bangladesh: WASH Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices survey - 2020. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_BGD_2020_WASH_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
UN Refugee Agency	UN	Metadata producer
Development Data Group	The World Bank	Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2023-08-15

Metadata version

DDI Document version

This metadata was downloaded from the UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home) and it is identical to UNHCR version (UNHCR_BGD_2020_wash_anon_data_v2.1). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document ID and Survey ID.

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