WASH KAP and Coverage Survey in Refugee Sites – Shire Region May-Aini Camp, 2017
Ethiopia, 2017
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ETH_2017_KAP-MAY_v01_M
WASH KAP and Coverage Survey in Refugee Sites – Shire Region May-Aini Camp, 2017
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia | ETH |
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.
Household
Version
2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.
Scope
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
| Topic |
|---|
| Health |
| Water Sanitation Hygiene |
Coverage
May-Aini camp, Shire
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
Sampling
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.
Sample weights for the household data were computed dividing, for each zone, the population by the sample size.
Survey instrument
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
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2017-12-25 | 2017-12-27 |
| Name |
|---|
| International Rescue Committee |
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 was anonymized through decoding and local suppression.
Access policy
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
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| The Curation Team | UNHCR | microdata@unhcr.org |
| WASH Section | UNHCR | hqwash@unhcr.org |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Curation team | UNHCR | dencomdl@unhcr.org |
Metadata production
DDI_ETH_2017_KAP-MAY_v01_M
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
2021-04-22
Metadata 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