WASH Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Survey 2024
Bangladesh, 2024
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BGD_2024_WASH_v01_M
WASH Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Survey 2024
WASH 2024
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | BGD |
Sample Frame, Households [sf/hh]
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.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households
Version
Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.
2025-04-01
Scope
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
| Topic |
|---|
| Water Sanitation Hygiene |
Coverage
Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh (Admin 2)
Rohingya refugee households residing in camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | UN |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| UN Refugee Agency | UN |
Sampling
Probability: Simple random
Survey instrument
The questionnaire covers water access, sanitation facilities, hygiene practices, WASH-related knowledge, satisfaction with services, safety concerns, and feedback mechanisms.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-10 |
- Face-to-face [f2f]
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| UN Refugee Agency | UN | UNHCR |
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
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2025). Bangladesh: WASH Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Survey - 2024. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Curation team | UNHCR | dencomdl@unhcr.org |
Metadata production
DDI_BGD_2024_WASH_v01_M
| 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 |
2025-04-01
Metadata 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.