Mask-Wearing, Testing, and Knowledge of COVID-19 in Cox's Bazar, 2020
Bangladesh, 2020
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BGD_2020_COVID-MWTK_v01_M
Mask-Wearing, Testing, and Knowledge of COVID-19 in Cox's Bazar, 2020
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | BGD |
Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
The Rohingya population settled in 34 camps in Cox's Bazar district numbers around 860,000 individuals.1 On March 23, 2020, Cox's Bazar saw the first case of COVID-19 in the host community. The first case of COVID19 in the Rohingya population was confirmed on 14 May 2020. At the time of this survey (September 5th - 10th 2020), there were 138 confirmed cases and 8 confirmed deaths from COVID19 in the Rohingya camps.
Community engagement around prevention of COVID19 has been a core activity of the health sector since March and is supported by many other sectors. Activities are carried out by volunteers through door-door messaging and the use of multimedia approaches, key messages were developed by the risk communication group including the need for physical distancing, mask wearing, recognizing symptoms, and testing and treatment.
The assessment was designed to assess the effectiveness of the intense community engagement that has been done among the Rohingya population; whether people were absorbing and developing good knowledge from the communication and information outreach, and whether they were responding (through behavior change) to the information they were receiving.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Individuals
Version
Version 2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution
2020-09-10
Scope
Individuals: Basic demographics, COVID knowledge, testing, mask wearing.
| Topic |
|---|
| Health and Nutrition |
| Health |
| Protection |
| Health Care Referral Services |
Coverage
All 34 camps in Cox's Bazar
All individuals registered with a phone number
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
| WHO |
Sampling
The survey was conducted by phone between September5th-10th 2020, with random samples utilizing UNHCR refugee registration database. Samples were drawn from all camps.
Weights were added ex-post.
Survey instrument
Basic demographics, COVID knowledge, testing, mask wearing.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2020-09-05 | 2020-09-10 |
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
| WHO |
The questions were open ended, and answers were not read out to participants. Some questions included options to indicate more than one choice (up to three).
Due to COVID-19, the survey was conducted by phone, limiting thus the participants to those who have a registered phone number.
When analyzing several responses in the survey, several answers to questions would suggest that they were formulated to tell the interviewer 'what they want to hear' or what they imagine is the 'right' reply. While this indicates that respondents have good knowledge of appropriate responses to COVID19, behavior adjustment does require further time.
While some of the survey results around behavior may contradict other knowledge, these survey results should not be discounted or apparent contradictions around attitudes ignored.
Access policy
United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/283
Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_BGD_2020_COVID_MWTK_v2.1
Cost: None
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Curation Team | UNHCR | microdata@unhcr.org |
| Bangladesh Country Office | UNHCR | bgdcoim@unhcr.org |
UNHCR (2020) Mask-wearing, testing and knowledge of COVID-19 in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar 2020. Ref. UNHCR_BGD_2020_COVID19_MWTK. UNHCR Microdata Library: https://microdata.unhcr.org
Metadata production
DDI_BGD_2020_COVID-MWTK_v01_M
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
2021-04-09
Metadata version
Version 1 (April 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR_BGD_2020_COVID_MWTK_v2.1 except the following edits were made:
- Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
- Specified the archive where study is originally stored