Joint Multi Sector Needs Assessment: Cox’s Bazar, Rohingya Refugee Response – August 2020, Refugees - Bangladesh

Abstract
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Since August 2017, an estimated 745,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, increasing the total number of Rohingya refugees to more than 860,000. The presence of the refugee communities has raised concerns over local environmental degradation, falling wages and rising prices, exerting additional pressures on localities where public services and infrastructure were already lagging behind the national average. As the crisis moved beyond the initial emergency phase, comprehensive information on the needs and vulnerabilities of affected host communities is needed in order to inform the design and implementation of effective inter-sectoral programming.

Against this background, a Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (J-MSNA) was conducted across Rohingya refugee communities to support detailed humanitarian planning and enhance the ability of operational partners to meet the strategic aims of donors and coordinating bodies. To date, a number of MSNAs have been implemented to support the response. The 2020 J-MSNA aims to provide an accurate snapshot of the situation with the specific objectives of (1) providing a comprehensive evidence base of household-level multi sectoral needs to inform the 2021 Joint Response Plan (JRP); (2) providing an analysis of how needs have changed in 2020 with an emphasis on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multisectoral needs; and (3) providing the basis for a joint multi stakeholder analysis process.

Geographic coverage
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Cox's Bazar District

Analysis unit
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Individuals and households

Universe
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34 refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas.

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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Target sample sizes for each camp were based on the most recent population figures available from UNHCR. Points were randomly sampled from the UNHCR refugee registration database. Additional buffer points were sampled to account for instances of non-eligibility or non-response. As interviews were conducted over the phone, with phone ownership known to be more prevalent among men, in order to ensure adequate representation of female respondents, female-headed households were sampled proportionately to their representation in the database.

Mode of data collection
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Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]

Research instrument
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Household: household information, shelter and NFI, education, health, nutrition, food security and livelihood, WASH, protection, accountability
Individuals: individuals information

Cleaning operations
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Each day, data checking and cleaning was conducted according to pre-established standard operating procedures, including outlier checks, correct categorisation of "other" responses, and removal and/or replacement of inaccurate records. All changes to the dataset were documented in a cleaning log.

自2017年8月起，估计有74.5万名罗兴亚难民抵达孟加拉国科克斯巴扎尔，使罗兴亚难民的总体数量超过86万人。难民社区的入驻引发了当地环境退化、工资下降和物价上涨的担忧，加剧了对公共服务和基础设施本就落后于全国平均水平的当地社区的额外压力。随着危机超越最初的紧急阶段，为了指导有效跨部门项目的规划和实施，迫切需要有关受影响东道社区的需求数据和脆弱性的综合信息。在此背景下，对罗兴亚难民社区进行了联合多部门需求评估（J-MSNA），以支持详细的人道主义规划并提高运营伙伴实现捐赠者和协调机构战略目标的能力。迄今为止，已实施多项MSNA以支持响应。2020年J-MSNA旨在提供对现状的准确快照，具体目标包括：（1）为2021年联合响应计划（JRP）提供家庭层面的多部门需求全面证据基础；（2）分析2020年需求的变化，重点在于COVID-19大流行对多部门需求的影响；（3）为联合多方利益相关者分析过程提供基础。

地理覆盖范围
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科克斯巴扎尔地区

分析单元
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个人和家庭

总体
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乌希亚和特克纳夫乌帕齐拉34个难民营地。

数据类型
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样本调查数据[ssd]

抽样程序
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每个营地的目标样本量基于从联合国难民署可获得的最新人口统计数据。从联合国难民署难民注册数据库中随机抽取点。为应对非资格或不回应的情况，额外抽取了缓冲点。由于访谈是通过电话进行的，而电话拥有率在男性中更为普遍，为确保女性受访者的代表性，按其在数据库中的比例抽取女性户主家庭。

数据收集方式
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计算机辅助电话访谈[cati]

研究工具
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家庭：家庭信息、住所和NFI、教育、健康、营养、食品安全和生计、WASH、保护、问责制
个人：个人信息

数据清理操作
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每天，根据预先建立的标准化操作程序进行数据检查和清理，包括异常值检查、正确分类“其他”响应，以及删除和/或替换不准确记录。所有对数据集的更改均记录在清理日志中。