The Rohingya Survey 2019 - Bangladesh

Abstract
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The objective of this project was to provide an assessment of the situation in Rohingya refugee camps from the perspective of adult Rohingya Muslims that had arrived in Bangladesh after the August 25th2017 military operation in northern Rakhine State. Moreover, we sought to identify the Rohingya’s social connections, coping mechanisms, opinions about the proposed Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char island, and their plans for the future.

Geographic coverage
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Kutupalong, Balukhali, Thangkhali, Hakimpara, and Shamlapur refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh.

Analysis unit
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Individuals

Universe
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All ‘New’ Rohingya (those who had arrived in Bangladesh after the events of 25 August 2017) and currently residing in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar district.

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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The researchers employed a quota sampling technique. The underlying target population was estimated to be 283,937 adults (over 18 years old), ‘new’ Rohingya (those who had arrived in Bangladesh after the events of 25 August 2017) and currently residing in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar district. This number was determined through simple calculations based on the most current data available from the UNHCR (15 March 2019) at the time of data collection preparation. The target sample was 1,300 new adult Rohingya. The data provided by the UNHCR allowed the researchers to establish the population and gender distribution for each refugee camp, and thus choose the number of respondents to include in the survey from each camp proportionately. Each subgroup within the target population received representation within the sample and no subpopulation was overrepresented in the results

Out of a total of 1,455 surveys conducted, 1,277 were deemed sufficient for further analysis. The sample of 1,277 respondents can be considered broadly representative of the total adult, new Rohingya population residing in the selected refugee camps across Cox’s Bazar district

The enumerators were given instructions to select respondents randomly in the chosen camps which was not always possible for several reasons. Hence, even though the sample can be considered representative of the population under study, the potential for selection bias cannot be excluded.

The enumerators, as Rohingya refugees themselves and fluent in Rohingya, could clarify questions posed by the respondents. However, the questions and the responses were translated from English to Rohingya and from Rohingya to English respectively by each enumerator on the spot. This might have resulted in misinterpretations and/or negatively influenced the accuracy of some responses.

Data regarding the respondents’ views of Rohingya involvement in illegal activities, substance use as a coping mechanism, and of violence in the camps should be interpreted with caution because of the potential for bias due to respondents trying to preserve the image of their community with regards to these sensitive topics

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

摘要
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本项目的目标是对2017年8月25日北部若开邦军事行动后抵达孟加拉国的罗兴亚穆斯林成年人的罗兴亚难民营状况进行评估。此外，我们旨在识别罗兴亚人的社会联系、应对机制、对拟议的罗兴亚人迁往巴珊查尔岛的搬迁计划的看法，以及他们未来的规划。
地理覆盖范围
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孟加拉国科克斯巴扎尔地区的库图帕朗、巴拉库阿里、唐卡尔利、哈基姆帕拉和沙姆普尔难民营。
分析单元
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个体
总体
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所有‘新’罗兴亚人（自2017年8月25日事件后抵达孟加拉国并居住在科克斯巴扎尔地区难民营的人）。
数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]
抽样程序
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研究人员采用了配额抽样技术。目标人群的基础估计为283,937名成年人（18岁以上）、‘新’罗兴亚人（自2017年8月25日事件后抵达孟加拉国并居住在科克斯巴扎尔地区难民营的人）。此数字是通过基于当时数据收集准备时联合国难民署（2019年3月15日）可用的最新数据进行简单计算得出的。目标样本为1,300名新成年罗兴亚人。联合国难民署提供的数据使研究人员能够确定每个难民营的人口和性别分布，从而按比例选择每个难民营中要包含的受访者数量。目标人群中的每个子群体在样本中都有代表性，且在结果中没有任何子群体被过度代表。
在总共1,455份调查中，有1,277份被认为足以进行进一步分析。这1,277名受访者的样本可以被认为是居住在科克斯巴扎尔地区选定难民营的总成年新罗兴亚人口的大致代表。
调查员被指示在选择的难民营中随机选择受访者，但由于多种原因，这并不总是可能的。因此，尽管样本可以被认为是研究人群的代表，但无法排除选择偏差的可能性。
调查员本身就是罗兴亚难民，且精通罗兴亚语，可以澄清受访者的提问。然而，问题和回答都是由调查员现场从英语翻译成罗兴亚语，再从罗兴亚语翻译成英语。这可能导致误解和/或负面地影响某些回答的准确性。
关于受访者对罗兴亚人参与非法活动、将物质使用作为应对机制以及营地中暴力的看法的数据，应谨慎解释，因为这些敏感话题中，受访者试图维护其社区形象的可能性可能导致偏差。
数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]