Bangladesh Coping Strategies 1998-99

The original objective for collecting this detailed household data set arose from the concern about food security of the rural households and non-availability of job opportunities during the flood of 1998 and in the period following the flood, and to suggest policy measures to improve household food security in a sustainable way. The data collected covers 757 households in seven flood-affected rural areas at three points in time over a period of a year between November 1998 and December 1999 to capture the difference in labor participation and food security in the period following the flood and to understand the capabilities of recovering from the shock of the flood. Topics in the household survey include household information, education, employment and training, agricultural activity, fishing and livestock activity, allocation of family labor, social assistance, household assets, credit, housing and sanitation, non-food spending, food expenditure and consumption, health status, and anthropometry. Topics in the community survey include level of agricultural production, employment, prices, cost of farming, economic activity, law and order, intervention programs, and information about the flood at the thana, union, and village level. The survey was conducted in collaboration with the Food Management and Research Support Project (FMRSP), Ministry of Food, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Funding was provided by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).本详实家庭数据集的原始采集目标，源于1998年洪灾及灾后时期农村家庭面临的粮食安全困境与就业机会匮乏问题，旨在提出可持续提升家庭粮食安全水平的政策建议。本次采集的数据覆盖1998年11月至1999年12月这一年间的三个时间节点，涉及7个受洪灾影响的农村地区的757户家庭，旨在捕捉灾后时期劳动力参与与粮食安全状况的差异，并解析家庭从洪灾冲击中恢复的能力。家庭调查问卷涵盖以下内容：家庭基本信息、教育、就业与培训、农业生产活动、渔业与畜牧活动、家庭劳动力配置、社会救助、家庭资产、信贷业务、住房与卫生条件、非食品支出、食品支出与消费状况、健康状况以及人体测量学指标。社区调查问卷涵盖以下内容：农业生产水平、就业状况、物价水平、耕作成本、经济活动、治安状况、干预项目，以及乡（thana）、联合村（union）与村级层面的洪灾相关信息。本次调查由孟加拉人民共和国粮食部粮食管理与研究支持项目（Food Management and Research Support Project，缩写FMRSP）合作开展，资助方为美国国际开发署（United States Agency for International Development，缩写USAID）。