Bangladesh SHAHAR Dinajpur Baseline Survey, 2002-2003

The SHAHAR (Supporting Household Activities for Health, Assets and Revenue) project aims to increase incomes and improve unhygienic environments and sanitation conditions in poor urban communities, including slums, in major selected secondary cities in Bangladesh. Using relevant indicators namely socioeconomic; health and hygiene; nutrition and diet; and governance and social institutions the project provides insight into the livelihood conditions and the livelihood security of these slum households. The SHAHAR baseline survey was conducted in July to August, 2002 in slum (basti) communities in Dinajpur. The SHAHAR census survey suggested that only 52 percent of households had children under 5 years of age; doubling the sample size would ensure that the final sample would have at least this many households with children under 5 years of age. This gave an estimated sample size of 271 * 2 = 542. As slum dwellers are assumed to be highly mobile, and the losses would increase over the year between round I in July – August, 2002 and round III a year later, a substantial reserve was added to the sample, as well as some allowance for refusal or other non-response, for a final total of 614 households. The field survey was carried out by two teams, each consisting of three male and female pairs and a supervisor. One pair interviewed one household at a time, with the female interviewer interviewing the main female member of the household and collecting information on household composition, migration and education; training; savings; loans; food consumption; household food security; health; anthropometry and childcare; environment, water and sanitation; shocks and coping strategies; social capital; crime, violence, physical security; governance; and women’s status. The male interviewer interviewed the main male member of the household asking questions on language, religion, and migration; training; employment; transfers, social assistance and other income; household assets; land own ership and tenure; urban agriculture; savings; loans; housing; non food expenditure; shocks and coping strategies; social capital; crime, violence and physical security; and governance. The pairs on each team worked together to cover three households per day and the 614 households surveyed in approximately 39 days in July to August, 2002 in Dinajpur. The SHAHAR (Supporting Household Activities for Health, Assets and Revenue) Dinajpur baseline survey was conducted in collaboration with Data Analysis and Technical Assistance (DATA), Dhaka, Bangladesh; and CARE-Bangladesh. The questionnaires were developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute. The funding for the survey was provided by CARE-Bangladesh; and US Agency for International Development (USAID).

健康、资产与收入家庭支持行动（Supporting Household Activities for Health, Assets and Revenue，缩写SHAHAR）项目旨在提高孟加拉国选定的主要二线城市中包括贫民窟在内的贫困城市社区的居民收入，改善其不卫生的居住环境与卫生条件。该项目通过社会经济、健康与卫生、营养与膳食、治理与社会制度等相关指标，深入剖析这些贫民窟家庭的生计状况与生计保障水平。
SHAHAR项目基线调查于2002年7月至8月在迪纳杰布尔（Dinajpur）的贫民窟（当地称basti）社区开展。SHAHAR项目的普查调查显示，仅有52%的家庭拥有5岁以下儿童；若将样本量翻倍，即可确保最终样本中至少包含同等数量的有5岁以下儿童的家庭。据此估算初始样本量为271×2=542户。
鉴于贫民窟居民流动性极强，且2002年7-8月的第一轮调查与一年后的第三轮调查间隔期间，失访率会随时间上升，同时需考虑部分受访者拒绝参与或其他无应答情况，因此在初始样本基础上增加了大量预留样本，并预留了应对拒访或其他无应答情况的额度，最终确定总样本量为614户。
本次实地调查由两个团队完成，每个团队由3组男女配对调查员及1名督导员组成。每组调查员每次可完成1户家庭的访谈：女性调查员负责访谈家庭中的主要女性成员，采集家庭构成、迁移与教育、培训、储蓄、贷款、食品消费、家庭粮食安全、健康、人体测量与儿童照护、环境与水卫生、突发冲击与应对策略、社会资本、犯罪与暴力及人身安全、治理、女性地位等方面的信息。
男性调查员则负责访谈家庭中的主要男性成员，问询语言、宗教、迁移、培训、就业、转移支付、社会救助与其他收入、家庭资产、土地所有权与保有期限、都市农业、储蓄、贷款、住房、非食品支出、突发冲击与应对策略、社会资本、犯罪与暴力及人身安全、治理等方面的问题。
每个团队中的各组调查员协同合作，每日可完成3户家庭的访谈，最终于2002年7月至8月期间，在迪纳杰布尔市用约39天完成了全部614户家庭的调查。
本次迪纳杰布尔市SHAHAR项目基线调查由孟加拉国达卡的数据分析与技术援助机构（Data Analysis and Technical Assistance, DATA）以及孟加拉国援外合作社（CARE-Bangladesh）联合开展。调查问卷由国际粮食政策研究所（International Food Policy Research Institute）设计。
本次调查的资助方为孟加拉国援外合作社（CARE-Bangladesh）以及美国国际开发署（United States Agency for International Development, USAID）。