Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census
Slums of Dhaka (North and South) and
Gazipur City Corporations, 2015-16
Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery ProjectLocal Government Division
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives
Prepared by:International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease
Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
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Government of the People’s Republic of BangladeshMinistry of Local Government, Rural Development &
CooperativesLocal Government Division
Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery Project
Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census:Slums of Dhaka (North and South) and Gazipur
City Corporations, 2015-16
Submitted by:International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease
Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
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ContentsPreface…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8
Abbreviations…………………………………………….………………………………………………………….……….10
Summary of Key Findings and Implications………………….. ……………………………………….……….11
Chapter One ..................................................................................................................12
Introduction ..................................................................................................................12
1.1 Background of the Project ......................................................................................... 12
1.2 Objective of the Study............................................................................................... 13
1.3 Organization of the Report ........................................................................................ 14
1.4 Funding Sources and Technical Support..................................................................... 14
Chapter Two ..................................................................................................................15
Methods and Procedures ...............................................................................................15
2.1 Selection of Slums ..................................................................................................... 15
2.2 Concepts and Definitions........................................................................................... 15
2.3 Recruitment and Training of Field Workers ............................................................... 18
2.4 Mapping and Household Listing................................................................................. 19
2.5 Questionnaires: Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census .............................. 19
2.6 Field Work- Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census ..................................... 20
2.7 Data Management .................................................................................................... 20
2.8 Quality Control/Security............................................................................................ 21
Chapter Three................................................................................................................22
Population Characteristics..............................................................................................22
3.1 Population Size.......................................................................................................... 22
3.2 Age and Sex Characteristics ....................................................................................... 22
3.3 Dependency Ratio ..................................................................................................... 23
3.4 Household Size and Type........................................................................................... 24
3.5 Marital Status............................................................................................................ 25
Chapter Four..................................................................................................................26
Living Condition .............................................................................................................26
4.1 Ownership of Land and Dwelling ............................................................................... 27
4.2 Housing Condition..................................................................................................... 28
4.3 Construction Material Used for Dwelling ................................................................... 29
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4.4 Water and Sanitation ................................................................................................ 31
4.5 Source of Light and Fuel for Cooking ......................................................................... 33
4.6 Garbage Disposal ...................................................................................................... 34
Chapter Five ..................................................................................................................36
Socioeconomic Condition ...............................................................................................36
5.1 Educational Qualification .......................................................................................... 37
5.2 Occupation................................................................................................................ 39
5.3 Household Possessions.............................................................................................. 40
5.4 Household Expenditure and Saving ........................................................................... 41
Chapter Six ....................................................................................................................45
Migration of Household Head.........................................................................................45
6.1 Duration of Migration ............................................................................................... 45
6.2 Causes of Migration .................................................................................................. 46
6.3 Origin of Migration.................................................................................................... 47
Chapter Seven ...............................................................................................................48
Challenges to Establish HDSS in Slums ............................................................................48
7.1 Challenges................................................................................................................. 48
7.1.1 Selection of Slums .................................................................................................. 48
7.1.2 Defining the Study Area.......................................................................................... 49
7.1.3 GIS Coordinate of House ........................................................................................ 49
7.1.4 Numbering- Bari and Household ............................................................................ 50
7.1.5 Absentee Respondent - Locked House.................................................................... 50
7.1.6 Respondent Busy.................................................................................................... 51
7.1.7 Security of Field Worker/Tab.................................................................................. 52
7.1.8 Problems Related to Migration............................................................................... 52
7.1.9 Threat to Abolish Slum ........................................................................................... 52
7.2 Strategies to Overcome Challenge............................................................................. 53
TablesTable 3.1.1: Distribution of Households and Distribution of Population by Slum Locations................................................................................................................................... ........23Table 3.2.1: Distribution of Population by Five-Year Age groups and Sex.......................... ...23
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Table 3.2.2: Distribution of Population (per cent) by Broad Age Group and Slum Locations.................................................................................................................................... .......24Table 3.3.1: Dependency Ratios by Slum Locations ............................................................. 25Table 3.4.1: Distribution of Households by Type and Sex of Household Heads..................... 25Table 3.5.1: Distribution of Population+ by Marital Status and Sex...................................... 26Table 4.1.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Ownership of Land and Slum Location ..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………28Table 4.1.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Ownership of Dwelling and SlumLocations……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…….29Table 4.2.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Number of Dwelling and Slum Locations........................................................................................................................................... 29Table 4.2.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Dwelling Area and Slum Locations..... 29Table 4.3.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Construction Material of Roof and SlumLocations ............................................................................................................................ 30Table 4.3.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Construction Material of Wall and SlumLocations ............................................................................................................................ 31Table 4.3.3: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Construction Material of Floor and SlumLocations ............................................................................................................................ 31Table 4.4.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Source of Drinking Water and SlumLocations ............................................................................................................................ 32Table 4.4.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Those Sharing Water Source and SlumLocations ................................................................................................................. …………32Table 4.4.3: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Type of Latrine and Slum Locations....33Table 4.4.4: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Those Sharing Latrine and SlumLocations ............................................................................................................................ 33Table 4.5.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Source of Light and Slum Locations .. .34Table 4.5.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Type of Fuel for Cooking and SlumLocations ............................................................................................................................ 34Table 4.5.3: Distribution Households (per cent) by those Sharing Cooking Place and SlumLocations ............................................................................................................................ 34Table 4.6.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Garbage Dumping System and SlumLocations ............................................................................................................................ 35Table 4.6.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Frequency of Garbage Collection andSlum Locations.................................................................................................................... 36
Table 5.1.1: Distribution of Population+ by Years of Schooling and Sex ………………………………39
Table 5.1.2: Distribution of Children+ (per cent) by Type of School and Slum Locations………39
Table 5.2.1: Distribution of Population by Occupation+ and Sex .......................................... 41
Table 5.2.2: Distribution of Population (per cent) by Occupation+ and Slum Locations ........ 41
Table 5.3.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) Owning Selected Items by Slum Locations....................................................................................................................................... ….42
Table 5.4.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Total Expenditure during Last Month..................................................................................................................................... ......43Table 5.4.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Expenditure on Food during Last Month........................................................................................................................................... 43Table 5.4.3: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Expenditure on Health during LastMonth ................................................................................................................................ 43
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Table 5.4.4: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Expenditure on Education during LastMonth ................................................................................................................................ 44Table 5.4.5: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Amount Saved during Last Month..... 45Table 6.1.1: Distribution of Migrants (per cent) by Duration of Migration+ and Slum Locations........................................................................................................................................... 47Table 6.2.1: Distribution of Migrants (per cent) by Cause of Migration+ and Slum Locations..................................................................................................................................... ......47Table 6.3.1: Distribution of Migrants (per cent) by Origin of Migration+ and Slum Locations.................................................................................................................................... .......48
FigureFig 1.1.1: Urban and Rural Population: Middle Income Countries and Bangladesh, 1950-2050
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Fig 2.1.1: Location of Slums: Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Gazipur City Corporations ...... 17
Fig 5.1.1: Distribution of Children+ (per cent) by Type of School and Sex ............................. 39
Fig 7.1.2.1: View of Korail Slum in Dhaka................................................................................50Fig 7.1.3.1: Space in between Two Houses .......................................................................... 49
Fig 7.1.4.1: Finding the House ............................................................................................. 50
Fig 7.1.5.1: Locked Household and Note for Availability ...................................................... 51
Fig 7.1.6.1: Respondent Busy .............................................................................................. 51
Fig 7.1.7.1: Security Issue.................................................................................................... 52
ReferencesReferences ......................................................................................................................... 54
Appendix
Appendix A: Key Findings- Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census, 2015-16.......... 55
Appendix B: Member of Technical Review Committee ........................................................ 58
Appendix C.1: Distribution of Slums by Slum Size and Locality (City Corporation,
Municipality and Other Urban), 2014.................................................................................. 59
Appendix C.2: Distribution of Households by Slum Size and Locality (City Corporation,
Municipality and Other Urban), 2014.................................................................................. 60
Appendix C.3: Distribution of Population by Slum Size and Locality (City Corporation,
Municipality and Other Urban), 2014.................................................................................. 60
Appendix D.1: Under-Five Care (per cent) when Mothers Work Outside ............................. 62
Appendix D.2: Loan Received (per cent) from NGO/Others ................................................ 62
Appendix D.3: NGO/Samity Membership ............................................................................ 62
Appendix D.4: Members Affected by Violence, Robbery etc During the Last Six Months..... 63
Appendix E.1: Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census, 2015-16 (All HH)................ 64
Appendix E.2: Baseline Socioeconomic Census, 2015-16 (Sample HH)................................. 66
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Preface
The baseline population and socioeconomic census 2015-16 was undertaken by icddr,b in theselected slums of Dhaka (North and South) and Gazipur City Corporations. The specificobjective of the baseline census was to collect data on the demographic, socioeconomic andmigration characteristics of the study population. The data of the baseline census willprimarily be used to establish the Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) inthese slums. The ultimate aim of the HDSS is to provide tools for monitoring and evaluatingimpacts of health services those are being provided by NGOs to urban poor with supportfrom the Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery Project under Local GovernmentDivision of Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives.
Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery is one of the largest projects in the South AsianCountries to deliver primary health care to the urban people with the partnership of UrbanLocal Bodies and NGOs. The project does not only deliver services, it also works to raisestandard of the primary health care services in urban Bangladesh.
The draft report of the survey was reviewed by a Technical Review Committee consisted ofexperts from the government, non-governmental and international organizations as well asresearchers and professionals working in different Universities/Institutions. I would like toextend my gratitude and appreciation to the members of the committee for theircontributions at different phases of the project.
I express my thanks to icddr,b for its efforts in successful completion of the task that will leadto establish the HDSS.
December 29, 2016 (Md. Abu Bakr Siddique)Project Director (Joint Secretary)UPHCSDP, Local Govt. DivisionMinistry of LGRD&C
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Abbreviations:
ADB Asian Development BankASA Association for Social AdvancementBBS Bangladesh Bureau of Statisticsbrac Bangladesh Rural Advancement CommitteeCo-PI Co-Principal InvestigatorDSK Dushtha Shasthya KendraDNCC Dhaka North City CorporationDSCC Dhaka South City CorporationGCC Gazipur City CorporationHDSS Health and Demographic Surveillance Systemicddr,b International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, BangladeshINDEPTH The International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of
Populations and Their Health in Developing CountriesNIPORT National Institute of Population Research and TrainingNGO Non-government OrganizationPMU Project Management UnitPI Principal InvestigatorTRC Technical Review CommitteeUPHSDP Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery ProjectUN United NationsUHS Urban Health SurveyUPPR Urban Partnerships for Poverty ReductionUHDSS Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance SystemUNFPA United Nations Population Fund
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Summary of Key Findings and Implications
The population of Bangladesh is expected to increase from 158 million in 2014 to roughly 185
million by 2030 (UN 2014); almost all of that growth will occur in urban areas. It has also been
estimated that Bangladesh will be more urban than rural by the middle of this century; more
than a third of these urban residents will dwell in slum settlements.
To address the urban health challenge, the Government of Bangladesh with assistance from
donors (ADB, Embassy of Sweden, and UNFPA) has been implementing the Urban Primary
Health Care Services Delivery Project (UPHCSDP). The ultimate aim of the UPHCSDP is to
improve health status of the urban poor, especially women and children.
The overall objective of the Operations Research (Service Package No. S-4.1) is to set up aHealth and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in selected slums of Dhaka (North andSouth) and Gazipur City Corporations. In fact, the baseline population and socioeconomiccensus is a pre-requisite where a HDSS is to be set up. The specific objective of the baselinecensus is to collect data on the following:
Demographic characteristics (each individual)
Socioeconomic data (individual and household level)
Migration characteristics (household head)
Main findings of the baseline population and socioeconomic census are reported below (see
Appendix A: Key Findings- Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census, 2015-16):
31.6% population was below age 15 years, while 2.6% at age 65 or more years.
Family size was 3.8.
82.3% households were headed by males.
91% slums were built on government lands.
67.9% occupants were tenants.
81.6% households possessed one bedroom; mean dwelling area was 119.4 sq. ft.
Roof material was mostly tin (94.0%), while about 70% wall material was tin; 88% floor
materials were brick/cement.
About 95% households used pipe water for drinking; 92% households shared source of
drinking water.
30% households had sanitary latrine flash to sewerage/septic tank, while 60% households
had sanitary latrine flash to elsewhere; 90% households shared latrine.
Use of electricity as a source of light was universal (99.6%).
Slightly over 50% households used gas from gas line for cooking and 35% used
solid fuel; 60% household’s shared cooking place.
For about 50% cases, garbage was dumped in open space outside the house, while for
47.2% cases garbage kept at home or dumped in the bin outside the home.
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For about 40% cases, garbage was collected daily, while for 37% cases garbage was never
collected.
Among adult (aged 15 or more years), 36.2% males and 42.3% females did not have any
schooling.
Among children (aged 6-14 years), 14.1% boys and 8.9% girls did not have any schooling.
Among aged 8 or more years, 73.5% males were involved in income generating activities
compared to 39.6% among females.
Most households had electric fan (96%), and mobile phone (85%). About 60% households
had television and khat.
Mean household expenditure (total) was Taka 11,981 during last month; about 50%
households spent Taka 5,000-9,999 during last month.
Mean household expenditure on food was Taka 6,291 during last month; about 65%
households spent Taka 5,000-9,999 during last month.
Mean expenditure on education was Taka 604 during last month; 58% households did
not spend any money on education during last month.
Mean expenditure on health was Taka 1,276 during last month; 35% households did not
spend any money on health during last month.
Mean saving was Taka 527 during last month; majority of the households (72%)
were unable to save any money during last month.
For 35% cases, the household heads migrated 20 years or more ago, followed by
14% migrated within the last 5 years; 8.6% did not migrate (since birth).
The majority of household heads migrated for work (62.4%), followed by 19.9% migrated
to join family.
50% household heads migrated from Dhaka division, while 20% from Barisal division.
For establishing HDSS in a defined geographical area, a baseline population and
socioeconomic census is essential, as such data is used as a basis for identifying subsequent
events (birth, death, migration, etc.) as well as for adjusting denominator (person-year) for
calculating rates/ratios of various population and health indicators. In fact, adjusted
baseline census is also used as a sampling frame for designing cross-sectional as well as
longitudinal studies. Moreover, HDSS platform provides tools/data for monitoring and
evaluating the impacts of various social, economic and health interventions.
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Chapter One
Introduction
1.1 Background of the Project
As the majority of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, one of the key 21st
century challenges in population health is the challenge of improving the global urbancondition (Mehta 2004; Clos 2016). According to the United Nation’s projection (UN 2014),the world’s urban population will increase by about 1.3 billion by 2030, while the ruralpopulation will almost remain same. This shift is largely the result of a rapid globalurbanization process that has been underway for more than two centuries. In fact, morethan 90% of the world’s urban population growth by 2030 will be in the least developedregions.
According to United Nation’s estimate, the population of Bangladesh will increase from 158million in 2014 to roughly 185 million by 2030 (UN 2014); bringing the urban populationfrom about 50 million in 2014 to nearly 83 million. It is also estimated that Bangladesh willbe more urban than rural by the middle of this century (Figure 1.1.1; more than one third ofthese urban residents will dwell in slum settlements.
Fig 1.1.1: Urban and Rural Population: Middle Income Countries and Bangladesh, 1950-2050
Source: World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, United Nations, June, 2014.
Although urbanization has been found to be an effective engine of economic growth andsocio-cultural development worldwide, there is increasing concern about the effect of
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expanding cities, principally on human health, livelihood and environment, especially whenit takes place at the pace as rapid as in Bangladesh. The growth of urban population inBangladesh has mainly occurred through migration of the rural poor, and this has made thetask difficult for the government to provide employment, services, and social benefits;unfortunately, urbanization does not equate to an increase in standard of living. Rapidurban growth has made heavy demand on urban utilities and services1, and the worstnegative consequence is in the form of degradation of the urban environment; this will havelong-term health consequences.
Bangladesh, although has witnessed remarkable progress over the last few decades inhealth and population indicators, significant disparities exist within urban areas, betweenslum and non-slum dwellers with respect to health, nutrition, housing, water and sanitation(Afsana & Wahid 2013; NIPORT 2015; Roy et al. 2014; Ahmed, Islam, Bhuiya 2015). In arecent article (Chowdhury et al. 2013), it was concluded that although an exceptionalimprovements in under-five survival, life expectancy, immunization coverage, andtuberculosis control, but the nation still faces considerable problems of poverty andmalnutrition, and this is being exacerbated by an evolving set of 21st-century challenges(e.g., massive and rapid urbanization, an upsurge in chronic and non-communicablediseases, and increasing vulnerability to climate change).
For an understanding of the nature of problems facing by the slum dwellers, and formonitoring their trends, a systematic collection of population, health and socioeconomicdata is a pre-requisite for dealing with these challenges. Currently, available data isnecessary but not sufficient for an understanding of the problems prevailing in the slums fortackling such challenges.
1.2 Objective of the Study
The overall objective of the Operations Research (Service Package No. S-4.1) is to set up aHealth and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in selected slums of Dhaka (North andSouth) and Gazipur City Corporations. In fact, the baseline population and socioeconomiccensus is a pre-requisite where a HDSS is to be set up (i.e. data collection of Health andDemographic Surveillance System will began immediate after the baseline census). Thespecific objective of the baseline census is to collect data on the following:
Demographic characteristics (each individual)
Socioeconomic data (individual and household level)
Migration characteristics (household head)
1 For example, electricity, gas, water, sanitation, sewerage, garbage disposal, transport and social services.
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1.3 Organization of the Report
The report is divided into seven chapters including the introduction. The Chapter Twodiscusses the methods and procedures, while the main report starts from Chapter Three.Chapter Three discusses the population characteristics including household size and type,and dependency ratio. Chapter Four narrates the living conditions and Chapter Five dealswith socioeconomic condition. Chapter Six deals with migrants’ characteristics (householdhead). Chapter Seven deals with the challenges to establish HDSS in slum settlements.
1.4 Funding Sources and Technical Support
Funding for the study was provided by the Government of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives(PMU, UPHCSDP, Local Government Division), and Embassy of Sweden; technical supportwas provided by Asian Development Bank, and UNFPA (see Appendix B: Member ofTechnical Review Committee).
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Chapter Two
Methods and Procedures
2.1 Selection of Slums
In the census of slum Areas 2014, a total of 13,938 slums were counted covering all citiesand other urban areas of Bangladesh (for details, see BBS 2015; and also, Appendices C.1,C.2 and C.3). Out of 13,938 slums, 33.62% were counted in Dhaka North (11.80%), DhakaSouth (12.59%), and Gazipur (9.23%) City Corporations. During the census of slums,22,27,754 populations were counted and of these populations, 11,85,875 (53.2%) lived inbig slums (100 or more households).
After extensive field visits2, relatively big slums were selected, as big slums would beconvenient for the female Field Workers (travel time, security, etc.) to collect data for theHealth and Demographic Surveillance System. As most of the slums in Dhaka South CityCorporation are small in size, it was decided to select more slums from Dhaka North CityCorporation than Dhaka South City Corporation (Figure 2.1.1: Location of Slums: DhakaNorth, Dhaka South and Gazipur City Corporations). So, the baseline population andsocioeconomic census data would reflect the conditions of relatively big slums.
In Dhaka North City Corporation, slums were selected from Banani (9,745 households fromKorail slum), and from Mirpur (6,230 households from Bhola, Molla and Duaripara slums).
In Dhaka South City Corporation, slums were selected from Dhalpur (2,046 households fromPura, Driver, Nubur, City Palli, Power House, and Mannan slums), and from Shayampur(2,385 households from Dhaka Mach Colony, Monsur Beel/Nama Para, and Rail Line slums).
In case of Gazipur City Corporation, slums were selected from Tongi (3,133 households fromBank Field, Hazi Mazar, Nishad Nagar and Kalabagan slums), and from Ershad Nagar (7,318households from Ershad Nagar slum).
2.2 Concepts and Definitions
Concepts and definitions followed during the household listing and baseline population andsocioeconomic census are described below:
Slum: A slum is a cluster of compact settlements of 5 or more households which generallygrow very unsystematically and haphazardly in an unhealthy condition and atmosphere ongovernment and private vacant land. Slums also exist on the owner based householdpremises and generally have the following six characteristics (for detail, see BBS 2015):
2As well as reviewing the data file received from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics ‘Census of Slum Areas andFloating Population-2014’ (BBS, 2015).
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a) Structures of slums are generally very small such as jhupri, tong, tin-shed, semi-puccastructures and dilapidated buildings; b) Population density and the concentration ofstructures are very high; c) Slums generally grow on government, semi-government land,private vacant land, abandoned building/houses, and slopes of hill or rail-line and roadsides; d) In slum areas, water supply is insufficient and unsafe, sanitation systems are quiteinadequate and very unhygienic environment; e) Lighting and road facilities are veryinadequate or not at all in the slum areas; f) Socioeconomic status of the slum dwellers isvery low, and dwellers are generally engaged in informal non-agricultural jobs.
Fig 2.1.1: Location of Slums: Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Gazipur City Corporations
Health and Demographic Surveillance System: The Health and Demographic SurveillanceSystem is a methodological approach to monitoring demographic and health outcomes in aregistered and defined population living in a confined geographic area (INDEPTH Network2002). The information collected at a minimum include vital events (births and deaths) andin- and out-migration. The HDSS starts with an initial census of the population living in
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defined geographical areas, followed by regular household visits by Field Workers to updateinformation on births, deaths, and migrations. After the initial census, one can only becomean HDSS member through birth to a registered member or through in-migration, and onecan cease being a member either through death or through out-migration.
Household: A household consists of one or more people who live together and share mealsfrom a common cooking pot, and can identify one member as head of the household.
De jure Population: Information recorded in the baseline census followed de jurepopulation definition, i.e. the person who usually lives in the household.
Resident: A person residing in the surveillance area permanently or continuously for at leastsix months is considered to be a resident. A person who resides outside the study area, butreturns to his/her home in the HDSS area at least once a month and stays overnight, is alsoconsidered a resident.
Bari: A cluster of households where owner of these houses is usually the same and thetenants use a common space or facility.
Migrant: A household member is defined as migrant whose place of birth is different fromtheir current place of residence.
Household Types: The following instructions were followed to categorise:
i. Single-Person Households
ii. One Generation HouseholdsHead and wife/husbandHead and brother/sisterHead, wife/husband and brother/sister.
iii. Two-Generation HouseholdsHead, wife/husband and unmarried children.Head, wife/husband and married/unmarried childrenHead, married/unmarried children.Head, wife/husband and father/motherHead, brother/sister and father/motherHead, wife/husband, brother/sister and father/motherHead and father/mother
IV. Three-Generation HouseholdsHead, wife/husband, unmarried children and father/motherHead, wife/husband, unmarried/married children and father/motherHead, wife/husband, unmarried/married children and father/mother,son's wife, daughter's husband and grand-children.
v. Other HouseholdsHouseholds including non-relatives (i.e. tutor, cousins, nephews, nieces, servant)
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Sex Ratio: The sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population (Male/Female*100).
Dependency Ratio: The dependency ratio is a measure showing the number of dependents(aged zero to 14 and over the age of 65), to the total population (aged 15 to 64). It is alsoreferred to as the ‘total dependency ratio’. Dependency ratio is calculated with the formula:100 Px/P15-64 where Px is the Population in age group x.
Samity: Samity means a committee, society, or association.
Mohajan: Mohajan is used here as a moneylender.
Occupation: Those of age 8 years or more were asked their occupations (paid job). Primaryoccupation depends on the respondent’s answer. For example, self-employed means aperson makes wage on their own venture, like cow-rearing, mat-weaving and marketing,sewing clothes by oneself, etc. If a person gets monthly salary and if the respondent repliesthat he/she is doing a job, then it is to be coded as ’Employment’; confirming that whetherthe employment is public or private.
Note: If a person gets paid from more than one job then record the most-timed job as the primary occupation.
Education:
Type: Ask the respondents in which type of school they are studying/have studied, like
public, private, NGO, or religious school.
Years of Schooling: Completed years of schooling was recorded.
Note: The education related question is not applicable for under 5 years’ children. School means any kind of
formal educational institution. If someone says he/she has read up to class 5, then they will be asked if theypassed the final exam of class 5. If yes, the code will be 5; otherwise, it will be 4. If no class/grade is found, thenwrite “00”. in case of ‘Maktab’, education was recorded as no schooling.
Violence: Any kind of violent behavior, like attacking, beating, stabbing, destruction, etc.
Robbery: If caught in any kind (in-house/external) of mugging or hijacking, then this code is
to be used.
Theft: This could be any kind (in-house/external) of stealing or burglary.
Kidnapping: To take somebody away by force and hold him/her prisoner, for money and any
demand.
Sexual Harassment: Sexual harassment or unwanted sex-related behavior means to
perform sexual intercourse with someone by force, or to tease/gesture for doing so.
2.3 Recruitment and Training of Field Workers
Initially, Field Research Coordinator, Computer Programmer and three Field ResearchAssistants were recruited. Subsequently, female Field Workers were recruited before thefield work began; initially 12 Field Workers were recruited for household listing andsubsequently increased to 22. One of the criteria for selecting female Field Workers for aparticular area was the proximity of the worker’s residence to the field site. This would help
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the Field Workers to visit the household beyond office hours, if the respondents are notavailable during daytime.
For household listing as well as for baseline population and socioeconomic census, FieldResearch Coordinator and Field Research Assistants were trained first by the PrincipalInvestigator (PI)/Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs). Subsequently, female Field Workerswere trained by the Field Research Coordinator and Field Research Assistants under theguidance of PI.
For household listing, a short training (half-day) was organized. For baseline population andsocioeconomic census, the duration of training was seven days: five days in office (trainingon questionnaires, mock interview, and use of Tab), and two days for field practice. FieldWorkers were trained on data collection instrument, data collection device, and oninterviewing skills and administering the consent form. The training on data collectiondevice (use of Tab) was organized by the Computer Programmer.
2.4 Mapping and Household Listing
Initially, we collected existing maps from various sources for our study areas. Afterreviewing these maps, the slum (i.e., Korail) was divided into areas (for example, Bowbazar).The areas are identified primarily based on communities, and demarcated by physicallandmarks. After mapping, household listing started from a suitable location (one FieldWorker completed about 150 households per day). During household listing, the FieldWorkers assigned bari number (wrote bari number on the door), recorded name of house-owner (bariwala), and name of household head as well as household size. At the time oflisting, the respondent was either an adult household member or a neighbour (householdlisting took about 3 weeks).
2.5 Questionnaires: Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census
During baseline population and socioeconomic census, two types of structuredquestionnaires were administered for each household:
Individual member: Data were collected on age, sex, marital status, education (5 years ormore), occupation (8 years or more), desire for child (currently married women of age 15-49), and household head’s migration (see Questionnaire, Appendix E.1: Baseline Populationand Socioeconomic Census – 2015-16 (All HHs)).
Household-level: Data were collected on possessions of household items, constructionmaterials used for roof, wall and floor of the main dwelling, source of drinking water, typeof latrine, fuel for cooking, sharing water source, latrine and cooking place, garbagedisposal, ownership of land and house, number of dwelling and dwelling area. Data werealso collected on membership of NGO/samity, and whether loan received, violence,robbery, theft, kidnapping, and sexual harassment and care of under-five, if mothers workoutside the home. However, some household-level information (ownership of land andhouse, possession of items) were collected for each household and some information werecollected from 10% households only (see Questionnaire, Appendix E.2: BaselineSocioeconomic Census – 2015-16 (Sample HHs)).
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The questionnaires were prepared by the Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PrincipalInvestigators (Co-PIs); and subsequently, approved by the Ethical Review Committee oficddr,b; however, these questionnaires were pre-tested before data collection began. Infact, pre-testing of questionnaires was done by three female Field Workers under theguidance of PI and Field Research Coordinator. Feedbacks received from the field test werereviewed by the PI and Co-PIs, and useful suggestions were incorporated in finalizing thequestionnaires.
2.6 Field Work- Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census
The data collection for baseline population and socioeconomic census began from a suitablelocation of each female Field Workers’ assigned area. For finding a bari, the Field Workersalso carried printouts of the household listing. Once a bari was identified, the Field Workersentered the slum name, area name and bari number into the Tab, and verified records withthe printout; once confirmed, the household identification number was assigned into theTab, and the Field Workers also wrote the household identification number on the door.
After assigning the household identification number, the Field Workers collecteddemographic information and household level socioeconomic data. As many women workoutside home, the Field Workers had to visit these households during lunch time or in theevening or during a weekly holiday to collect the data. For collecting baseline census data,the Field Workers at first selected the respondent (either head of household or spouse orany adult household member of age 18 years or more) and got signed an informed consentform, if they agreed to provide information.
Each day a Field Worker completed about 40 households and submitted their completedwork (on memory card) to their supervisor every week. After receiving the memory card,the supervisor used to transfer the data to his/her laptop and performed the basic checkingof these data. The supervisor subsequently sent these data to the Field ResearchCoordinator/Computer Programmer through email (as attachment) for further editing andupdating the master database. This phase of data collection (household listing, and baselinepopulation and socioeconomic census) took about 4 months (September 15, 2015 toJanuary 15, 2016).
2.7 Data Management
The data were collected using portable devices, and data collection programs weredeveloped accordingly (initially for household listing and then the baseline population andsocioeconomic census). The master database is a relational one and is managed in MySQLserver. In the portable device, SQLite database was installed in back-end and Android Java infront-end. Some of the consistency checks were incorporated to the data collection program(range checks, consistency/logical checks); however, some logical checks were done at theoffice after loading/merging the data files.
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2.8 Quality Control/Security
Field Research Assistants and Field Research Coordinator were responsible for assessing theday-to-day data quality. In fact, Field Research Assistants were responsible to monitor thedata collection by the female Field Workers as well as to enter few records independentlyinto his/her Tab (listening Field Workers interview). The Field Research Assistants were alsoresponsible to re-interview 2% households per day. After receiving the data from the field,the Computer Programmer edited the data and updated the master database.
To maintain security and confidentiality of the data, the data server was restricted by asecurity password and access was given only to a selected person. In addition, a backup ofthe data file was kept in different locations and were updated periodically.
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Chapter Three
Population Characteristics
Key Findings: In these slums, 118,238 population counted, while 58,461 males, 59,758
females, and 19 transgender people.
31.6% population was below age 15 years, while 2.6% in age 65 or moreyears.
Family size was 3.8.
82.3% households were headed by male, while 18% were headed by female.
This chapter describes the demographic characteristics of the population, including age, sex,dependency ratio, household type and size, and marital status by slum locations. The censusfollowed a de jure population definition; recorded individuals who were the usual residentsof households. To be a resident, a person has to reside in the surveillance area permanentlyor continuously for at least six months.
3.1 Population Size
Table 3.1.1 shows the distribution of households as well as the distribution of population byslum locations. According to de jure population definition, 30,857 households were countedin these slums with a population of 118,238. Out of 118,238 population, 35.3% lived inTongi, followed by Korail (30.8%), Mirpur (19.5%), and fewer lived in Dhalpur/Shayampur(14.4%). The average household size was 3.8 and did not vary much across slum locations(3.7 to 4.0).
Table 3.1.1: Distribution of Households and Distribution of Population by Slum Locations
Location
Household Population Mean(HH size)Number Per cent Number Per cent
Korail 9,745 31.6 36,422 30.8 3.7
Mirpur 6,230 20.2 23,049 19.5 3.7
Dhalpur & Shayampur 4,431 14.3 16,981 14.4 3.8
Tongi 10,451 33.9 41,786 35.3 4.0
Total 30,857 100 118,238 100 3.8Note: HH=Household
3.2 Age and Sex Characteristics
Table 3.2.1 shows the distribution of population by five-year age groups and sex. Slightlymore females than males lived in the slum (59,758 vs. 58,461) yielding a sex ratio of 97.8.However, sex ratios were not same in different age groups. For population below 15 years
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and for population of age 30 years or more, there were more males than females but forpopulation between 15 and 29 years, there were more females than males.
Table 3.2.2 shows the distribution of population (per cent) by broad age groups and slumlocations. The population was young, 31.6% were below 15 years of age, 64.1% werebetween 15 and 59 years, and very few were 60 years of age or more (4.4%). A similarpattern of age distribution also held across slum locations.
Table 3.2.1: Distribution of Population by Five-Year Age groups and Sex
Age(years)
Number Per cent
Both Male Female Sex ratio Both Male Female
0-4 10,877 5,545 5,332 104.0 9.2 9.5 8.9
5-9 13,889 6,973 6,916 100.8 11.8 11.9 11.6
10-14 12,435 6,259 6,176 101.3 10.6 10.7 10.3
15-19 13,829 6,213 7,616 81.6 11.7 10.5 12.7
20-24 11,989 4,872 7,117 68.5 10.1 8.3 11.9
25-29 13,636 6,567 7,069 92.9 11.5 11.2 11.8
30-34 9,365 4,854 4,511 107.6 7.9 8.3 7.6
35-39 9,143 4,667 4,476 104.3 7.7 8.0 7.5
40-44 6,147 3,371 2,776 121.4 5.2 5.8 4.7
45-49 5,504 2,836 2,668 106.3 4.7 4.9 4.5
50-54 3,832 2,043 1,789 114.2 3.2 3.5 3.0
55-59 2,373 1,319 1,054 125.1 2.0 2.3 1.8
60-64 2,154 1,178 976 120.7 1.8 2.0 1.6
65-69 1,170 687 483 142.2 1.0 1.2 0.8
70-74 1,056 626 430 145.6 0.9 1.1 0.7
75-79 304 188 116 162.1 0.3 0.3 0.2
80+ 516 263 253 104.0 0.4 0.5 0.4
Total 118,219 58,461 59,758 97.8 100 100 100
Note: Transgender people were excluded (19)
3.3 Dependency Ratio
Table 3.3.1 shows the dependency ratios by slum locations. The overall dependency ratiowas 51.6; however, the dependency ratio varied across the slums- 55.6 inDhalpur/Shayampur and 46.6 in Mirpur. The dependency ratio for young was 47.7, while forold, the ratio was 3.9. For young (44.2 to 51.9) and for old (2.4 to 6.0), the dependency ratiosvaried slightly across slum locations.
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Table 3.2.2: Distribution of Population (per cent) by Broad Age Group and Slum Locations
Age(year)
Korail(N=36,422)
Mirpur(N=23,049)
Dhalpur &Shayampur(N=16,981)
Tongi(N=41,786)
Total(N=118,238)
<15 33.2 30.2 33.3 29.9 31.5
15-59 63.6 66.9 62.3 63.8 64.1
60-64 1.6 1.3 2.0 2.3 1.8
65+ 1.6 1.6 2.4 4.0 2.6
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Table 3.3.1: Dependency Ratios by Slum Locations
Age(year)
Korail(N=36,422)
Mirpur(N=23,049)
Dhalpur &Shayampur(N=16,981)
Tongi(N=41,786)
Total(N=118,238)
<15 12,092 6,952 5,662 12,497 37,203
15-64 23,732 15,722 10,910 27,625 77,989
65+ 598 375 409 1,664 3,046
Dependency ratio
Total 53.5 46.6 55.6 51.3 51.6
Young 51.0 44.2 51.9 45.2 47.7
Old 2.5 2.4 3.7 6.0 3.9Note: Dependency ratio is calculated with the formula: 100 Px/P15-64 where Px is the Population in
age group x.
3.4 Household Size and Type
Table 3.4.1 shows the distribution of households by type and sex of household head. Out of30,857 households enumerated in these slums, 82.3% were headed by males and 17.7%were headed by females. 57.8% of these households belonged to two-generation, followedby three-generation (20.1%), while very few were single-person households (2.7%). Suchhousehold types differ for male- and female-headed households. In fact, two-generationhouseholds are more among male headed households (62.6%), while three generationhouseholds are more among female headed households (40.2%).
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Table 3.4.1: Distribution of Households by Type and Sex of Household Heads
Number Per cent
Type Female Male Total Female Male Total
Single person 630 220 850 11.7 0.9 2.7
One generation 378 4,200 4,578 6.9 16.5 14.8
Two generations 1,909 15,917 17,826 35.0 62.6 57.8
Three generations 2,193 4,005 6,198 40.2 15.8 20.1
Others 340 1,065 1,405 6.2 4.2 4.6
Total 5,450 25,407 30,857 100 100 100
3.5 Marital Status
Information on marital status was collected from those who were 12 years or more. Table3.5.1 shows the distribution of population (age 12 or more) by marital status and sex. Mostof the population was currently married (67.6%), followed by never married (19.2%), whilethe rest of them were either separated or divorced or widowed (13.2%). There were slightlymore currently married among males than females (70.0% vs. 68.8%), while widowed (3.6%vs. 0.3%), separated (1.2% vs. 0.3%) and divorced (8.4% vs. 0.6%) were more among femalesthan males.
Table 3.5.1: Distribution of Population+ by Marital Status and Sex
Marital StatusNumber Per cent
Both Male Female Both Male Female
Currently married 60,726 30,317 30,409 68.8 70.0 67.6
Never married 21,096 12,462 8,634 23.9 28.8 19.2
Widowed 1,754 131 1,623 2.0 0.3 3.6
Separated 678 124 554 0.8 0.3 1.2
Divorced 4,024 257 3,767 4.5 0.6 8.4
Total 88,278 43,291 44,987 100 100 100Note: +Age 12 or more; almost all were Muslims (99.2%) with negligible per cent were Hindus
and Christians (0.8%).
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Chapter Four
Living Condition
Key Findings:
These slums were mainly built on government land (91%), while in Mirpur, 31%slums were on private land.
67.9% occupants were tenant, while 31.6% were owner of the house.
82% households possessed one bedroom; mean dwelling area was 119.4 sq. ft.
Roof material was mostly tin (94.0%), while about 70% wall material was tin.88% floor material was brick/cement.
About 95% households used pipe water for drinking; 92% households sharedsource of drinking water.
32% households had sanitary latrine flash to sewerage/septic tank, while 60%households had sanitary latrine flash to elsewhere; 90% households shared
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latrine.
Use of electricity as a source of light was universal (99.6%).
Slightly over 50% households used gas for cooking and 35% used solid fuel;60% households shared cooking place.
For about 50% cases, garbage was dumped in open space outside the house,while for 47.2% cases garbage kept at home or dumped in bin outside thehouse.
Garbage was collected daily for about 40% cases, while for 37% cases garbagewas never collected.
This chapter describes the ownership of land and dwelling, housing condition, constructionmaterial used for dwelling, water and sanitation, source of light and fuel for cooking, andgarbage disposal system by slum locations. These information were collected for 10%systematically selected households, except ownership of land and dwelling; those covered allhouseholds of the surveillance area.
4.1 Ownership of Land and Dwelling
An inquiry was made to know about ownership of land as well as ownership of the dwelling.Table 4.1.1 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by ownership of land and slumlocations. Slums were mostly built on government land (90.7%), while 9.3% were built onprivate land. Ownership of land varied across slum locations; 100% land in Korail and Tongiwere owned by the government, while 78.8% land in Dhalpur/Shayampur, and 69.3% land inMirpur were owned by the government.
Table 4.1.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Ownership of Land and Slum Locations
Ownership Korail(N= 9,745)
Mirpur(N= 6,228)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=4,427)Tongi
(N=10,449)Total
(30,857)
Head/other resident 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.2
Landlord 0.0 30.6 20.2 0.0 9.1
Government 100.0 69.3 78.8 100.0 90.7
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Table 4.1.2 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by ownership of dwelling andslum locations. 67.9% occupants were tenants, while 31.6% occupants were owner ofdwelling. There were more tenants in Mirpur (87.4%), followed by Dhalpur/Shayampur andKorail (70%-73%), while fewer tenants were in Tongi (51.6%). Consequently, 48.2% occupantswere owner of the dwelling in Tongi, followed by Dhalpur/Shayampur and Korail (25%-29%),and fewer owners were in Mirpur (12.4%).
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Table 4.1.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Ownership of Dwelling and SlumLocations
Ownership Korail(N=9,745)
Mirpur(N=6,230)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=4,431)Tongi
(N=10,451)Total
(30,857)
Head/other member 29.1 12.4 25.2 48.2 31.6
House owner/Bariwala 70.5 87.4 72.8 51.6 67.9
Other 0.4 0.2 2.1 0.2 0.5
Total 100 100 100 100 100Note: Owner (Head/other member); Tenant (House owner/bariwala)
4.2 Housing Condition
Inquiry was made on the number of dwelling as well as about length and breadth of thedwelling(s), and was recorded after physical verification. Table 4.2.1 shows the distribution ofhouseholds (per cent) by number of dwelling and slum locations. 81.6% of the householdspossessed one bedroom, followed by two bedrooms (14.7%), while households with three ormore bedrooms were negligible (3.7%); mean number of dwelling was 1.2. When number ofbedroom was examined across slums, one-bedroom households were more in Korail andMirpur (90%), followed by Dhalpur/Shayampur (83.6%) and fewer in Tongi (67.9%). Twobedroom houses were more in Tongi (24.2%) and fewer in Korail and Mirpur (8-10%), whilethree or more bedroom houses were more in Tongi (7.9%) and negligible in other slums (1%-2%); mean number of dwelling vary slightly across slum locations (1.1 to 1.4).
Table 4.2.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Number of Dwelling and SlumLocations
No. ofDwelling
Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
1 88.9 90.3 83.6 67.9 81.6
2 9.8 8.0 14.5 24.2 14.7
3 1.1 1.4 1.7 7.6 3.4
4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Mean 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.2
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Table 4.2.2 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by dwelling area and slumlocations. About 48% households possessed dwelling area for less than 100 sq. ft., followedby 31.4% for 100-149 sq. ft., and 21.1% for 150 or more sq. ft.; mean dwelling area was 119.4sq. ft. When the mean dwelling area was examined by slum locations; in Dhalpur/Shayampur(147.3 sq. ft.), dwelling area was bigger than Tongi (135.4 sq. ft.), Mirpur (117.6 sq. ft.) andKorail (90.9 sq. ft.).
Table 4.2.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Dwelling Area and Slum Locations
Area (sq. ft.) Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
< 50 18.8 3.9 1.7 5.5 8.8
50-99 50.6 42.4 21.3 32.6 38.7
100-149 20.6 36.6 44.9 32.3 31.4
150-199 6.1 8.0 15.4 11.5 9.6
200+ 3.9 9.1 16.7 18.1 11.5
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Mean (sq. ft.) 90.9 117.6 147.3 135.4 119.4
4.3 Construction Material Used for Dwelling
Information on construction material of roof, wall, and floor of the largest dwelling wasrecorded after physical verification. Table 4.3.1 shows the distribution of households (percent) by construction material for roof and slum locations. For roof, mostly tin was used(94.0%) followed by wood/bamboo (3.1%) and brick/cement (2.9%). However, roof materialsdid not vary much across slum locations.
Table 4.3.2 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by construction material for walland slum locations. 70.4% wall was made of tin and 29.1% was made of brick/cement.However, wall material varied across slum locations. 90.7% wall was made of tin in Korail,followed by Mirpur (75.3%), Dhalpur/Shayampur (55.8%) and Tongi (54.1%). About 46% wallwas made of brick/cement in Tongi, followed by Dhalpur/Shayampur (42.1%), Mirpur (24.7%)and fewer in Korail (9.1%).
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Table 4.3.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Construction Material of Roof and SlumLocations
Roof material Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
Wood/bamboo 5.7 1.2 7.2 0.2 3.1
Brick/cement 1.9 0.9 8.2 2.7 2.9
Tin 92.4 97.9 84.6 97.1 94.0
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Table 4.3.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Construction Material of Wall and SlumLocations
Wall material Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
Wood/bamboo 0.2 0.0 2.1 0.3 0.5
Brick/cement 9.1 24.7 42.1 45.6 29.1
Tin 90.7 75.3 55.8 54.1 70.4
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Table 4.3.3 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by construction material for floorand slum locations. Floor material was mostly brick/cement (88%), followed bywood/bamboo (7.8%) and earth/katcha (4.2%). Floor material varied slightly across slumlocations. About 90% floor materials of Korail, Mirpur and Dhalpur/Shayampur werebrick/cement, while it was 82.5% in Tongi; 18% floor were either wood/bamboo orearth/katcha in Tongi, followed by Dhalpur/Shayampur, Mirpur and Korail (9%-10%).
Table 4.3.3: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Construction Material of Floor andSlum Locations
Floor material Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
Earth/katcha 1.0 2.9 2.6 8.9 4.2
Wood/bamboo 8.3 6.5 7.2 8.6 7.8
Brick/cement 90.7 90.6 90.2 82.5 88.0
Total 100 100 100 100 100
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4.4 Water and Sanitation
Inquiry was made on source of drinking water as well as type of latrine. These informationwere recorded after physical verification; it was also physically verified whether sanitarylatrine was drained to septic tank/sewerage or somewhere else.
Table 4.4.1 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by source of drinking water andslum locations. About 95% households used pipe water for drinking, followed by tube wellwater (5.1%). Source of water did not vary much across slum locations. However, use of tubewell for drinking water was more in Dhalpur/Shayampur (9.3%), followed by Korail (8.7%),and negligible use in Mirpur and Tongi (1-2%).
Table 4.4.2 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by those sharing water sourceand slum locations. About 91.9% households shared water source for drinking and it variedacross slum locations. About 95% households shared water source in Korail, Mirpur andDhalpur/Shayampur, followed by Tongi (84%); 37.4% shared among 10 or more households,31% shared among 5-9 households, and 23.5% shared among 1-4 households.
Table 4.4.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Source of Drinking Water and SlumLocations
Source Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
Pipe water 88.7 98.8 90.5 97.5 93.9
Tube well 8.7 1.2 9.3 2.2 5.1
Others 2.6 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.0
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Table 4.4.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Those Sharing Water Source andSlum Locations
Sharing(No. ofhouseholds)
Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
0 5.7 2.7 3.0 16.3 8.1
1-4 16.5 12.9 13.9 41.8 23.5
5-9 40.5 44.1 29.3 13.9 31.0
10+ 37.3 40.3 53.8 28.0 37.4
Total 100 100 100 100 100
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Table 4.4.3 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by type of latrine and slumlocations. About 30% households had sanitary latrine flash to sewerage/tank, while 60.9%households had sanitary latrine flash to elsewhere and 6.4% households had pit latrinewithout slab or hanging/open latrine. Types of latrine varied across slum locations. In Korail,sanitary latrine flash to elsewhere was common (75.6%), followed by Mirpur (65.5%) andDhalpur/Shayampur and Tongi (41%-53%). However, pit latrine without slab andhanging/open latrine was more in Dhalpur/Shayampur (19.6%) and fewer in Korail (1.3%).
Table 4.4.4 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by those sharing latrine and slumlocations. About 90% households shared latrine and it varied across slum locations. Over 95%households shared in Korail, Mirpur, and Dhalpur/Shayampur, while 78% shared latrine inTongi. Among those shared latrine, 31.7% shared latrine among 10 or more households,32.4% shared latrine among 5-9 households and 26.2% shared among 1-4 households.
Table 4.4.3: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Type of Latrine and Slum Locations
Type Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
Sanitary(sewerage/tank) 22.6 24.8 36.8 35.9 29.5
Sanitary(elsewhere) 75.6 65.5 41.0 52.7 60.9
Ventilated(improved) 0.5 7.4 2.6 3.5 3.2
Pit latrine(no slab) 1.1 1.8 11.1 2.4 3.2
Hanging/open 0.2 0.5 8.5 5.5 3.2
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Table 4.4.4: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Those Sharing Latrine and SlumLocations
Sharing(No. ofhouseholds)
Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
0 4.3 2.7 3.7 22.3 9.7
1-4 17.7 13.0 20.0 46.0 26.2
5-9 44.4 43.2 34.9 12.4 32.4
10+ 33.6 41.1 41.4 19.3 31.7
Total 100 100 100 100 100
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4.5 Source of Light and Fuel for Cooking
Table 4.5.1 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by source of light and slumlocations. Use of electricity as a source of light was almost universal (99.6%) and did not varyacross slum locations.
Table 4.5.2 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by type of fuel for cooking andslum locations. Slightly over 50% households used gas for cooking, followed by wood(34.9%); while use of gas-cylinder (1.4%), kerosene (2.4%), electricity (3.8%) and others(4.0%) were negligible. Type of fuel for cooking varied considerably across slum locations. InKorail and Mirpur, 85%-98% households used gas from gas line, followed byDhalpur/Shayampur (25.8%) and negligible use of gas in Tongi (2.1%). About 70% householdsused wood in Dhalpur/Shayampur and Tongi, while use of wood was 10.8% in Mirpur andnegligible use in Korail (1.7%). In Tongi, use of electricity for cooking was high (10%), andalmost nil in other slums.
Table 4.5.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Source of Light and Slum Locations
Source Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
Electricity 99.6 99.8 100.0 99.3 99.6
Kerosene 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.4
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Table 4.5.3 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by those sharing cooking placeand slum locations. About 60% households shared cooking place; however, sharing cookingplace was more in Korail (95%) and fewer in Tongi (18%). Those households shared cookingplace, 25% shared kitchen among 5-9 households, 20% shared among 1-4 households, while15.9% shared among 10 or more households.
Table 4.5.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Type of Fuel for Cooking and SlumLocations
Type of Fuel Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
Gas line 98.1 84.5 25.8 2.1 53.5
Wood 1.7 10.8 67.9 68.1 34.9
Gas cylinder 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.4 1.4
Kerosene 0.0 3.0 5.6 3.0 2.4
Electricity 0.2 1.7 0.7 10.0 3.8
Others 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 4.0
Total 100 100 100 100 100
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Table 4.5.3: Distribution Households (per cent) by those Sharing Cooking Place and SlumLocations
Sharing(No. ofhuseholds)
Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
0 5.4 11.7 55.8 82.3 39.1
1-4 25.8 21.8 21.4 12.6 20.0
5-9 42.1 40.6 15.0 2.6 25.0
10+ 26.7 25.9 7.8 2.5 15.9
Total 100 100 100 100 100
4.6 Garbage Disposal
Inquiry was made on how garbage was dumped and how often garbage was removed. Table4.6.1 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by garbage dumping system and slumlocations. For about 50% cases, garbage was kept in open space outside the house, followedby kept garbage at home (30.3%), put garbage in bin outside the home (16.9%) and negligibleper cent dumped garbage somewhere else (5.5%). Keeping garbage in open space outsidethe home did not vary much across slum locations (42%-55%). However, dumping systemvaried for those who kept garbage at home, 38.1% in Mirpur and 15.2% inDhalpur/Shayampur; while dumping garbage in bin outside the home also varied across slumlocations (6%-20%).
Table 4.6.2 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by frequency of garbagecollection and slum locations. For about 40% cases garbage was collected daily, followed by1-3 times in a week (18.3%), and 3-4 times a month (3.4%); for 36.5% cases garbage wasnever collected. In case of daily garbage collection, it varied across slum locations. In Mirpur,84.4% cases garbage was collected daily, while only for 21.3% cases garbage was collecteddaily in Tongi. Where garbage was collected 1-3 times a week, it varied across slum locations.In Korail, 28.7% cases garbage was collected 1-3 times a week, followed by Tongi (24.8%) andDhalpur/Shayampur and Mirpur (2%-5%).
Table 4.6.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Garbage Dumping System andSlum Locations
Dumping System Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
Open space(outside) 44.0 42.0 55.3 50.4 47.3
At house 36.2 38.1 15.2 26.5 30.3
Bin outside house 19.5 15.4 6.5 20.0 16.9
Others 0.3 4.5 23.0 3.1 5.5
Total 100 100 100 100 100
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Table 4.6.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Frequency of Garbage Collection andSlum Locations
Frequency Korail(N=979)
Mirpur(N=667)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=461)Tongi
(N=1,006)Total
(N=3,113)
Everyday 24.9 84.4 61.0 21.3 41.8
1-3 times a week 28.7 2.3 5.0 24.8 18.3
3-4 times a month 1.0 0.0 0.8 9.2 3.4
Never collected 45.4 13.3 33.2 44.7 36.5
Total 100 100 100 100 100
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Chapter Five
Socioeconomic Condition
Key Findings:
Among adult (aged 15 or more years), 36.2% males and 42.3% females didnot have any schooling.
Among children (aged 6-14 years), 14.1% boys and 8.9% girls did not haveany schooling.
Among aged 8 or more years, 73.5% males were involved in incomegenerating activities compared to 39.6% among females. Dominantoccupation among males were labourer (26.4%), student (14.5%), business(13.2%), service holder (11.7%), rickshaw/van puller (11.3%), and garmentworker (10.3%); while among females, dominant occupations werehousewife (35.7%), garment worker (19.1%), student (14.7%), domesticwork (9.6%) and labourer (4.6%).
Most households had electric fan (96%), and mobile phone (85%). About60% households had television and khat.
Mean household expenditure (total) was Taka 11,981 during last month;about 50% households spent Taka 5,000-10,000 during last month.
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Mean household expenditure on food was Taka 6,291 during last month;about 65% households spent Taka 5,000-9,999 during last month.
Mean expenditure on education was Taka 604 during last month; 58%households did not spend any money on education during last month.
Mean expenditure on health was Taka 1,276 during last month; 35%households did not spend any money on health during last month.
Mean saving was Taka 527 during last month; majority of the households(72%) were unable to save any money during last month.
This chapter describes educational qualification, type of occupation, possession of items,household expenditure (total, food, education and health), and household’s saving.Information on education was collected for each individual aged five years or more. If anindividual had more than one type of schooling, the most advanced one was considered.Completed year(s) of schooling was recorded, and in case of Maktab education, it wasrecorded as no schooling. Information on primary occupation (paid job) was collected forindividual aged eight years or more. Information on expenditure and saving were collectedduring last month for 10% systematically selected households.
5.1 Educational Qualification
Table 5.1.1 shows the distribution of population (age 15 or more) by years of schooling andsex. The education level was low: 39.4% did not have any schooling, 22.3% completed 1-5years of schooling, 15.1% completed 6-9 years of schooling, and 22.8% completed 10 ormore years of schooling.
The level of schooling differed for male and female, more males had some schooling thanfemales (63.8% vs. 57.7%). In fact, slightly more males were in 1-5 years of schooling categorythan females (23.2% vs. 21.5%), and in 10 or more years of schooling category (25.1% vs.20.7%) but slightly more females than males were in 6-9 years (15.4% vs. 14.7%).
Table 5.1.2 shows the distribution (per cent) of children (age 6-14 years) by type of schooland slum locations. About 12% children did not have any schooling, while 88% did go toschool and completed at least one year of schooling. Those who did go to school, 29.4% werein private schools, 27% were in NGO schools, 25.4% were in government schools, and 6.7%were in religious schools. Type of school differed across slum locations; NGO schools weremore in Korail and Mirpur (33%-42%), while fewer NGO schools were in Tongi (11.5%).Private schools were more in Tongi (43.8%) and fewer in Korail (20.7%), while governmentschools were more in Dhalpur/Shayampur (36.3.%) and fewer in Korail (18.1%).
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Table 5.1.1: Distribution of Population+ by Years of Schooling and Sex
Years ofSchooling
Number Per cent
Male Female Both Male Female Both
No education 13,878 16,934 30,812 36.2 42.3 39.4
Primary incomplete 1,457 801 2,258 3.8 2.0 2.9
Primary complete 7,429 7,791 15,220 19.4 19.5 19.4
Secondary incomplete 5,634 6,161 11,795 14.7 15.4 15.1
Secondary complete 7,563 6,927 14,490 19.8 17.3 18.5
Higher secondary or more 2,015 1,373 3,388 5.3 3.4 4.3
Missing 315 26 341 0.8 0.1 0.4
Total 38,291 40,013 78,304 100 100 100
Note: +Age 15 or more
Figure 5.1.1 shows the distribution (per cent) of children (age 6-14 years) by type of schooland sex. Among age 6-14 years, girls completed more schooling than boys (91.1% vs. 85.9%).Of those who completed schooling, more girls than boys, in NGO school (30.1% vs. 24.0%),private school (30.5% vs. 28.4%), and government school (26.8% vs. 23.9%); however, inreligious schools (9.6% vs. 3.7%), there were more boys than girls.
Table 5.1.2: Distribution of Children+ (per cent) by Type of School and Slum Locations
Type ofSchool
Korail MirpurDhalpur &
Shayampur Tongi Total
(N=7,493) (N=4,353) (N=3,551) (N=7,824) (N=23,221)
No education 13.8 10.7 12.1 9.4 11.5
Government school 18.1 26.7 36.3 26.7 25.4
Private school 20.7 22.6 24.5 43.8 29.4
NGO school 42.5 33.3 21.1 11.5 27.0
Religious school 4.9 6.7 6.0 8.6 6.7
Total 100 100 100 100 100Note: +Age 6-14 years
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Fig 5.1.1: Distribution of Children+ (per cent) by Type of School and Sex
5.2 Occupation
Information on occupation was collected for individual aged eight years or more. Table 5.2.1shows the distribution of population (age 8 or more) by occupation and sex. Among males,73.5% were involved in income generating activities compared to 39.6% among females3.Other than no-work category (10.8% vs. 9.3%), dominant occupation among males werelabourer (26.4%), student (14.5%), business (13.2%), service holder (11.7%), rickshaw/vanpuller (11.3%), and garment worker (10.3%); while among females, dominant occupationswere housewife (35.7%), garment worker (19.1%), student (14.7%), domestic work (9.6%)and labourer (4.6%).
Table 5.2.2 shows the distribution (per cent) of population (age 8 years or more) byoccupation and slum locations; some occupations vary considerably across slum locations. Infact, service holders were more in Dhalpur/Shayampur and Korail (11%-12%) and fewer inMirpur and Tongi (3%-4%). Garment workers were more in Mirpur (24.7%), followed byTongi (18.8%) and fewer in Dhalpur/Shayampur and Korail (4%-8%). Rickshaw/van pullerswere more in Korail (8.5%), followed by Dhalpur/Shayampur and Mirpur (5%-6%) and fewerin Tongi (2.9%). Labourers were more in Dhalpur/Shayampur (23.4%), followed by Tongi andMirpur (15.5%) and fewer in Korail (11.1%). Domestic workers (female) were more in Korail(10.3%), followed by Mirpur (5.9%) and fewer in Tongi and Dhalpur/Shayampur (1%-3%).
3If mother works for income generating activities, it is expected that mother will go outside the home. In our
study, an inquiry was made to know who took care of under-five children, if mothers work outside the home.Out of 288 mothers identified with under-five children and mothers working outside, 41% reported that nobodytook care of the under-five children, while for 41.3% cases the under-five children were looked after by relatives,and for 8% cases the under-five children were taken care of by siblings (for detail, see Appendix D.1).
14.1
23.9
28.4
24.0
9.68.9
26.8
30.5 30.1
3.7
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
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No education Govt. Private NGO Religious
Boy GirlNote: +Age 6-14 years
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Table 5.2.1: Distribution of Population by Occupation+ and Sex
OccupationNumber Per cent
Male Female Both Male Female Both
Private service 4,944 1,172 6,116 10.5 2.4 6.4
Garment worker 4,847 9,296 14,143 10.3 19.1 14.8
Government service 580 253 833 1.2 0.5 0.9
Self-employed 297 595 892 0.6 1.2 0.9
Rickshaw/van puller 5,302 0 5,302 11.3 0.0 5.5
Business 6,237 894 7,131 13.2 1.7 7.4
Labourer (skill/un-skill) 12,445 2,224 14,669 26.4 4.6 15.3
House-wife 0 17,415 17,415 0.0 35.7 18.2
Domestic work (female) 0 4,667 4,667 0.0 9.6 4.9
Domestic work (male) 6 222 228 0.0 0.5 0.2
Student 6,822 7,149 13,971 14.5 14.7 14.6
No work 5,082 4,539 9,621 10.8 9.3 10.0
Other 572 321 893 1.2 0.7 0.9
Total 47,134 48,747 95,881 100 100 100Note: +Age 8 or more; less than 0.1% was considered as ‘0’.
Table 5.2.2: Distribution of Population (per cent) by Occupation+ and Slum Locations
Occupation Korail(N=29,096)
Mirpur(N=18,872)
Dhalpur &Shayampur(N=13,576)
Tongi(N=34,337)
All(N=95,881)
Private service 11.0 3.6 8.3 3.2 6.4
Garment worker 8.4 24.7 4.1 18.8 14.8
Government service 0.2 0.3 4.2 0.3 0.9
Self-employed 0.6 0.2 2.7 0.9 0.9
Rickshaw/van puller 8.5 5.9 5.2 2.9 5.5
Business 7.7 6.6 6.2 8.2 7.4
Labour (skill/un-skill) 11.1 15.6 23.4 15.5 15.3
House-wife 16.2 15.6 19.1 20.9 18.2
Domestic work (female) 10.3 5.9 2.8 0.6 4.9
Domestic work (male) 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Student 12.7 13.4 14.2 17.0 14.6
No work 11.4 7.4 8.5 11.0 10.0
Other 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.7 0.9
Note: +Age 8 or more
5.3 Household Possessions
Inquiries were made on ownership of articles; such as chair/table, dining table, khat, chawki,sofa set, almirah/wadrobe, radio, television, fridge, mobile phone, electric fan, watch/clock,
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rickshaw/van, computer/laptop, and sewing machine. Damaged items were included, if thesewere repairable.
Table 5.3.1 shows the distribution of households (per cent) owning selected items by slumlocations; some items vary slightly by slum locations Most households had electric fan (94-97%), and mobile phone (82%-87%), followed by television (50%-70%) and khat (41%-71%),chawki (23%-55%), and almirah/wardrobe (15%-49%), chair/table, watch/clock, and fridge(8%-25%) and sewing machine (4%-10%).The households owning dining table or sofa set orradio or rickshaw/van or computer/laptop were exceptionally few (0.2%-3.5%).
In fact, khat was more in Dhalpur/Shayampur (71.0%) and fewer in Korail (41.1%), chawkiwas more in Korail (54.8%) and fewer in Dhalpur/Shayampur (23.1%), television was more inTongi (70.3%) and fewer in Korail (50.5%); while almirah/wardrobe was more in Tongi(49.2%) and fewer in Korail (15.4%).
Table 5.3.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) Owning Selected Items by Slum Locations
Asset Korail(N=9,745)
Mirpur(N=6,230)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=4,431)Tongi
(N=10,451)All
(N=30,857)
Chair/table 17.1 25.2 31.0 22.1 22.4
Dining table 0.6 1.9 0.8 1.8 1.3
Khat 41.1 58.1 71.0 68.8 58.2
Chawki 54.8 37.9 23.1 32.1 39.2
Sofa set 1.3 1.9 1.6 3.0 2.0
Almirah/wardrobe 15.4 27.6 29.2 49.2 31.3
Radio 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4
Television 50.5 55.6 57.4 70.3 59.2
Fridge 7.7 12.0 18.7 24.8 15.9
Mobile phone 82.5 83.5 86.6 86.7 84.7
Electric fan 96.5 96.6 94.0 94.8 95.6
Watch/clock 14.3 19.7 26.5 29.0 22.1
Rickshaw/van 2.3 2.2 3.3 2.4 2.5
Computer/laptop 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.2 1.0
Sewing machine 4.4 4.9 6.9 10.1 6.8
5.4 Household Expenditure and Saving
Table 5.4.1 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by total expenditure during lastmonth. Mean household expenditure was Taka 11,981 during last month. About 60%households spent Taka 10,000-14,999 during last month, followed by Taka 15,000-19,999
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(15.4%), Taka 7,500-9,999 (13%) and Taka 20,000 or more (6.1%); however, thosehouseholds spent less than Taka 5,000 were few (1.7%).
Table 5.4.2 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by expenditure on food duringlast month. Mean household expenditure on food during last month was Taka 6,291. In fact,about 44.4% and households spent Taka 5,000-7,499, followed by Taka 7,500-9,999 (20.3%),Taka 3,000-4,999 (16.3%) and Taka 10,000 or more (11.2%); however those householdsspent Taka 3,000 or less were few (6.7%).
Table 5.4.1: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Total Expenditure during Last Month
Expenditure(Taka) Korail Mirpur
Dhalpur &Shayampur Tongi Total
(N=979) (N=667) (N=461) (N=1,006) (N=3,113)
<5,000 1.2 1.5 1.3 2.5 1.7
5,000-7,499 6.4 5.4 6.3 5.0 5.7
7,500-9,999 14.5 13.6 12.3 11.5 13.0
10,000-14,999 59.1 63.0 59.9 53.1 58.1
15,000-19,999 14.5 11.2 12.8 20.1 15.4
20,000+ 4.3 5.3 7.4 7.8 6.1
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Mean 11,715.3 11,813.1 12,054.8 12,318.7 11,981.5
Table 5.4.3 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by expenditure on health duringlast month. Mean expenditure on health during last month was Taka 1,276. In fact, 35.2%households did not spend any money on health during last month, 24.9% households spentTaka 1,000 or more, 24.2% households spent Taka 500-999 and 15.7% households spent lessthan Taka 500.
Table 5.4.4 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by expenditure on educationduring last month. Mean expenditure on education during last month was Taka 604. In fact,about 60% households did not spend any money on education during last month. Thosehouseholds spent money on education, 17.6% households spent Taka 1,000 or Taka 500-999,while 6.7% households spent less than Taka 500.
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Table 5.4.2: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Expenditure on Food during LastMonth
Expenditure(Taka) Korail Mirpur
Dhalpur &Shayampur Tongi Total
(N=979) (N=667) (N=461) (N=1,006) (N=3,113)
<3,000 5.9 5.4 6.0 8.6 6.7
3,000-4,999 15.4 18.8 21.0 13.3 16.3
5,000-7,499 43.4 48.9 42.9 43.0 44.4
7,500-9,999 21.8 16.8 20.4 21.2 20.3
10,000+ 11.4 9.3 9.0 13.2 11.2
Don't know 2.1 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.1
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Mean 6,306.4 6,120.4 6,185.2 6,438.6 6,291.3
Table 5.4.5 shows the distribution of households (per cent) by the amount saved during lastmonth. Mean saving during last month was Taka 527. In fact, majority of the households wasunable to save any money (72%), while 12.8% households saved Taka 1,000 or more,followed by 9.1% households saved Taka 500-999 and 5.8% households saved less than Taka5004.
Table 1Table 5.4.3: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Expenditure on Health duringLast Month
Expenditure(Taka) Korail Mirpur
Dhalpur &Shayampur Tongi Total
(N=979) (N=667) (N=461) (N=1,006) (N=3,113)
<500 12.5 18.1 12.2 18.8 15.7
500-999 21.8 24.4 25.4 25.8 24.2
1,000+ 20.6 24.0 27.1 28.5 24.9
No expense 45.1 33.4 35.4 26.8 35.2
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Mean 1,078.3 1,191.6 1,640.2 1,357.2 1,275.9
4To know financial condition of the household, an inquiry was made whether any of the household members was a member of
NGO/samity and Grameen Bank. In addition, it was also asked whether any household member had taken loan from theseNGOs, Grameen Bank, samity, mahajan, relative and others (for detail, see Appendices D.2 and D.3).
It was recorded that 44.2% households had at least one NGO/Grameen/others member. Those who were member, 6.1% inBRAC, 5.5% in ASA, 5.5% in DSK, 1.7% in Grameen, and 1.5% in UPPR, while 23.9% had membership in others category(NGOs/registered or unregistered samity).
About 47% households had taken loan from NGOs, Grameen, mahajan, relative and other sources. Among five NGOs, most ofthe households had taken loan from BRAC (5.4%), followed by ASA (4.9%), DSK (4.3%), and fewer from UPPR and Grameen(0.3%-1.0%). However, 7.0% households had taken loan from relatives, 2.9% households had taken loan from mahajan, 1.4%households had taken loan from samity, and exceptionally high per cent of loan was taken from other sources (20.3%).
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Table 5.4.4: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Expenditure on Education during LastMonth
Expenditure(Taka) Korail Mirpur
Dhalpur &Shayampur Tongi Total
(N=979) (N=667) (N=461) (N=1,006) (N=3,113)
<500 6.3 7.2 5.4 7.4 6.7
500-999 16.8 15.6 16.7 20.3 17.6
1,000+ 14.2 13.9 19.3 22.6 17.6
No expense 62.7 63.3 58.6 49.7 58.1
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Mean 485.2 501.1 619.1 781.6 604.2
Table 5.4.5: Distribution of Households (per cent) by Amount Saved during Last Month
Savings(Taka) Korail Mirpur
Dhalpur &Shayampur Tongi Total
(N=979) (N=667) (N=461) (N=1,006) (N=3,113)
<500 2.6 3.9 11.3 7.7 5.8
500-999 14.3 6.5 11.5 4.7 9.1
1,000+ 14.0 12.1 11.9 12.3 12.8
No savings 69.1 77.5 65.3 75.3 72.3
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Mean 518.9 586.8 486.5 514.5 527.2
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Chapter Six
Migration of Household Head
Key Findings:
For 35.7% cases, the household heads migrated 20 years or more ago, while14% migrated within the last 5 years; 8.6% did not migrate (since birth).
The majority of household heads migrated for work (62.4%), followed by 19.9%migrated for joining family.
50% household heads migrated from Dhaka division, while 20% migrated fromBarisal division.
The respondents were asked how long ago (duration) the household heads migrated (frombirth place), from which district as well as the cause of migration. The information wascollected from all households of the surveillance area.
6.1 Duration of Migration
Table 6.1.1 shows the distribution of migrants (per cent) by duration of migration (householdhead) and slum locations. For 35.7% household heads migrated 20 or more years ago,followed by 15% migrated during the last 5-9 years, 14.3% migrated within the last 5 years,and 12.6% migrated during the last 10-14 years; 8.6% household heads did not migrate (sincebirth). Duration of migration did not vary considerably across slum locations, except moremigration 20 years ago in Dhalpur/Shayampur (52.9%), followed by Tongi (44.6%), and fewerin Korail and Mirpur (23%-26%). In Tongi, 20.7% household heads did not migrate (sincebirth), while very few did not migrate in other slums (1%-4%).
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6.2 Causes of Migration
Table 6.2.2 shows the distribution of migrants (per cent) by cause of migration (householdhead) and slum locations. The majority of household heads migrated for work (62.4%),followed by joining family (19.9%). Cause of household head’s migration for work variedconsiderably across slum locations. In Korail, 87.3% household heads migrated for work,followed by Mirpur (65.6%), while comparatively fewer household heads migrated for workin Dhalpur/Shayampur and Tongi (42%-48%). For joining family, most household headsmigrated in Dhalpur/Shayampur and Tongi (28%), followed by Mirpur (20.1%), while fewermigrated for joining family in Korail (8.5%).
Table 6.1.1: Distribution of Migrants (per cent) by Duration of Migration+ and Slum Locations
Duration(Years)
Korail MirpurDhalpur &
Shayampur Tongi Total(N=9,745) (N=6,230) (N=4,431) (N=10,451) (N=30,857)
<5 18.0 21.6 7.9 9.1 14.3
5-9 19.8 21.1 11.0 8.6 15.0
10-14 17.5 14.5 12.1 7.2 12.6
15-19 15.9 13.1 11.5 7.5 11.9
20+ 26.2 23.6 52.9 44.6 35.7
Since birth 1.7 3.7 1.8 20.7 8.6
Missing 0.9 2.4 2.8 2.3 1.9
Total 100 100 100 100 100Note: +Household head
Table 6.2.1: Distribution of Migrants (per cent) by Cause of Migration+ and Slum Locations
Cause Korail(N=9,745)
Mirpur(N=6,230)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=4,431)Tongi
(N=10,451)Total
(N=30,857)
Looking for work 87.3 65.6 48.5 42.3 62.4
Earn more money 0.6 5.2 8.3 2.4 3.2
River erosion 1.6 6.4 1.9 6.4 4.2
To Join family 8.5 20.1 27.4 27.6 19.9
Children’s education 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Own education 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Other 0.1 0.7 2.1 0.9 0.8
Since birth 1.8 1.5 11.4 20.0 9.2
Total 100 100 100 100 100Note: + Household head
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6.3 Origin of Migration
Table 6.3.1 shows the distribution of migrants (per cent) by origin of migration (householdhead) and slum locations. 52.2% household heads migrated from Dhaka division, followed byBarisal division (20.5%), Chittagong division (11.6%) and the rest from Khulna, Rajshahi,Rangpur, and Sylhet divisions (15.7%). Origin of household head’s migration varied acrossslum locations. In Tongi, 71.1% household heads migrated from Dhaka division, while inMirpur 27.2% household heads migrated from Dhaka division. In Mirpur, 39% householdheads migrated from Barisal division, followed by Dhalpur/Shayampur (29.7%), while inTongi, 9.4% household heads migrated from Barisal division. In Mirpur, 20.5% householdheads migrated from Rangpur, while fewer migrated from Rangpur in other slums (3%-6%).
Table 6.3.1: Distribution of Migrants (per cent) by Origin of Migration+ and Slum Locations
Origin Korail(N=9,745)
Mirpur(N=6,230)
Dhalpur &Shayampur
(N=4,431)Tongi
(N=10,451)Total
(N=30,857)
Barisal 16.4 39.0 29.7 9.4 20.5
Chittagong 16.7 1.6 16.0 10.9 11.6
Dhaka 54.1 27.2 38.6 71.1 52.2
Khulna 2.3 4.1 3.2 1.1 2.4
Rajshahi 3.5 4.8 2.3 2.1 3.1
Rangpur 4.6 20.5 5.7 3.8 7.7
Sylhet 2.3 2.7 3.5 0.9 2.1
Missing 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.7 0.4
Total 100 100 100 100 100Note: +Household head
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Chapter Seven
Challenges to Establish HDSS in Slums
Key Findings:
The challenges to establish HDSS were selection of slums, defining study area, takingGIS coordinate of the house, numbering - bari and household, absentee respondent,respondent busy, security of interviewer/Tab, problem related to migration and threatto abolish slum.
For establishing Health and Demographic Surveillance System, the team faced somechallenges as below: a) Selection of slums, b) Defining the study area, c) GIS coordinate ofthe house, d) Numbering - bari and house, e) Absentee respondent - locked household, f)Respondent busy, g) Security of interviewer/Tab, h) Problems related to migration, and i)Threat to abolish slum.
7.1 Challenges
The following challenges were faced while establishing the Health and DemographicSurveillance System in the slums of Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Gazipur CityCorporations:
Selection of slums
Defining the study area
GIS coordinate of the house
Numbering - bari and house
Absentee respondent - locked household
Respondent busy
Security of Field Worker/Tab
Problems related to migration
Threat to abolish slum
7.1.1 Selection of Slums
There are about 4,700 slums in Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Gazipur City Corporations.Out of these slums, some are small (less than 100 households - 93% slums), and some arebig (100 or more households - 7% slums); however, about 50% population live in big slums.From the management point of view, big slums are better than small slums (travel time,security etc.) for establishing the HDSS; it was a challenge to select the slums for the HDSSwork.
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7.1.2 Defining the Study Area
Defining the study area was needed to establish the HDSS. The photograph below gives anidea how difficult it was to define the study area for each Field Worker (big slum).
Fig 7.1.2.1: View of Korail Slum in Dhaka
7.1.3 GIS Coordinate of House
As households were very close to each other and sometimes there were two storied houses,it was difficult to take GIS coordinate (time consuming).
Fig 7.1.3.1: Space in between Two Houses
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7.1.4 Numbering- Bari and Household
It was not very easy to give identification number to the households as the houses werebuilt haphazardly. These household identification numbers were used during thesurveillance data collection (three months cycle) and will be used during data collection forspecial module.
Fig 7.1.4.1: Finding the House
7.1.5 Absentee Respondent - Locked House
The house can be found locked while Field Workers visited. During household listing, somebasic information was collected from the neighbour, if the house was found locked. Duringthe baseline population and socioeconomic census, re-visit was needed, if the respondentwas not found at home. Asking the neighbour, time was noted for re-visit (early in themorning, lunch break, in the evening, or during the weekend).
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Fig 7.1.5.1: Locked Household and Note for Availability
7.1.6 Respondent Busy
Often the respondents were found busy and Field Workers had to request the respondentfor giving time for interview or time for re-visit.
Fig 7.1.6.1: Respondent Busy
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7.1.7 Security of Field Worker/Tab5
Slums are not always safe. Sometimes, inconsistent behaviour of drug user, ask for kind/cash, sex worker in slum; all these put security of the Field Workers and Tab at risk.
Fig 7.1.7.1: Security Issue
7.1.8 Problems Related to Migration
During the HDSS data collection, the following difficulties related to migrations/internalmovements were faced:
Internal movement (from which area - to find already assigned RegisteredIdentification Number. Confused with internal movement - moved to which area)
Marriage (one partner, internal or in-migration)
Divorce (divorced woman’s location, internal/out-migration)
Migration-in and migration-out
7.1.9 Threat to Abolish Slum
Often slums are destroyed, if they are in government land (illegal settlement), near roadside/footpath, and rail line. For private land, slums are often abolished in case of need forconstructing better houses.
5In this study, an enquiry was also made whether any of the household members was affected by violence, robbery, theft,
kidnapping, and sexual harassment during the last six months (for detail, see Appendix D.4).
About 20% households were affected by such incidences during the last six months. Among five incidences, most prevalentwas the theft and least was kidnapping. In fact, about 10% households suffered from theft during the last six months, 5%households suffered from violence, 1.7% households suffered from sexual harassment, 1.2% households suffered fromrobbery and 0.7% households suffered from kidnapping.
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7.2 Strategies to Overcome Challenge
Strong supervision
Field office for meeting
Work beyond office hour
Rapport building (household member)
Community support (local leader)
Utilization of the image of icddr,b
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Appendix A: Key Findings- Baseline Population and SocioeconomicCensus, 2015-16
IndicatorsResults of baseline population and
socioeconomic census-Dhaka North,Dhaka South and Gazipur City
Corportations, 2015-2016
Results from otherslum surveys
Population by broad age groups (%)0-14 yrs.15-64 yrs.65 or more yrs.
31.466.02.6
33.2+
66.4+
2.4+
Family size 3.8 4.1+
Female headed household (%) 17.6 14.2++
Sex ratio 97.8 104.8+
Dependency ratio (%)TotalYoungOld
51.647.73.9
-57++
-
No educationAmong aged 15 or more yrs. (%)
MaleFemale
Among aged 6-14 yrs. (%)BoyGirl
36.242.3
14.18.9
25.7+ (aged 15-54)31.8+ (aged 15-49)
--
OccupationIncome generating activity (%)MaleFemale
Laborer (%)MaleFemale
Garment worker (%)MaleFemale
Student (%)MaleFemale
73.539.6
26.44.6
10.319.1
14.514.7
-38.1+
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ownership (%)Mobile phoneTelevisionElectric fan
84.759.295.6
92.0+
63.0+
93.0+
Expenditure/saving during last month(Taka)Total household expenditureMeanTaka 10,000-14,999 (%)
Household expenditure on foodMeanTaka 5,000-9,999 (%)
Household expenditure on healthMeanTaka 1,000 or more (%)
11,98158.1
629164.7
1,27624.9
--
--
--
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Household expenditure on educationMeanTaka 1,000 or more (%)
Household savingMeanTaka 1,000 or more (%)
60417.6
52.712.8
--
--
Ownership of land (%)Owned by government
Ownership of house (%)TenantOwned by HH/other member
90.7
67.831.6
7.9+
75.6+
21.2+
Dwelling (%)One bed roomMean area of dwelling sq. ft.
81.6119.4
74.6+
Construction material of dwelling (%)Roof- TinWall- TinFloor- Brick/cement
94.070.488.0
88.4+
42.6+
75.4+
Source of drinking water (%)Pipe waterSharing water source- 10 or more HH
93.837.4
59.3+
64.7+
Type of toilet (%)Sanitary flash to sewerage/tankSanitary flash to elsewhereVentilated improved pitSharing toilet- 10 or more HH
29.560.90.5
31.7
1.0+
8.6+
82.8+
42.9+
Source of light (%)Electricity
Type of fuel for cooking (%)Gas lineWoodSharing cooking place-10 or more HHs
99.6
53.534.915.9
97.8+
Garbage disposal system (%)Type of store (%)Open space outsideAt home/bin outside
Frequency of collection (%)Every dayNever collected
47.347.2
41.836.5
47.4+
52.3+
Migration of household headDuration of migration (%)
Less than 5 yrs.Twenty or more yrs.Since birth
Cause of migration (%)Looking for workTo join family
Origin of migration (%)DhakaBarisalChittagong
14.335.78.6
62.419.9
52.220.511.6
Note: +Bangladesh Urban Health Survey, 2013; ++Bangladesh Urban Health Survey, 2006.
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Appendix B: Member of Technical Review Committee
1. Md. Abu Bakr Siddique, Project Director (Joint Secretary), UPHCSDP
2. Mr. Dhiraj Kumar Nath, Staff consultant, BRM, ADB
3. Dr. Zahirul Islam, Program Officer, Embassy of Sweden, Dhaka
4. Dr. Rafiqus Sultan, PTO, UNFPA
5. Director (Research), NIPORT
6. Prof. Nitai Chakraborty, Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka
7. Dr. Md. Shafiqul Islam, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, NIPSOM
8. Chief Health Officer, Dhaka South City Corporation
9. Chief Health Officer, Dhaka North City Corporation
10. Dr. Abdur Razzaque, PhD, PI, Operations Research, (icddr,b)
11. Mr. Sabirul Islam, Deputy Project Director, (A&T/SD), UPHCSDP
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Appendix C.1: Distribution of Slums by Slum Size and Locality (City Corporation,
Municipality and Other Urban), 2014
Locality
Slum Size
% ofslums
< 10 HH 10-24 HH 25-49 HH 50-99 HH 100+ HHTotalslums
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Barisal 14 45 34 23 20 136 0.98
Chittagong 313 1002 348 335 217 2215 15.89
Comilla 9 9 12 5 5 40 0.29
Dhaka (N) 255 769 264 157 199 1644 11.80
Dhaka (S) 527 851 254 85 38 1755 12.59
Gazipur 192 616 257 143 78 1286 9.23
Narayanganj 5 18 15 17 27 81 0.58
Khulna 630 361 62 47 34 1134 8.14
Rajshahi 13 24 16 19 31 103 0.74
Rangpur 0 4 7 17 20 48 0.34
Sylhet 217 339 75 35 4 670 4.81
City Corp Total 2175 4038 1344 883 672 9112 65.38
Municipalities 1082 1089 480 409 290 3350 24.04
Other Urban 485 700 186 77 28 1476 10.59
Grand Total 3742 5827 2010 1369 990 13938 100.00
Source: BBS, 2015; HH=Household
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Appendix C.2: Distribution of Households by Slum Size and Locality (CityCorporation, Municipality and Other Urban), 2014
LocalitySlum Size % of
HHs< 10 HH 10-24 HH 25-49 HH 50-99 HH 100+ HH
TotalHHs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Barisal 107 746 1157 1658 5897 9565 1.61
Chittagong 2199 15755 12043 23164 74275 127436 21.49
Comilla 63 125 377 341 849 1755 0.30
Dhaka (N) 1732 12100 9062 10940 101227 135061 22.78
Dhaka (S) 3574 13112 8843 5612 8874 40015 6.75
Gazipur 1423 9309 8928 10180 26757 56597 9.54
Narayanganj 43 308 594 1292 8567 10804 1.82
Khulna 3909 5078 2119 3376 6054 20536 3.46
Rajshahi 65 425 582 1415 7727 10214 1.72
Rangpur 0 72 287 1280 4415 6054 1.02
Sylhet 1444 4925 2519 2301 702 11891 2.01
City Corp Total 14559 61955 46511 61559 245344 429928 72.50
Municipalities 7160 16159 16916 29128 60438 129801 21.89
Other Urban 3273 10247 6177 5421 8151 33269 5.61
Grand Total 24992 88361 69604 96108 313933 592998 100.00
Source: BBS, 2015; Note: HH=Household
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Appendix C.3: Distribution of Population by Slum Size and Locality (CityCorporation, Municipality and Other Urban), 2014
LocalitySlum Size
% ofpopu-lation
< 10 HH 10–24 HH 25–49 HH 50-99 HH 100+ HHTotalpopn
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Barisal 420 3027 4810 6671 23808 38738 1.74
Chittagong 7970 58626 44833 90995 282406 484830 21.76
Comilla 257 556 1614 1331 3688 7446 0.33
Dhaka (N) 6305 42842 31965 39684 375873 496669 22.29
Dhaka (S) 12969 47989 32037 21224 32847 147066 6.60
Gazipur 4689 28547 27507 32827 92297 185867 8.34
Narayanganj 165 1178 2202 4976 31964 40485 1.82
Khulna 14628 19242 8610 13612 23735 79827 3.58
Rajshahi 226 1479 2263 5209 29364 38541 1.73
Rangpur 0 255 1032 4521 16156 21964 0.99
Sylhet 6049 20714 10665 9733 2968 50129 2.25
City Corp Total 53678 224455 167538 230783 915106 1591560 71.44
Municipalities 27513 63120 66613 114827 241540 513613 23.06
Other Urban 12162 37581 22895 20714 29229 122581 5.50
Grand Total 93353 325156 257046 366324 1185875 2227754 100.00
Source: BBS, 2015; Note: HH=Household
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Appendix D.1: Under-Five Care (per cent) when Mothers Work Outside
Appendix D.2: Loan Received (per cent) from NGO/Others
3.70.8 0.3
4.30.2 0.5
90.2
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
No body Siblings neighbour Relatives Daycare Others NA
4.3
0.3
5.4
1.0
4.9
1.42.9
7.0
20.3
0
5
10
15
20
25
DSK UPPR BRAC Grameen ASA Samity Mohajan Relative Others
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Appendix D.3: NGO/Samity Membership
Appendix D.4: Members Affected by Violence, Robbery etc. During the LastSix Months
5.5
1.5
6.1
1.7
5.5
23.9
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
DSK UPPR BRAC Grameen ASA Others
9.8
4.7
1.51.2
0.6
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Theft Crime/Violence Sexualharassment
Robbery Kidnap
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Appendix E.1: Baseline Population and Socioeconomic Census, 2015-16 (All HH)Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System, icddr,b
1. Sl. No.___ 2. Name of slum: _______ Code: ____ 3. Name of bariwala: ______ Bari No: ___ 4. Household No:_________ 5. Religion: ____
6. Name of household head: ___________ 7. How long HH living in this location1: ____ 8. How long ago HH left permanent address: ___
9. Upazila: _________ 10. Division: ________ 11. Reason for leaving permanent address2 (HH): _______
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Ind.No.
Mother'sNo.
RID NameDate of
birthAge Sex3 Marital status4
(age 12+)Relation to
head5
Education(age 5+)
Occupation(age 8+)7
(Primary)
Desire for child (married woman age12-49)
Type6
Years ofschooling(completed)
Desire for child:Yes=1, No=2,
Pregnant=3, DK=4
If yes, when doyou want nextpregnancy (yr.)
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
1How long household (year) living in this location (Korail Basti, Molla Basti, Bhola Basti, Dwaripara Basti, Nishat Nagar Basti, Kalabagan Basti, Bank Field Basti, Hazi Mazar Basti, ErshadNagar Basti, Dhalpur Basti (Pura, Driver, Nubur, City Palli, Power House, and Mannan Basti), Shayampur Basti (Dhaka Mach Colony, Dhaka Mach Rail line Basti, Namapara Basti), NA (sincebirth= 99).
2Reason for leaving permanent address (household head): Looking for work=1, To earn more money=2, River erosion=3, To join family=4, For children's education=5, For own education=6,Other=7, NA (since birth) =9.
3Sex: Male=1, Female=2, Transgender=3.4Marital status: Currently married=1, Separated=2, Divorced=3, Widowed=4, Never married=5.5Relation to head: No relation=0, Self=1, Husband=2, Son=3, Brother=4, Son-in-law= 5, Father=6, Father-in-Law=7, Grandson=8, Wife=9, Daughter=10, Sister=11, Daughter-in-law=12,Mother=13, Mother-in-law=14, Granddaughter=15, Others=99.
6Education type: No schooling=0, Secular (govt.) =1, Secular (private) =2, Secular (NGO) =3, Religion=4.7Occupation: Private service=1, Garment worker=2, Govt. service =3, Self-employed=4, Rickshaw/van puller=5, Business=6, Laborer (skill & un-skill)=7, Housewife=8, Domestic work(female)=9,Domestic work (male) =10, Student=11, No work=12, Others=13.
Socioeconomic Information24 Who own the land of dwelling? Head/other resident=1
Landlord=2Government=3Other=4
25 Who own the dwelling? Head/other resident=1House owner/Bariwala=2Other=4
26 Do you have the following items in your house? Chair/table=1Dining table=2Khat=3Chowki=4Almirah/wardrobe=5Sofa set=6Radio=7Television=8Fridge=9Mobile phone=10Electric fan=11Watch/clock=12Rickshaw/van=13Computer/laptop=14Sewing machine=15
Respondent’s individual No.:___ Respondent/Household’s mobile No.:_______Interviewer’s name and code:_________________
Note:
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Appendix E.2: Baseline Socioeconomic Census, 2015-16 (Sample HH)Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System, icddr,b
No. Questionnaire Category
1 Date: __/___/___
2 Name of slum: _____ Code: ______
3 Household No
4 Name of household head: __________
5 Name of bariwala: _________
6 Bari No: _______
7 Respondent’s name: ___________
8 Ind. No: _______
9 What material roof of main dwelling is made? Polythene/thatch=1Wood/bamboo=2Tin=3Brick/cement=4
10 What material from which wall of main dwelling ismade?
Polythene/thatch=1Wood/bamboo=2Tin=3Brick/cement=4
11 What material floor of main dwelling is made? Earth(Katcha)=1Wood/bamboo=2Brick/cement=3
12 Number of dwelling (room)? No:__
13 Area of dwelling (sq. ft.)- (1st room) Length:___
14 Area of dwelling (sq. ft.)- (1st room) Breadth:___
15 Area of dwelling (sq. ft.)-(2nd room) Length:___
16 Area of dwelling (sq. ft.)-(2nd room) Breadth:___
17 Area of dwelling (sq. ft.)-(3rd room) Length:___
18 Area of dwelling (sq. ft.)-(3rd room) Breadth:___
19 Area of dwelling (sq. ft.)-(4rd room) Length:___
20 Area of dwelling (sq. ft.)-(4rd room) Breadth:___
21 What is the main source of drinking water for yourhousehold?
Pipe water=1Tube well=2Well=3Others=4
22 Is drinking water source inside dwelling/yard/plot? Yes=1No=2
23 Any other families share main drinking water source? Yes=1No=2
24 If yes, how many families share drinking water source? No.___
25 What kind of toilet facility does your household use? Sanitary- flash to sewerage/septictank=1Sanitary- flash to somewhere=2Ventilated improved pit=3Pit latrine without slab=4Hanging latrine/open=5No facility=6
26 Is toilet facility inside dwelling/yard/plot? Yes=1No=2
27 Any other families share the latrine? Yes=1No=2
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No. Questionnaire Category
28 If yes, how many families share the latrine? No.___
29 Source of light? Electricity=1Kerosene oil=2Generator=3Solar panel=4Others=5
29 What type of fuel does your household use forcooking?
Gas-line=1Gas-cylinder=2Wood=3Kerosene=4Electricity=5Others=6
30 Is cooking place inside the dwelling? Yes=1No=2
31 Any other families share the cooking place? Yes=1No=2
30 If yes, how many families share cooking place? No.___
31 Principal method for garbage disposal? Collected from home (inside)=1Bin outside house=2Open space outside=3Others=4
32 How frequently garbage is collected from the placewhere you dispose it?
Every day=11-3 times a week=23-4 time a month=3Never collect=4
33 a. Have you or someone in the household been victimof violence in the last 6 months?
Yes=1No=2
b. Have you or someone in the household been victimof street robbery in the last 6 months?
Yes=1No=2
c. Have you or someone in the household been victimof theft in the last 6 months?
Yes=1No=2
d. Have you or someone in the household been victimof abduction/kidnapping in the last 6 months?
Yes=1No=2
e. Have you or someone in the household been victimof sexual harassment in the last 6 months?
Yes=1No=2
34 How much did you spend last month for your family(Taka)?
Total(all):___
How much did you spend last month for your family(Taka)?
House rent___Electricity___Gas________Water______Dish_______Food______Health_____Education__Mobile____
35 Household savings (surplus) last month? Taka____
36 Do you (respondent) have voter ID? Yes=1No=2
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No. Questionnaire Category
37 Do you (respond) know where the wardcommissioner's office?
Yes=1No=2
38 If the household had under-five chid, who takes carehim/her while mother works outside?
Nobody=1Siblings=2Neighbour=3Relative=4Day-care=5Others=6NA=7
39 Age of care giver (siblings, neighbour, relative, others)Year:___
40 Is anybody in the household, member of NGO/samity? Yes=1No=2
41 If yes, name of NGO/samity? DSK=1UPPR=2brac3Grameen=4ASA=5Other=6
Did anybody in the household has taken loan fromDSK, UPPR, brac, Grameen, ASA, Samity, Mahajan,Relative, Others.
Yes=1No=2
If yes, name? DSK=1UPPR=2brac=3Grameen=4ASA=5Mohajan=6Relative=7Others=8
If yes, how much loan? Tk.___
How much loan is unpaid? Tk.___
Individual number of loan receiver? No.___
