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Table 1 Household characteristics in 21 refugee camps in 2019

From: Social and geographic inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene access in 21 refugee camps and settlements in Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe

Refugee camp

Sampled households

Population representeda

Household represented

Members per household (mean)

Households with at least one woman at reproductive age (sampled, represented, %)

Households with member/s with disability or who are elderly (sampled, represented, %)

Total

5632

1,562,914

279,092

5.6

4860

240,856

86.3

1385

68,657

24.6

Refugee camp

 Bangladesh

1683

349,394

68,509

5.1

1548

63,028

92.0

370

15,072

22.0

 Camp 17

123

16,336

3203

5.1

113

2944

91.9

25

650

20.3

 Camp 1E

140

37,782

7408

5.1

127

6719

90.7

31

1637

22.1

 Camp 1 W

130

37,996

7450

5.1

115

6593

88.5

33

1892

25.4

 Camp 21

120

16,468

3830

4.3

103

3286

85.8

19

605

15.8

 Camp 26

118

40,627

7387

5.5

116

7261

98.3

29

1817

24.6

 Camp 27

114

14,914

2983

5.0

108

2825

94.7

34

889

29.8

 Camp 2E

121

25,657

5702

4.5

117

5513

96.7

23

1083

19.0

 Camp 2 W

118

23,586

4914

4.8

110

4580

93.2

27

1125

22.9

 Camp 3

119

35,598

7416

4.8

103

6422

86.6

26

1617

21.8

 Camp 4

117

29,859

5855

5.1

108

5404

92.3

17

849

14.5

 Camp 4 Ext

102

6836

1486

4.6

93

1355

91.2

23

334

22.5

 Camp 5

118

24,437

5199

4.7

105

4627

89.0

15

660

12.7

 Kutupalong

126

16,713

2653

6.3

112

2358

88.9

31

653

24.6

 Nayapara

117

22,585

3475

6.5

115

3416

98.3

38

1129

32.5

 Kenya

981

189,692

29,183

6.5

766

22,792

78.1

180

5341

18.3

 Kakuma

837

153,593

23,272

6.6

640

17,803

76.5

151

4212

18.1

 Kalobeyei

144

36,099

6017

6.0

122

5090

84.6

28

1161

19.3

 South Sudan

1466

73,406

11,652

6.3

1363

10,836

93.0

397

3158

27.1

 Ajoung Thok

727

39,309

6142

6.4

680

5743

93.5

201

1695

27.6

 Pamir

739

34,097

5590

6.1

683

5165

92.4

196

1481

26.5

 Uganda

849

358,131

67,572

5.3

711

56,625

83.8

288

22,907

33.9

 Kyangwali

403

114,716

22,943

5.0

349

19,846

86.5

NA

NA

NA

 Palabek

446

214,477

38,996

5.5

367

32,094

82.3

151

13,220

33.9

 Zimbabwe

653

14,469

2837

5.1

515

2238

78.9

107

465

16.4

 Tongogara

653

14,469

2837

5.1

515

2238

78.9

107

465

16.4

  1. Source: Table created from the Standardized Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Surveys, UNHCR, 2019
  2. aPopulation represented were obtained from UNHCR WASH Indicators Summarized by Location and KAP WASH UNHCR Survey Reports