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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
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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