BetaBetaDataset
To understand how water salinity is associated to poor health, and identify coping and adaptation mechanism to address high water salinity in the coastal regions in Bangladesh.
The three upazilas selected for this study are the following: (i) Taltoli upazila in the Barguna district of the Barisal division; (ii) Morrelganj upazila in the Bagerhat district of the Khulna division; and (iii) Shyamnagar upazila in the Satkhira district in the Khulna division
Data contains reasons for migration, water access, handwashing stations, access to drinking water, rain water, surface water, bottled water, household characteristics, employment, assets, land, livestock, utilities, remittances, water and sanitation, and farming.
Households surveys - The Bangladesh Poverty and Groundwater Salinity Survey 2016 collected data from a total of 1,500 households in three sub-districts or upazilas in Bangladesh – 500 households in each upazila distributed across 50 primary sampling units (PSUs).