RURAL BANGLADESH - PreventionWeb

Socio-Economic Profiles of WFP Operational Areas and Beneficiaries
Coastal Zone 6 TBD 23 20 460
Chittagong Hill Tracts 13 TBD 23 20 460
Drought Zone 26 TBD 23 20 460
Northwest 36 TBD 23 20 460
North Central Chars 36 TBD 23 20 460
Haor Basin 28 TBD 23 20 460
Total 145 (≈ 13,000) 130 2,760
Step 2: Selection of households
Once the villages have been selected, the survey team will need to develop a census of all households
within the selected vellages. During the training for the village census, enumerators must be
instructed to get complete list of all residents within the geographic boundaries of the village,
whether or not the residents are considered to be part of the local community. From the list of all
households in the selected villages, a sample of 20 HH will be selected using systematic random
sampling technique. Households lists should be arranged by alphabetical order.
III. Sample Weighting Factors
Because the number of households selected from each zone is not the same as the proportion
households within each zone, relative to the number of households in all six zones, households will
have different probabilities of being selected in each zone. In order to correct for the fact that
households in different zones have different probabilities of being selected, a weight factor will need
to be constructed, with a different weight for each zone. The weight factor will be equal to the total
number of households in the zone (may be estimated by dividing the total population in the zone by
5, the average HH size) divided by the number of households selected within the zone.
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