Study Design & Methodology:
- Large-scale quantitative household survey using CAPI
- Random household listing conducted to identify return migrant workers at PSU level
- Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) with local community leaders to validate migration trends and reintegration conditions
Sample & Coverage:
- Household Listing: 25,000 households across 250 PSUs (random listing within selected PSUs)
- Identified Return Migrant Workers: 1986 returnees who returned within the last 5 years from the 11 Arab countries.
- KIIs: 6 short KIIs per PSU (total 1500 KIIs) with local community leaders to gather contextual information on RMW prevalence and reintegration dynamics
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide coverage across all 8 divisions and 64 districts, with emphasis on high migration-prevalence areas, covering rural, urban, and peri-urban settings
Rohingya Response and Host Community Assessments
Project Title: Host Community & Rohingya-Affected Area Socio-Economic Assessment
Client: UNHCR | Research Partner – Trident Research
Year: 2017–2021
Study Type: Multi-Year Baseline & Monitoring Assessments
Study Design & Methodology:
- Quantitative household survey using CAPI: 2,000 interviews per year
- Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with host community members: 36 FGDs
- In-Depth Interviews (IDIs): 72 IDIs
- Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) with local government, NGOs, and humanitarian actors: 25 KIIs
Sample & Coverage:
- Repeated annual household surveys conducted in Cox’s Bazar district
- Coverage focused on Rohingya host communities in climate-vulnerable and humanitarian-affected areas
