CHILD WELL-BEING SURVEY in URBAN AREAS of BANGLADESH (Accelerating Sdgs in Bangladesh)
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CHILD WELL-BEING SURVEY IN URBAN AREAS OF BANGLADESH (Accelerating SDGs in Bangladesh) UNICEF Side Event at the 6th Session of the Committee on Statistics 17 October 2018 Presented by A K M Ashraful Haque Joint Director & Project Director MSCW Project, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Rationale 1. To fill data-gap in situation of children in urban areas (city corporation slums and non-slums and other smaller urban bodies) of Bangladesh 2. Assess condition of children and women by wealth/socio- economic status of households and other equity stratifies. 3. Assess level of disparities that exist within urban areas and across slums in big cities of the country and identify areas that are lagging behind and are more vulnerable for children. Survey design • Two-stage systematic random sampling : Clusters as first stage and households as the second stage • Sample size : Total 20,134 HHs were interviewed from 916 cluster. The sample size was estimated based on vaccination coverage among children age 12-23 months • Three questionnaires were used - household, Individual Women (age 15-49) and Children under five Number of main indicators by thematic areas THEMATIC AREA INDICATORS Nutrition 19 Child health 12 Reproductive health 14 Water and sanitation 6 Literacy and education 11 Protection 11 Livelihood (employment in garment sector) 1 Total number of indicators = 74 Key findings Undernutrion prevalence is almost twice as HIGH in slums than in non-slum areas. NUTRITION Vaccination of children Full Immunization of children age 12- 23 months Per cent 100 93 92 92 93 94 90 89 88 90 81 80 76 60 40 CHILD HEALTH 20 0 CC slum CC non- Other Sylhet Dhaka Barisal Rajshahi Chittagong Rangpur Khulna slum muni/urban All urban Area Division REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Antenatal care Antenatal Skilled attendant at birth 100 80 74 80 67 68 69 64 61 66 60 56 51 54 40 20 0 REPRODUCTIVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CC slum CC non- Other Sylhet Chittagong Rajshahi Dhaka Barisal Rangpur Khulna slum muni/urban All urban Area Division Per cent High regional variations (51 % and 80%) Improved drinking water source Use of improved drinking water is almost UNIVERSAL Per cent 100 99 98 99 99 97 97 99 99 100 100 100 80 60 40 WASH 20 0 Sylhet Dhaka Barisal Khulna CC slum Rajshahi Rangpur Other Chittagong muni/urban CC non-slum All urban Area Division WASH Primary education Net attendance Ratio Per cent 100 87 88 89 90 90 86 85 83 85 85 80 69 60 40 20 0 Sylhet Dhaka Barisal EDUCATION Khulna CC slum Rajshahi Rangpur Chittagong CC non-slum CC Other muni/urban Other All Area Division urban Secondary education Net Attendance Ratio 100 Per cent 80 74 69 70 71 63 66 63 62 59 61 60 40 33 20 0 Sylhet Dhaka Barisal Khulna EDUCATION CC slum CC Rajshahi Rangpur Chittagong CC non-slum CC Other muni/urban Other All urban Area Division Less than 1 in 3 children under age five living in urban areas in Bangladesh have had their births registered Per cent 60 34 40 29 33 33 29 31 27 25 25 25 26 20 0 CHILD PROTECTION Sylhet Dhaka Barisal Khulna CC slum CC Rajshahi Rangpur Chittagong CC non-slum CC Other muni/urban Other All Area Division urban CHILD PROTECTION 1. Launched national and divisional reports for better understanding of stakeholders about Urban situation 2. Progress made are remarkable in urban areas over the years, but high disparities within urban areas; Now the concerned Ministries are taken appropriate measures to develop the situation of children & women in slum & other disadvantaged areas. 3. Women’s education and wealth quintiles affecting the results 4. Action taken on solutions in the work plan and budget of City Corporations 5. Reduce the gap between slum and non-slum for developing all so Summary and Action Taken that “no one left behind”. 6. The survey methodology can be replicated in other ESCAP member countries to inform SDG -11 . THANK YOU.