Baseline Survey Report on USAID's Multipurpose Disaster Shelter Support Project

Study findings Demographic Characteristics: The average size of the households is 4.7, and the dependency ratio is 65%. [...] Consequences and coping mechanism of Disaster: In the project area, the majority of households are affected by heavy rain (74.5%), followed by cyclones (62.2%) and floods (24.2%). [...] During the disaster, HHs are distressed by the loss of income (52%), the reduction or suspension of regular income (46.3%), and the loss of working days (44.6%). [...] In the absence of social capital, the majority of HHs in Naikhongchari rely on expensing savings (82.2%), selling household assets (63.3%), and Mahajan loans (25.6%) to cope with the crisis. [...] Furthermore, a limited budget is one of the prime reasons for not functionalizing the UDMC and WDMC to the respondents.