This package contains four datasets from an urban water and sanitation survey in Dhaka, Bangladesh conducted by Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor with technical support from Valid International in March 2017.
popBGD: Dataset on estimated population of each
primary sampling unit (PSU) that were surveyed. This dataset is a mix of
data from WorldPop for the
non-slum areas and from the 2014
Bangladesh Census of Slum Areas and Floating Population.
ppiMatrixBGD: Look-up table for calculating the
Poverty Probability Index (previously called
Progress out of Poverty Index) or PPI from
Bangladesh-specific indicators collected from cross-sectional surveys.
This look-up table is extracted from documentation of the
PPI found at https://www.povertyindex.org
surveyDataBGD: Dataset collected through the urban
water and sanitation surveys conducted by WSUP in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
indicatorsDataBGD: Dataset produced from
surveyDataBGD by calculating relevant indicators on water,
sanitation and hygiene as specified and defined by WSUP
This survey in Dhaka is one of a series of surveys to be conducted by WSUP in various cities in which they operate including Accra, Ghana; Nakuru, Kenya; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Maputo, Mozambique; and, Lusaka, Zambia. This package will be updated once the surveys in other cities are completed and datasets have been made available.
To install the package, type the following in R:
install.packages("washdata")
library(washdata)Install development version of the package via GitHub:
remotes::install_github("katilingban/washdata")
library(washdata)