This report is the result of 2100 surveys completed in randomly selected households throughout the 14 priority affected districts, as well as one focus group discussion and feedback aggregated from four partner organisations.
The report reflects an overall increase in respondents' perceptions of tension, violence, mistreatment and exclusion over the past six months, with 40 percent of respondents reporting that they feel someone in their community is being excluded or discriminated against in reconstruction support -- up from 13 percent in August 2016.
As in previous rounds of data collection, all data sources indicate that shortages of water continue to be an important factor impacting an overall increase in the level of tension or stress within earthquake affected communities.
Concerns related to children have also increased slightly, and shifted from previous top priorities of safe houses and schools to top priorities of psycho-social support, food security and access to health care.