India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2005 Desai, Sonalde Vanneman, Reeve National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi child care child rearing demographic characteristics disposable income education employment extended families family background family life fertility gender roles gender stereotypes health housework housing income marital status parents social status socioeconomic status DSDR.IV DSDR.I ICPSR.XVII.C CCEERC.II.B CCEERC.IX.D ICPSR.XVII.H DSDR.VIII The India Human Development Survey 2005 (IHDS) is a nationally representative, multi-topic survey of 41,554 households in 1,503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. Two one-hour interviews in each household covered topics concerning health, education, employment, economic status, marriage, fertility, gender relations, and social capital. Children aged 8-11 completed short reading, writing and arithmetic tests. Additional village, school, and medical facility interviews are also available. 2010-06-29 survey data 22626 10.3886/ICPSR22626.v8 Global India 2004-11-01--2005-10-30 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).