Metadata record for India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2005 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License . 2013-05-23 India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2005 22626 10.3886/ICPSR22626.v8 Desai, Sonalde Vanneman, Reeve National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01HD041455, R01HD046166 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 2008-07-30 2010-06-29 2010-06-29 Additional documentation file has been added. 2010-05-04 2010-05-04 Additional documentation files have been added. 2010-03-25 2010-03-25 At the principal investigator's request, an ID variable was removed. 2010-02-17 2010-02-17 Added village-level and crop data as new parts 2009-08-25 2009-08-25 Added updated versions of the Medical and Primary School questionnaires. 2009-06-22 2009-06-22 Added updated versions of the Household and the Individual datasets, and added Medical, Non-Resident, School, and Birth History datasets. 2009-02-10 2009-02-10 Added the original questionnaires that were used during data collection. 2008-12-11 2008-12-11 At the principal investigator's request, an ID variable was removed and the citation was updated 2008-08-22 2008-08-22 The title for Part 1 has been revised and response rate information has been added. Desai, Sonalde, Reeve Vanneman, and National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi. India Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2005. ICPSR22626-v8. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-06-29. doi:10.3886/ICPSR22626.v8 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. 2004-11-01 2005-10-30 2004-11-01 2005-10-30 Global India state individual, household, and village Nationally representative sample of Indian households. survey data Nationally representative, multi-topic survey of 41,554 households in 1,503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. record abstracts , coded on-site observation , cognitive assessment test , face-to-face interview , mixed mode , on-site questionnaire

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