Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Contexts and Family Formation, Nepal, 1996-2008 (ICPSR 4538)
Version Date: May 10, 2018 View help for published
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William G. Axinn, University of Michigan. Population Studies Center;
Arland Thornton, University of Michigan. Survey Research Center;
Jennifer S. Barber, University of Michigan. Survey Research Center;
S. A. (Susan Allbritton) Murphy, University of Michigan. Survey Research Center;
Dirgha J. Ghimire, University of Michigan. Population Studies Center;
Thomas E. (Thomas Earl) Fricke, University of Michigan. Survey Research Center;
Stephen Matthews, Population Research Institute (Pennsylvania State University);
Dharma Dangol, Tribhuvana Visvavidyalaya. Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences;
Lisa Pearce, University of Michigan. Population Studies Center;
Ann Biddlecom, University of Michigan. Population Studies Center;
Sundar Shrehtha, Population Research Institute (Pennsylvania State University);
Douglas S. Massey, University of Michigan. Population Studies Center
Series:
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04538.v9
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- V22 [2024-10-16]
- V21 [2024-04-02] unpublished
- V20 [2022-07-07] unpublished
- V19 [2022-02-10] unpublished
- V18 [2021-12-16] unpublished
- V17 [2021-06-22] unpublished
- V16 [2021-03-29] unpublished
- V15 [2021-03-25] unpublished
- V14 [2021-03-22] unpublished
- V13 [2019-12-23] unpublished
- V12 [2019-12-18] unpublished
- V11 [2018-06-25] unpublished
- V10 [2018-06-13] unpublished
- V9 [2018-05-10] unpublished
- V8 [2014-10-01] unpublished
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2018-05-10 Collection was updated to add online analysis capabilities.
2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
- Axinn, William G., Arland Thornton, Jennifer S. Barber, S. A. (Susan Allbritton) Murphy, Dirgha J. Ghimire, Thomas E. (Thomas Earl) Fricke, Stephen Matthews, Dharma Dangol, Lisa Pearce, Ann Biddlecom, Sundar Shrehtha, and Douglas S. Massey. Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Contexts and Family Formation, Nepal, 1996-2008. ICPSR04538-v9. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-10. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04538.v9
2014-10-01 Turning over PI-provided codebooks publicly for parts 7, 18, 32 as requested by PI.
2014-08-25 Adding additional documentation (codebooks) to be released publicly.
2014-08-25 Part 7 has additional months of data. For Part 18, variables T2A19a-T2A19o have been added. For Part 15, one of the respondent's codes for Spouse 2 should be "4". The same change was made for Part 16. Part 32 contains forest calendar data.
2012-11-14 Minor edits made to the metadata.
2012-11-14 Documentation files were added for public release.
2011-09-06 Files missing from the previous update are now available.
2011-09-01 The principal investigators submitted 3 new datasets, parts 29, 30, and 31. Part 29 is a combined dataset of 1996 and 2008 Panel Data.
2010-10-22 The principal investigators submitted updates of the Household Registry at 126 months restricted and public-use data. Also, parts 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, and 24 are being updated. Additionally, it has been discovered that previously parts 21 and 25 are the same. Therefore, a duplicate part has been removed, making 26 parts instead of 27.
2010-07-23 The principal investigators submitted additional datasets, Parts 24-27, as well as updated Parts 15-17 and 18-23.
2009-05-20 Principal investigators re-submitted an updated Part 14 dataset
2009-05-13 New data for Part 13 were submitted by the principal investigators to correct the sample size.
2007-08-02 The User Agreement has been updated by adding the complete list of restricted data files available under the agreement.
2007-01-18 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed consistency checks.
- Standardized missing values.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Summary View help for Summary
The study was designed to investigate the influence of changing social contexts on family formation behaviors, marriage, childbearing, and contraceptive use. The research investigates the extent to which changes in the community produce changes in family formation behavior, and whether the family organization of individual life courses produces these changes in behavior. The study used a combination of ethnographic and survey research methods to gather 171 neighborhood histories, 142 school histories, 118 health service histories, 20 bus route histories, household farming practices, family planning histories, and household composition in Western Chitwan, Nepal. Personal histories were gathered from the 5,271 individuals ages 15-59 years living in these neighborhoods using a semi-structured Life History Calendar and a highly structured survey questionnaire. The sample neighborhoods for this study were chosen to represent the five major ethnic groups inhabiting the area: high caste Hindus, hill Tibeto-Burmese (such as Gurung, Tamang, and Magar), indigenous terai Tibeto-Burmese (such as Tharu, Darai, and Kumal), Newar, and other caste Hindus. Neighborhood history calendars measured the neighborhood's distance, in terms of minutes walking, to a variety of organizations and services. Schools were defined as places of instruction for children of any age or grade. Health clinics were defined as any places of care and healing, such as doctors' offices, hospitals, and health posts. Employers were any places that employed 10 or more people for pay. Cinemas were movie theaters or halls where movies were shown. Bus stops were any places where people could obtain a ride for pay on a vehicle.
This particular study spanned 1997-2002. These data were combined with data from the Chitwan Valley Family Study 1996-1997, and the Household Agriculture and Consumption Survey 1996.
** IMPORTANT NOTE FOR STATA USERS **
The Stata files for datasets 7, 15, 16, 18, and 32 were produced in Stata 13. Users of earlier versions of Stata will not be able to read them.
There are a few options for users of Stata 12 or earlier to work around the compatibility issue:
- Upgrade to Stata 13
- Find a computer with Stata 13 and use the 'saveold' command to create a Version 12 file
- Use the latest version of a file conversion utility, such as Stat/Transfer (older versions cannot read Stata 13 files)
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Restrictions View help for Restrictions
This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, all data files in this collection are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these restricted files, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement.
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Data Collection Notes View help for Data Collection Notes
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This data collection combines new data with two previously released datasets: CHITWAN VALLEY [NEPAL] FAMILY STUDY, 1996-1997 (ICPSR 3059) and HOUSEHOLD AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMPTION SURVEY, 1996 [CHITWAN VALLEY, NEPAL] (ICPSR 3392). These two datasets are no longer available individually.
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Dataset 29, 1996 and 2008 Panel Data Combination, Restricted-Use is a combination of variables from datasets 27 and 12.
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Datasets 30 and 31 share additional GIS shapefiles. See the Guide to the Western Chitwan ArcGIS Map Document for more information on these shapefiles and how to use them with the datasets.
Sample View help for Sample
Neighborhoods were chosen as the sampling units. The sample is stratified into three distance strata. Stratum 1 includes only areas near the urban center, city of Narayanghat. Stratum 3 includes only areas far from Narayanghat and Stratum 2 includes the areas at the middle, between Stratum 1 and Stratum 3. The sample is two stage. Stage 1 is a sample of settlements selected using 1991 census data as a sampling frame. The settlement ranged from 15 to 1,000 households. Measure of size was the number of female residents in the settlement. Stage 1 sampling yielded a systematic sample of 10 settlements in each stratum, for a total of 30 settlements. Stage 2 was the actual sample of Toles, or neighborhoods. Stage 2 sampling units are neighborhoods which are defined as clusters of approximately 5 to 15 households in close proximity to one another.
Universe View help for Universe
Residents of the western Chitwan Valley in south central Nepal and their spouses, 15-59 years of age.
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personal interviews
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HideOriginal Release Date View help for Original Release Date
2007-01-18
Version History View help for Version History
2018-05-10 Collection was updated to add online analysis capabilities.
2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
- Axinn, William G., Arland Thornton, Jennifer S. Barber, S. A. (Susan Allbritton) Murphy, Dirgha J. Ghimire, Thomas E. (Thomas Earl) Fricke, Stephen Matthews, Dharma Dangol, Lisa Pearce, Ann Biddlecom, Sundar Shrehtha, and Douglas S. Massey. Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Contexts and Family Formation, Nepal, 1996-2008. ICPSR04538-v9. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-10. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04538.v9
2014-10-01 Turning over PI-provided codebooks publicly for parts 7, 18, 32 as requested by PI.
2014-08-25 Adding additional documentation (codebooks) to be released publicly.
2014-08-25 Part 7 has additional months of data. For Part 18, variables T2A19a-T2A19o have been added. For Part 15, one of the respondent's codes for Spouse 2 should be "4". The same change was made for Part 16. Part 32 contains forest calendar data.
2012-11-14 Minor edits made to the metadata.
2012-11-14 Documentation files were added for public release.
2011-09-06 Files missing from the previous update are now available.
2011-09-01 The principal investigators submitted 3 new datasets, parts 29, 30, and 31. Part 29 is a combined dataset of 1996 and 2008 Panel Data.
2010-10-22 The principal investigators submitted updates of the Household Registry at 126 months restricted and public-use data. Also, parts 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, and 24 are being updated. Additionally, it has been discovered that previously parts 21 and 25 are the same. Therefore, a duplicate part has been removed, making 26 parts instead of 27.
2010-07-23 The principal investigators submitted additional datasets, Parts 24-27, as well as updated Parts 15-17 and 18-23.
2009-05-20 Principal investigators re-submitted an updated Part 14 dataset
2009-05-13 New data for Part 13 were submitted by the principal investigators to correct the sample size.
2007-08-02 The User Agreement has been updated by adding the complete list of restricted data files available under the agreement.
2007-01-18 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed consistency checks.
- Standardized missing values.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.