Community-level Data

This documentation page contains information about each community-level data file currently available for analysis. Information including data collection date, methods, sample characteristics, reporting period, and topics measured is provided for each data file. Research published using the data are listed here, with links to the full citation. Codebooks, questionnaires, and instruments can be downloaded from this page. A link to where the data file is archived and availability of online analysis is also provided.

Healthpost History, Restricted-Use - DS8

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
1995	Face-to-face interview, regional and local health service records Semi-structured health service history calendar and structured questionnaire used during semi-structured interviews Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Health Service History Calendar” instrument and accompanying questionnaire	N = 116 Response rate = 100% Every health service (hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, and pharmacies) ever operated in western Chitwan	1953-1997	History of all health services including: years operation, days of service per week, hours of service per day, number of staff, number of rooms and related facilities, contraceptive methods available, costs of contraceptive methods, association with mobile sterilization camps, other family planning programs/services offered, maternal and child health programs/services offered	Axinn et al. 1997 (“The Neighborhood History Calendar”) Brauner-Otto. 2015 Brauner-Otto et al. 2007	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Time 2, Health Post History, Restricted-Use - DS24

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2005	Face-to-face interview, regional and local health service records Semi-structured health service history calendar used to guide semi-structured interviews. An accompanying questionnaire was not used in the T2 Health Post History Survey Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Health Service History Calendar” instrument	N = 212 Response rate = 96.8% Every health service (hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, and pharmacies) ever operated in western Chitwan	1995-2005	Same measures as Health Post History Time 1 (DS8) plus: more detailed information about patient exam services available each day, number of ambulances and health check up rooms, more detailed information about staff; and more detailed information about the types of services offered	Axinn et al. 1997 (“The Neighborhood History Calendar”) Brauner-Otto. 2015 Brauner-Otto et al. 2007	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4358	Not available

School History, Restricted-Use - DS17

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
1995	Face-to-face interview, regional and local school records Semi-structured school history calendar and structured questionnaire used during semi-structured interviews Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “School History Calendar” instrument and accompanying questionnaire	N = 145 Response rate = 100% Every school ever opened in western Chitwan	1954-1994	History of all schools including: location, date school opened and description of how it opened, public or private status, highest and lowest grades of instruction offered, number of classrooms, number of teachers, number of female teachers, number of students, tuition and fees for grades 1 and 10, type of general curriculum, language of instruction, inclusion of family planning in curriculum, number of female students in hostel, number of teachers with bachelor’s degree or higher	Axinn et al. 1997 (“The Neighborhood History Calendar”) Brauner-Otto. 2012 Brauner-Otto. 2009	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Time 2, School History, Restricted-Use - DS23

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2006	Face-to-face interview, regional and local school records Semi-structured school history calendar used to guide semi-structured interviews. An accompanying questionnaire was not used in the T2 School History Survey Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “School History Calendar” instrument	N = 155 Response rate = 99.4% Every school ever opened in western Chitwan	1995-2005	Same measures as School History Time 1 (DS17) plus: whether school has pre-primary classes, number of students and number of female students in pre-primary class, whether school has day care, number of pre-primary instructors; number of indigenous and female indigenous students; number of low caste Hindu and low caste Hindu female students enrolled, number of students eligible to take and number who pass the SLC exam; whether school has morning assembly, computer education, health classes, and population and environment classes; number of administrative staff; whether building is permanent or temporary; number of classrooms; number of offices; number of library rooms	Axinn et al. 1997 (“The Neighborhood History Calendar”) Brauner-Otto. 2012	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Neighborhood History, Restricted-Use - DS14

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
1995	Face-to-face interview, archival records Semi-structured neighborhood history calendar and structured questionnaires used during semi-structured interview, mixed individual and group interviews Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Neighborhood History Calendar” instrument and accompanying questionnaire	N = 171 Response rate = 100% Random sample of neighborhoods in the Chitwan Valley of Nepal stratified by distance to Narayanghat	1953-1996	Access to electricity, schools, health services, bus services, grain mills, agricultural cooperatives, dairies, markets, banks, employment opportunities, small farmers’ development programs, women’s groups, youth groups, temples, and police stations in each neighborhood	Axinn and Ghimire. 2011 Axinn et al. 2010 Axinn and Barber. 2003 Axinn and Barber. 2001 Axinn and Yabiku. 2001 Axinn et al. 1997 (“The Neighborhood History Calendar”) Barber. 2004 Barber et al. 2003 (“Neighborhood Social Change”) Barber et al. 2000 Barber et al. 1997 Ghimire and Axinn. 2010 Hoelter et al. 2004 Link et al. 2012 Maples et al. 2002 Massey et al. 2010 (“Community Services”) Williams. 2013 Williams. 2009 Yabiku and Schlabach. 2009 Yabiku, Scott T. 2006 (“Neighbors and Neighborhoods”) Yabiku, Scott T. 2004	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Time 2, Neighborhood History, Restricted-Use - DS22

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2004	Face-to face interview Semi-structured neighborhood history calendar and structured questionnaires used during semi-structured interview, mixed individual and group interviews Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Neighborhood History Calendar” instrument and accompanying questionnaire	N = 171 Response rate = 100% Random sample of neighborhoods in the Chitwan Valley of Nepal stratified by distance to Narayanghat	1996-2004	Same measures as Neighborhood History Time 1 (DS14) plus accessibility of: agrovet services, movie theaters, video shops, cable, telephone services, internet and e-mail, postal and exdel services, computer training, language training, saw mills, poultry farms, concrete block factories, bike maintenance services, motor bike and motor maintenance services, proximity of tourist hotels, and access to temples, monasteries, mosques, and churches	Axinn et al. 1997 (“The Neighborhood History Calendar”)	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Time 1, 2, and 3 Neighborhood History Data, Restricted-Use - DS36

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
Time 1: 1995 Time 2: 2004 Time 3: 2015	Face-to face interview Semi-structured neighborhood history calendar and structured questionnaires used during semi-structured interview, mixed individual and group interviews Professional interviewers Paper and pencil Neighborhood History Calendar” instrument and accompanying questionnaire	N = 171 Response rate = 100% Random sample of neighborhoods in the Chitwan Valley of Nepal stratified by distance to Narayanghat	1996-2014	Access to electricity, schools, health services, bus services, grain mills, ambulance services, agricultural cooperatives, dairies, markets, banks, employment opportunities, agrovet services, movie theaters, video shops, mobile shops, cable, telephone services, internet and e-mail, postal and exdel services, computer training, language training, saw mills, poultry farms, money transfer service, concrete block factories, bike maintenance services, motor bike and motor maintenance services; proximity of tourist hotels; access to temples, monasteries, mosques, and churches; small farmers’ development programs, women’s groups, youth groups, temples, and police stations in each neighborhood		(PDF)	T1 (PDF) T2 (PDF) T3 (PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Time 1-3 Land Use Data, Restricted-Use - DS20

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
Time 1 1996 Time 2 2000 Time 3 2006	Physical measurement Land use survey Professional land survey technician Paper and pencil “Neighborhood Mapping and Land Use Survey”	N = 171 Response rate = 100% All neighborhoods included in the CVFS Neighborhood History Data	N/A	Area within neighborhood of common land, multiple types of agricultural land, and other land uses (e.g. household residences, schools, temples, mills, roads, and waterways)	Ghimire and Axinn. 2010 Ghimire and Hoelter. 2007 Matthews et al. 2000 Shivakoti et al. 1999 Yabiku. 2006 (“Land Use”)	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Time 1, 2, and 3 Flora Survey Data, Restricted-Use - DS30

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
Time 1 1996 Time 2 1999 Time 3 2006	Physical counting and species identification Flora biodiversity survey Professional flora survey technicians Paper and pencil “Common Land Plot Flora Survey” and “Forest Plot Flora Survey”	N = 265; 127 forest plots, 138 common land plots Response rate Time 1 = 100%; Time 2 = 97.36%; Time 3= 97.74% Randomly selected 10×10 m2 plots, proportionally distributed in the forest and common lands, sampling frames selected based on the Plot Sampling Method	N/A	Plot type, plot location, plant density, species richness, biodiversity	Dangol and Lall Maharjan. 2012 Dangol. 2009 Dangol. 2008 ( “Traditional Uses of Plants”) Dangol. 2007 Dangol. 2002 (“Economic Uses”) Dangol. 2002 (“Ethnobotanical research”) Dangol and Shivakoti. 2001 (”Plant Diversity”) Dangol and Shivakoti. 2001 (“Species Composition”)	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Neighborhood Distances, Restricted-Use - DS31

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
1996	Trained CVFS field teams recorded locations of neighborhoods, schools, healthposts, bus routes, forest and common land plots during CVFS surveys. Expert geographer generated GIS files using that data, and then calculated the distance from each neighborhood to nearest services Paper and pencil, GPS, Neighborhood History, Healthpost History, School History, Neighborhood Mapping and Land Use Survey, and Flora Surveys (to record locations of services);ArcInfo or Arcview 3.x. (to generate GIS files)	N = 171 Response rate = 100% All neighborhoods included in CVFS (those included in Neighborhood History datasets)	Present (1996) for distance to urban center, nearest school, nearest bus route, and nearest forest plot 1956-1995 (for distance to nearest open health post)	Distance in meters from the south-western-most corner of each neighborhood to the closest school, healthpost, urban center, forest plot, and bus route	Brauner-Otto. 2012 Brauner-Otto et al. 2007	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4358	Not available

Community Forest, Restricted-Use - DS32

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2009	Face-to-face interview, physical measurement Semi-structured community forest calendar and structured questionnaire used in semi-structured interview, group interview Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Community Forest Calendar” instrument and accompanying questionnaire	N = 21 Response rate = 100% All community forests in Western Chitwan	1995-2009	Location, area, and perimeter of community forest areas, forest management systems, human effects on flora species diversity, history of community forest including: establishment history, conservation programs, income, expenditure, resource use patterns, benefit sharing and challenges of conserving the community forest	Dangol. 2001. (“A Bibliography of”) Dangol and Shivakoti. 2001 (”Plant Diversity”) Dangol and Shivakoti. 2001 (“Species Composition”) Matthews et al. 2000	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4358	Not available

2019 Classroom Observation Data, Restricted-Use - DS53

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2019	Unannounced classroom observation	N = 4,104 Response rate = 99.5% Grades 6, 7 and 8 classrooms in 114 schools within the study area, the Western Chitwan Valley of Nepal	2019	Student characteristics Teacher practices Student/Teacher interaction Cognitive demand of tasks Classroom management		(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Chitwan Valley Family Study - Program in Society, Population, and Environment - Institute for Social Research