Household-level Data

This documentation page contains information about each household-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.

Baseline Agriculture Data, Public-Use - DS1

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
1996	Face-to-face interview Structured questionnaire Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Household Agriculture and Consumption Survey”	N = 1,773 Response rate = 100% All households in the 171 original sample neighborhoods of the Chitwan Valley Family Study”	1993-1996	Household farming, livestock, household possessions, household members living away from home, perceptions of environmental change, insects, pests, diseases, and housing quality	Axinn and Barber 2003 Barber et al. 2003 Barber et al. 1997 Biddlecom et al. 2005 Brauner-Otto and Axinn. 2017 Dangol. 2002 Ghimire and Mohai. 2005 Massey et al. 2010 Matthews et al. 2000 Matthews. 1997 Piotrowski et al. 2013 Richter and Chhetri. 1997 Shivakota et al. 1999	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Available

Baseline Agriculture Data, Restricted-Use - DS2

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
1996	Face-to-face interview Structured questionnaire Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Household Agriculture and Consumption Survey”	N = 1,773 Response rate = 100% All households in the 171 original sample neighborhoods of the Chitwan Valley Family Study”	1993-1996	Household farming, livestock, household possessions, household members living away from home, perceptions of environmental change, insects, pests, diseases, and housing quality	Axinn and Barber 2003 Barber et al. 2003 Barber et al. 1997 Biddlecom et al. 2005 Brauner-Otto and Axinn. 2017 Dangol. 2002 Ghimire and Mohai. 2005 Massey et al. 2010 Matthews et al. 2000 Matthews. 1997 Piotrowski et al. 2013 Richter and Chhetri. 1997 Shivakota et al. 1999	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Time 2 Agriculture and Consumption Data, Public-Use - DS34

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2001	Face-to-face interview Structured questionnaire Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Time 2 Household Agriculture and Consumption Survey”	N = 2,037 Response rate = 98.4% All households in the 171 original sample neighborhoods of the Chitwan Valley Family Study	1998-2001	Same measures as Baseline Agriculture Data (DS1 and DS2) plus: information about income, assets, and consumption	Barber, Jennifer S., Ganesh P. Shivakoti, William G. Axinn, and Kishor Gajurel. 1997. “Sampling Strategies for Rural Settings: A Detailed Example from Chitwan Valley Family Study, Nepal.” Nepal Population Journal 6(5):193-203.	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Available

Time 2 Agriculture and Consumption Data, Restricted-Use - DS18

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2001	Face-to-face interview Structured questionnaire Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Time 2 Household Agriculture and Consumption Survey”	N = 2,037 Response rate = 98.4% All households in the 171 original sample neighborhoods of the Chitwan Valley Family Study	1998-2001	Same measures as Baseline Agriculture Data (DS1 and DS2) plus: information about income, assets, and consumption	Brauner-Otto and Axinn. 2017	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Time 3 Agriculture and Consumption Data, Public-Use - DS35

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2006	Face-to-face interview Structured questionnaire Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Time 3 Household Agriculture and Consumption Survey”	N = 2,361 Response rate = 98.1% All households in the 171 original sample neighborhoods of the Chitwan Valley Family Study	2001-2006	Same measures as Agriculture and Consumption Data Time 2 plus: new measures of exit from farming and resource use	Barber, Jennifer S., Ganesh P. Shivakoti, William G. Axinn, and Kishor Gajurel. 1997. “Sampling Strategies for Rural Settings: A Detailed Example from Chitwan Valley Family Study, Nepal.” Nepal Population Journal 6(5):193-203.	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Available

Time 3 Agriculture and Consumption Data, Restricted-Use - DS19

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2006	Face-to-face interview Structured questionnaire Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Time 3 Household Agriculture and Consumption Survey”	N = 2,361 Response rate = 98.1% All households in the 171 original sample neighborhoods of the Chitwan Valley Family Study	2001-2006	Same measures as Agriculture and Consumption Data Time 2 plus: new measures of exit from farming and resource use	Brauner-Otto and Axinn. 2017	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 4538	Not available

Time 4 Agriculture and Migration Survey Data, Restricted-Use - DS25+

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2015	Face-to-face interview Semi-structured calendar and structured questionnaire Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Labor Outmigration, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security Survey” and “Agriculture and Remittance Calendar”	N = 2,255 Response rate = 98.2% All households within 151 of the sample neighborhoods of the Chitwan Valley Family Study	2006-2016	Employment/sources of income, household farming practices, changes in area of cultivated and fallow land, house and land ownership, crop plantation and production, farm technology use, livestock, migration and remittances, food security and availability, and observed physical features of the household dwelling (type and size of house, construction material, well, cleanliness)	Bhandari and Chaudhary. 2016 Bhandari and Ghimire. 2016	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 36755	Not available

Time 4 Agriculture and Migration Survey Calendar Data, Public-Use - DS1+

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2015	Face-to-face interview Semi-structured calendar and structured questionnaire Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Labor Outmigration, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security Survey” and “Agriculture and Remittance Calendar”	N = 2,255 Response rate = 98.2% All households within 151 of the sample neighborhoods of the Chitwan Valley Family Study	2006-2016	Employment/sources of income, household farming practices, changes in area of cultivated and fallow land, house and land ownership, crop plantation and production, farm technology use, livestock, migration and remittances, food security and availability, and observed physical features of the household dwelling (type and size of house, construction material, well, cleanliness)	Bhandari and Chaudhary. 2016 Bhandari and Ghimire. 2016	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 36755	Available

Time 4 Agriculture and Migration Survey Calendar Data, Restricted-Use - DS24+

Date of data collection	Methods	Sample	Retrospective reporting period	Topics	Publications	Codebooks	Questionnaires/ Instruments	Archive	Analysis online
2015	Face-to-face interview Semi-structured calendar and structured questionnaire Professional interviewers Paper and pencil “Labor Outmigration, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security Survey” and “Agriculture and Remittance Calendar”	N = 2,255 Response rate = 98.2% All households within 151 of the sample neighborhoods of the Chitwan Valley Family Study	2006-2016	Employment/sources of income, household farming practices, changes in area of cultivated and fallow land, house and land ownership, crop plantation and production, farm technology use, livestock, migration and remittances, food security and availability, and observed physical features of the household dwelling (type and size of house, construction material, well, cleanliness)	Bhandari and Chaudhary. 2016 Bhandari and Ghimire. 2016	(PDF)	(PDF)	ICPSR 36755	Not Available

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