DOI: 10.3886/icpsr04402.v5
title: Nang Rong Projects [Thailand]
title: Version 5

description: Social surveys were the starting point for research in Nang Rong, a district in the Buriram province of northeast Thailand. The surveys were part of three waves of data collection conducted in 1984, 1994, and 2000. The baseline was established in 1984 when a community survey and a household census were conducted in 51 study villages. The census obtained information on all members of all households within the study area. A second round of surveys was fielded a decade after the baseline, in 1994, building on and extending the original research design and focus. The 1994 data were collected through a community survey administered in all villages in Nang Rong (including but not limited to the original 51 study villages), a household survey providing a complete census of all households in each of the original 51 study villages, and a migrant follow-up survey. The migrant follow-up survey collected data on out-migrants from 22 of the original 51 study villages who had relocated to one of four urban destinations: (1) metropolitan Bangkok, (2) the eastern seaboard, a focus of rapid growth and development, (3) Korat, a regional city, and (4) Buriram, the provincial capital. The 2000 round of data collection again built on the previous data collection efforts and included a community survey administered in all villages in Nang Rong district, a household survey and complete census of the original 51 study villages, a migrant follow-up survey that tracked out-migrants from 22 villages to the four urban destinations as well as to rural villages within Nang Rong district. In addition, this round also included a geospatial component with the collection of locational data for dwelling units and agricultural plots.
description: For the 1984 data purposive sampling was used to select villages. Group discussion method with selected village informants was employed to collect village information. This yielded a sample of 34,035 people living in 5,860 households in 51 villages in Nang Rong district. For the 1994 data sampling consisted of a community profile, household survey, and a migrant follow-up survey. The 1994 community profile gathered information in all 310 villages in Nang Rong district, including but not limited to the 51 villages that were part of the original 1984 survey. The 1994 household survey was a complete household census in each of the 51 villages that were part of the 1984 survey. The 1995 migrant follow-up survey collected data from 1781 out-migrants from 22 of the 51 villages. The 22 villages were selected randomly within strata created by cross-classifying general location and distance from major paved roads in 1984. Persons resident in 1984 but no longer resident in 1994 were candidates for follow-up if they had gone to one of the four most popular destination areas: Bangkok, the eastern seaboard, Korat, or Buriram. For the 2000 data sampling consisted of a community survey profile, household survey, and a migrant follow-up survey. The 2000 community survey profiled all 346 villages in Nang Rong district. The 2000 household survey included a complete census of all person in all households in the 51 original study villages. The data include persons who migrated into the study villages as well as those 1984 residents still residing in those villages. The 2000 survey included a follow-up on all 1984 and 1994 residents in 2000. An annual life history was collected in 2000 for those aged 18-41. The 2000 migrant follow-up survey tracked more than 3,400 migrants from 22 villages to the four urban destinations and to rural villages within Nang Rong district.
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: 1984 Household Data DS2: 1984 Individual Data DS3: 1994 Harvest Help Data DS4: 1994 Household Data DS5: 1994 Individual Data DS6: 1994 Life History Data DS7: 1994 Migrant Family Data DS8: 1994 Migrant Individual Data DS9: 1994 Migrant Interview Attempts Data DS10: 1994 Migrant Life History Data DS11: 1994 Moved Data DS12: 1994 Remittance Data DS13: 1994 Migrant Sibling Data DS14: 1994 Plots Used Data DS15: 1994 Sibling Networks Data DS16: 2000 Household Data DS17: 2000 Individual Data DS18: 2000 Life History Data DS19: 2000 Migrant Family Data DS20: 2000 Migrant Individual Data DS21: 2000 Migrant Interview Attempt Data DS22: 2000 Migrant Life History Data DS23: 2000 Moved Data DS24: 2000 Migrant Sibling Network Data DS25: 2000 Plots Data DS26: 1999 Plots Data DS27: 2000 Sibling Networks Data DS28: 2000 Constructed Measures Data DS29: 1994 Constructed Measures Data DS30: 1984 Household Data - Restricted DS32: 1984 Individual Data - Restricted DS33: 1994 Harvest Help Data - Restricted DS34: 1994 Household Data - Restricted DS35: 1994 Individual Data - Restricted DS36: 1994 Life History Data - Restricted DS37: 1994 Migrant Family Data - Restricted DS38: 1994 Migrant Individual Data - Restricted DS39: 1994 Migrant Interview Attempts Data - Restricted DS40: 1994 Migrant Life History Data - Restricted DS41: 1994 Moved Data - Restricted DS42: 1994 Remittance Data - Restricted DS43: 1994 Migrant Sibling Data - Restricted DS44: 1994 Plots Used Data - Restricted DS45: 1994 Sibling Networks Data - Restricted DS46: 2000 Household Data - Restricted DS47: 2000 Individual Data - Restricted DS48: 2000 Life History Data - Restricted DS49: 2000 Migrant Family Data - Restricted DS50: 2000 Migrant Individual Data - Restricted DS51: 2000 Migrant Interview Attempt Data - Restricted DS52: 2000 Migrant Life History Data - Restricted DS53: 2000 Moved Data - Restricted DS54: 2000 Migrant Sibling Network Data - Restricted DS55: 2000 Plots Data - Restricted DS56: 1999 Plots Data - Restricted DS57: 2000 Sibling Networks Data - Restricted DS58: 2000 Constructed Measures Data - Restricted DS59: 1994 Constructed Measures Data - Restricted DS60: 1994 Social Networks, Household Level - Restricted DS61: 1994 Social Networks, Village Level - Restricted DS62: 1984 Village Survey - Restricted DS63: 1994 Village Survey - Restricted DS64: 2000 Village Survey - Restricted DS65: Individual ID Variable Linking File - Restricted
description: Individuals, families, and households in Thailand's Nang Rong district. Smallest Geographic Unit: village
description: face-to-face interviewThe restricted-use data initially included four datasets that were intended to serve as linking files between the public and restricted versions of the data. However, the linking variables were merged into the appropriate restricted datasets and the linking files were eliminated.