DOI: 10.3886/icpsr04538.v21
title: Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Contexts and Family Formation, Nepal, 1995-2019
title: Version 21

description: The Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is a comprehensive family panel study of individuals, households, and communities in the Chitwan Valley of Nepal. The study was initially designed to investigate the influence of changing community and household contexts on population outcomes such as marital and childbearing processes. Over time, the goals of the study expanded to investigate family dynamics, intergenerational influences, child health, migration, labor force participation, attitudes and beliefs, mental health, agricultural production, environmental change, and many other topics. The data include full life histories for more than 10,000 individuals, tracking and interviews with all migrants, continuous measurement of community change, over 25 years of demographic event registry, and many other data collections. For additional information regarding the Chitwan Valley Family Study, please visit the Chitwan Valley Family Study Website. A Data Guide for this study is available as a webpage and for download.
<strong>Principal Investigators</strong>

William G. Axinn, University of Michigan
Dirgha Ghimire, University of Michigan 
Jordan Smoller, Massachusetts General Hospital
description: Methodology for each data collection is available on the Chitwan Valley Family Study data and documentation website.
description: Topics covered in each data collection is available on the Chitwan Valley Family Study data and documentation website.
description: Response Rates: Response rates for each data collection are available on the Data page of the Chitwan Valley Family Study website.
description: A multistage, stratified clustered sampling design to represent the general population of the western Chitwan Valley in south central Nepal in 1995. In 2008 and 2016, the CVFS sample was refreshed to insure representation of the population of Chitwan.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Baseline Agriculture Data, Public-Use
DS2: Baseline Agriculture Data, Restricted-Use
DS3: Individual-Level Household Census Data, Public-Use
DS4: Individual-Level Household Census Data, Restricted-Use
DS5: Child-Level Data
DS6: Family Planning Data, Public-Use
DS7: Family Planning Data, Restricted-Use
DS8: Healthpost History Data, Restricted-Use
DS9: Household Registry Data, Public-Use
DS10: Household Registry Data, Restricted-Use
DS11: Individual Interview Data, Public-Use
DS12: Individual Interview Data, Restricted-Use
DS13: Individual Life History Calendar Data, Public-Use
DS14: Neighborhood History Data, Restricted-Use
DS15: Household Relationship Grid, Public-Use
DS16: Household Relationship Grid, Restricted-Use
DS17: School History Data, Restricted-Use
DS18: Time 2 Agriculture and Consumption Data, Restricted-Use
DS19: Time 3 Agriculture and Consumption Data, Restricted-Use
DS20: Time 1-3 Land Use Data, Restricted-Use
DS21: Time 3 Household Registry Away Data Months 1-36, Restricted-Use
DS22: Time 2 Neighborhood History Data, Restricted-Use
DS23: Time 2 School History Data, Restricted-Use
DS24: Time 2 Health Post History Data, Restricted-Use
DS25: Household Registry Data at 126 Months, Public-Use
DS26: Household Registry Data at 126 Months, Restricted-Use
DS27: Time 2 Individual Interview Data, Restricted-Use
DS28: Time 2 Individual Life History Calendar Data, Restricted-Use
DS29: 1996 and 2008 Panel Data Combination, Restricted-Use
DS30: Time 1, 2, and 3 Flora Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS31: Neighborhood Distances File, Restricted-Use
DS32: Community Forest Calendar Data, Restricted-Use
DS33: Household Registry Data at 240 Months, Restricted-Use
DS34: Time 2 Agriculture and Consumption Data, Public-Use
DS35: Time 3 Agriculture and Consumption Data, Public-Use
DS36: Time 1, 2, and 3 Neighborhood History Data, Restricted-Use
DS37: Individual Interview Data and Household Registry Data at 240 Months, Restricted-Use
DS38: Time 2 Individual Interview Data (Full Sample), Public-Use
DS39: Time 2 Individual Interview Data (Full Sample), Restricted-Use
DS40: Time 2 Individual Interview Data (Full Sample) and Household Registry Data at 240 Months, Restricted-Use
DS41: Individual Interview Data and Time 2 Individual Interview Data (Full Sample), Restricted-Use
DS42: Time 3 Individual Interview Nepal-CIDI Data (Release A), Restricted-Use
DS43: 2016 Mother Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS44: 2016 Mother Calendar Data, Restricted-Use
DS45: 2016 Child Health Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS46: 2019 Student Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS47: 2019 Parent Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS48: 2019 Teacher Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS49: 2019 Head Teacher Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS50: 2019 School Management Committee Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS51: 2019 Parent Teacher Association Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS52: 2019 Basic Level Examination Score Data, Restricted-Use
DS53: 2019 Classroom Observation Data, Restricted-Use
DS54: 2019 Mother Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS55: 2019 Child Health Survey Data, Restricted-Use
DS56: 2019 Mother Calendar Data, Restricted-Use
description: Residents of the western Chitwan Valley in south central
Nepal and their spouses. Smallest Geographic Unit: Neighborhood
description: mixed modeAdditional P.I. codebooks are available at the Chitwan Valley Family Study Website.For additional information regarding the Chitwan Valley Family Study, please visit the Chitwan Valley Family Study Website.