Community and Schools Study - India (CoMSS - India)
ComSS - India investigated patterns of educational access in two states in India. The study recruited children aged 6 to 14 years from 36 villages attending 88 schools in the Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh states of India. At baseline in 2007, over 9,000 children were included in the study. Participants were followed up in 2007, 2008 and 2009 when the study ended.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
9,653 (participants)
Age at first data collection
6 - 14 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2007
Primary Institutions
Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE) (Research, United Kingdom)
National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) (Academic, India)
Links
create-rpc.org/research/communityandschool/india/
create-rpc.org/pdf_documents/India_Country_Research_Summary.pdf
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Department for International Development (DFID) now known as Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) (Government, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
