Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS)
The CVFS is a comprehensive family panel study of individuals, households, and communities in the Chitwan Valley of Nepal. The study investigates family change by following entire families, regardless of migration out of the Chitwan Valley. At baseline data collection in 1995 and 1996, the study included 1,805 households with over 9,800 household members. Over 5,200 household members were aged between 15 and 59 years and were included in the study as individual participants.
Study design
Household panel, Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
5,271 (participants)
Age at first data collection
15 - 59 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1995
Primary Institutions
University of Michigan
Links
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Department for International Development (DFID) now known as Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Interviews or focus groups
- Qualitative survey
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Other government data
Engagement
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