Townsend Thai Project
The Townsend Thai project aimed to collect information regarding households and village headmen's (i.e., the person appointed to administer a single village) economic activities across various regions of Thailand, assisting with the availability of information for better policy making. Collecting information from rural and urban areas of the country, the project have collected data from over 2,500 households, whereby the data has been collected annually since 1997, and monthly within certain villages.
Study design
Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
2,880 (households)
192 (village headmen)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
University of Chicago
University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (มหาวิทยาลัยหอการค้าไทย, UTCC)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Ford Foundation
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Creative, arts-based and visual methods
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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