Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Contexts and Family Formation, Nepal, 1995-2017

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. ** IMPORTANT NOTE FOR STATA USERS ** The Stata files for datasets 7, 15, 16, 18, 32, 34, 35, and 38 were produced in Stata 13. Users of earlier versions of Stata will not be able to read them. There are a few options for users of Stata 12 or earlier to work around the compatibility issue: - Upgrade to Stata 13 - Find a computer with Stata 13 and use the 'saveold' command to create a Version 12 file - Use the latest version of a file conversion utility, such as Stat/Transfer (older versions cannot read Stata 13 files)

喜马拉雅奇托万河谷家庭研究（CVFS）是一项对尼泊尔奇托万河谷个体、家庭和社区的全面家庭面板研究。该研究最初旨在探究社区和家庭环境变化对人口结果，如婚姻和生育过程的影响。随着时间的推移，研究的目标得以扩展，以探讨家庭动态、代际影响、儿童健康、移民、劳动力参与、态度与信仰、心理健康、农业生产、环境变化以及众多其他主题。数据包括超过10,000个个体的完整生活史，对所有移民的追踪和访谈，社区变化的持续测量，超过25年的人口事件登记册，以及许多其他数据收集。有关喜马拉雅奇托万河谷家庭研究的更多信息，请访问喜马拉雅奇托万河谷家庭研究网站。**重要提示：针对Stata用户** 数据集7、15、16、18、32、34、35和38的Stata文件是在Stata 13中生成的。Stata早期版本的用户将无法读取这些文件。对于Stata 12或更早版本的用户，有几种解决兼容性问题的方法：- 升级至Stata 13- 在配备Stata 13的计算机上使用'saveold'命令创建版本12文件- 使用最新的文件转换工具，例如Stat/Transfer（旧版本无法读取Stata 13文件）