Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Contexts and Family Formation, Nepal, 1996-2008

The study was designed to investigate the influence of changing social contexts on family formation behaviors, marriage, childbearing, and contraceptive use. The research investigates the extent to which changes in the community produce changes in family formation behavior, and whether the family organization of individual life courses produces these changes in behavior. The study used a combination of ethnographic and survey research methods to gather 171 neighborhood histories, 142 school histories, 118 health service histories, 20 bus route histories, household farming practices, family planning histories, and household composition in Western Chitwan, Nepal. Personal histories were gathered from the 5,271 individuals ages 15-59 years living in these neighborhoods using a semi-structured Life History Calendar and a highly structured survey questionnaire. The sample neighborhoods for this study were chosen to represent the five major ethnic groups inhabiting the area: high caste Hindus, hill Tibeto-Burmese (such as Gurung, Tamang, and Magar), indigenous terai Tibeto-Burmese (such as Tharu, Darai, and Kumal), Newar, and other caste Hindus. Neighborhood history calendars measured the neighborhood's distance, in terms of minutes walking, to a variety of organizations and services. Schools were defined as places of instruction for children of any age or grade. Health clinics were defined as any places of care and healing, such as doctors' offices, hospitals, and health posts. Employers were any places that employed 10 or more people for pay. Cinemas were movie theaters or halls where movies were shown. Bus stops were any places where people could obtain a ride for pay on a vehicle. This particular study spanned 1997-2002. These data were combined with data from the Chitwan Valley Family Study 1996-1997, and the Household Agriculture and Consumption Survey 1996. ** IMPORTANT NOTE FOR STATA USERS ** The Stata files for datasets 7, 15, 16, 18, and 32 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)

本研究旨在探讨社会环境变迁对家庭组建行为、婚姻、生育和避孕使用的影响。研究深入探究了社区变革在多大程度上引发了家庭组建行为的改变，以及个体生命历程的家庭组织是否导致了这些行为的变化。研究采用了民族志和调查相结合的研究方法，收集了尼泊尔奇旺西部171个社区的历史、142所学校的历史、118个医疗服务的历史、20条公交线路的历史、家庭农业实践、家庭规划历史以及家庭构成等数据。通过半结构化的生命历史日历和高度结构化的调查问卷，从居住在这些社区的5,271名15至59岁的个体中收集了个人的历史资料。本研究选取的样本社区旨在代表该地区居住的五大主要民族群体：高种姓的印度教徒、山区藏缅族（如古隆、塔芒和玛嘉尔）、土著的塔里藏缅族（如塔鲁、达赖和库马尔）、纽瓦尔族以及其他种姓的印度教徒。社区历史日历测量了社区在步行分钟数上到达各种组织和服务的距离。学校被定义为任何年龄或年级儿童的教导场所。医疗诊所被定义为任何提供护理和治疗的场所，如医生办公室、医院和卫生站。雇主是指雇佣10人或以上人员的任何场所。电影院是放映电影的影院或大厅。公交车站是人们可以付费乘坐车辆的任何地方。该研究的时间跨度为1997年至2002年。这些数据与1996年至1997年的奇旺河谷家庭研究数据以及1996年的家庭农业和消费调查数据相结合。**重要提示：针对STATA用户** 数据集7、15、16、18和32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：- 升级到Stata 13- 在安装有Stata 13的计算机上使用'saveold'命令创建版本12文件- 使用最新版本的文件转换工具，如Stat/Transfer（旧版本无法读取Stata 13文件）