Chitwan Valley Family Study: Changing Social Contexts and Family Formation, Nepal, 1995-2019

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. A Data Guide for this study is available as a webpage and for download. Principal Investigators William G. Axinn, University of Michigan Dirgha Ghimire, University of Michigan Jordan Smoller, Massachusetts General Hospital

柴坦河谷家庭研究（Chitwan Valley Family Study，简称CVFS）是一项针对尼泊尔柴坦河谷地区个体、家庭及社区的综合家庭面板研究。该研究最初旨在探究社区与家庭环境变迁对人口结果，如婚姻和生育过程的影响。随着时间的推移，研究目标扩展至探讨家庭动态、代际影响、儿童健康、移民现象、劳动力参与、态度与信仰、心理健康、农业生产、环境变化等多个主题。数据集包含了超过10,000个个体的完整生活史，对所有移民的追踪和访谈记录，社区变化的连续测量，超过25年的人口事件登记，以及其他多种数据收集。欲了解更多关于柴坦河谷家庭研究的信息，请访问柴坦河谷家庭研究官方网站。本研究的《数据指南》可供网页浏览及下载。主要研究人员包括威廉·G·艾辛（William G. Axinn，密歇根大学）、迪尔加·吉米雷（Dirgha Ghimire，密歇根大学）及乔丹·斯莫勒（Jordan Smoller，马萨诸塞州总医院）。