India Human Development Survey-II (IHDS-II), 2011-12

A Data Guide for this study is available as a web page and for download. The India Human Development Survey-II (IHDS-II), 2011-12 is a nationally representative, multi-topic survey of 42,152 households in 1,503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. These data are mostly re-interviews of households interviewed for IHDS-I (ICPSR 22626) in 2004-05. Two one-hour interviews in each household covered topics concerning health, education, employment, economic status, marriage, fertility, gender relations, social capital, village infrastructure, wage levels, and panchayat composition. Children aged 8-11 completed short reading, writing and arithmetic tests.
The IHDS-II data are assembled in fourteen datasets:

Individual;
Household;
Eligible Women;
Birth History;
Medical Staff;
Medical Facilities;
Non Resident;
School Staff;
School Facilities;
Wage and Salary;
Tracking;
Village;
Village Panchayat;
Village Respondent;