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

Nepal
South Asia

The Chitwan Valley Family Study was designed to investigate the influence of changing social contexts on family formation behaviors, marriage, childbearing, and contraceptive use.

Study Website

Adolescents: Not available

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2008; 1996

Areas Covered: Region: Western Chitwan

Investigators: William G. Axinn (University of Michigan); Arland Thornton (University of Michigan); Sundar Shrestha (Pennsylvania State University); Jennifer S. Barber (University of Michigan); Susan A. Murphy (University of Michigan); Dirgha Ghimire (University of Michigan); Thomas Fricke (University of Michigan); Stephen Matthews (Pennsylvania State University); Dharma Dangol (Tribhuvan University Nepal Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science); Lisa Pearce (University of Michigan); Ann Biddlecom (Guttmacher Institute); Douglas Massey (Princeton University)

Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Series:

Not applicable

Topics

Community Engagement;

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, School quality;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

Marriage;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Reproductive Health - Family planning/contraception, Fertility;

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;