Household Agriculture and Consumption Survey, 1996 : [Chitwan Valley, Nepal] / William G. Axinn.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 3392.

ICPSR ; 3392

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This survey was designed to gather information about household farming practices and environmental perceptions and consumption in the western part of the Chitwan Valley in south central Nepal. Data were gathered through face-to-face interviews with household members. Respondents were asked to describe their farming practices, including the size of they land farmed, how that land was irrigated, whether they owned or rented the land, what crops they grew, whether they used a tractor to plow the land, and whether they had land that was used for purposes other than growing crops. A series of questions focused on livestock, including whether respondents raised animals and/or poultry, how manure was stored, whether the livestock were fed or grazed, how and from where fodder was obtained and transported, and how current practices differed from three years earlier. In terms of household items, respondents were asked to indicate whether they owned any of the following items and, if so, when they purchased them: radio, television, bicycle, motorcycle, cart, tractor, irrigation pumpset, gobar gas plant, and assorted farm tools. Respondents were also queried on their drinking water source, including whether it could be used to obtain water during the dry season and how it was stored, whether they had a toilet, electricity, and heating sources in the home, and whether they had ever borrowed money to purchase farm equipment. Individuals in households having a family member who had spent most of the previous six months away from home were asked where that person lived, why and for how long he/she had been away, and whether and how frequently he/she sent money home. Respondents' views on farming experiences were elicited, including how crop production, the use of chemical fertilizers, water table levels, and the quality of drinking water had changed over the past three years. Additio... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03392

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61154241

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