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Freely
downloadable
public use
data files are
now available
for the India
Human
Development
Survey 2005 (IHDS),
a nationally
representative,
multi-topic
survey of
41,554
households in
1503 villages
and 971 urban
neighborhoods
across India.
Two one-hour
interviews in
each household
covered
health,
education,
employment,
economic
status,
marriage,
fertility,
gender
relations, and
social
capital.
Children aged
8-11 completed
short reading,
writing and
arithmetic
tests.
Additional
village,
school, and
medical
facility data
will be
available
later.
Data
files and
documentation
can be
downloaded for
free from the
Inter-University
Consortium for
Political and
Social
Research (ICPSR):
www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22626.xml.
While
registration
is required,
the data are
available at
no cost.
For
further
information
see the IHDS
web pages: www.ihds.umd.edu
and www.ncaer.org.
IHDS
was jointly
organized by
researchers
from the
University of
Maryland and
the National
Council of
Applied
Economic
Research (NCAER),
New Delhi. It
was funded by
the U.S.
National
Institutes of
Health. |