Nepal - Demographic Sample Survey 1986-1987

Reference ID

NPL-CBS-DSS-1986-v0

Year

1986 - 1987

Country

Nepal

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics - National Planning Commission Secretariat, His Majesty's Government

Sponsor(s)

His Majesty's Government of Nepal - HMG -
United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA -

Collection(s)

Population and Demography

Metadata

Documentation in PDF

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Mar 20, 2012

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Documentation

Download the questionnaires, technical documents and reports that describe the survey process and the key results for this study.

Questionnaires

Demographic Sample Survey 1986-87, Questionnaire

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Author(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)

Date

1986-01-01

Country

Nepal

Contributor(s)

The questionnaires were originally drafted in English and later on translated into Nepali. The original questionnaires in English was drafted by the staffers of Population Division, CBS in consultation with UNDTCD resident advisor on Demography.

Description

The DSS 1986/87 baseline survey was collected by using six different schedules:

1. Household schedule

2. In-migration schedule

3. Fertility and Mortality schedule

4. Out-migration schedule

5. Socio-economic status of the household schedule

6. Migration survey-individual questionnaire

Refer to page 5 of "DSS Report" for detained information on the types and contents of the questionnaires.

Table of contents

The DSS 1986/87 baseline survey was collected by using six different schedules with the following contents:

1. Household schedule
The household schedule was employed to collect information on some conventional socio-demographic measures of each usual/permanent member of the selected households.

2. In-migration schedule
The In-migration schedule was used to collect detailed information on internal migrants and for immigrants.

3. Fertility and Mortality schedule
The Fertility and Mortality schedule was used to collect the information on fertility anf mortality history of ever married worman in the household.

4. Out-migration schedule
The Out-migration schedule was used to obtain detailed information on each out-migrant from the household which took place in the last five years preceding the survey.

5. Socio-economic status of the household schedule
The Socio-economic status of the household schedule was used to obtain socio-economic characteristics of the households.

6. Migration survey-individual questionnaire
The Migration survey-individual questionnaire was administered to internal migrants.

Refer to page 5 of "DSS Report" for detained information on the types and contents of the questionnaires.

Download

Ques_DDS1987.pdf

Reports

Demographic Sample Survey 1986-87, Report

3.07 MB

Author(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)

Date

1987-03-01

Country

Nepal

Contributor(s)

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): financial support , United Nations Department of Technical Co-Operation for Development (UNDTCD): technical assistance

Description

The findings presented in this First Report are based on the data collected in the base line round of the the survey. The first round conducted in the spring of 1986 involved collection of baseline data covering conventional socio-demographic variables at individual level such as age, sex, occupation, education, marital status, parity, age at first marriage, internal and external migration.

Table of contents

The contents of the DSS 1986/87 first report are:

1. Objectives of DSS 1986/87
2. Sample design
3. Sample selection procedures
4. Questionnaires
5. Recruitment, training and field work of the survey
6. Findings
A. Characteristics of the study population
B. Fertility
C. Fertility pattern
D. Infant mortality rate
E. Immigrants

7. List of Tables

Appendix:
RS 1. Household schedule
RS 2. In-migration schedule
RS 3. Fertility and Mortality schedule
RS 4. Out-migration schedule
RS 5. Socio-economic status of the household schedule
RS 6. Migration survey-individual questionnaire

Corrigendum

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Report_DDS1987.pdf