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Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-1996, NLSS First

Nepal, 1995 - 1996
Household Surveys
Central Bureau of Statistics
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Questionnaires
Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-96, Questionnaire (in English)
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authors Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Date 1995-01-01
Country Nepal
language English
Description Questionnaire of the NLSS 1996/96
Table of contents SURVEY INFORMATION
1. HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION
A: Household Roster
B: Information on Parents
C: Activities
D: Unemployment

2. HOUSING
A: Type of Dwelling
B: Housing Expenses
C: Utilities and Amenities
D: Water and Firewood

3. ACCESS TO FACILITIES

4. MIGRATION

5. FOOD EXPENSES AND HOME PRODUCTION

6. NON-FOOD EXPENDITURES AND DURABLE GOODS
A: Frequent Non-Food Expenditures
B: Infrequent Non-Food expenditures
C: Inventory of Durable Goods

7. EDUCATION
A: Literacy
B: Past Enrollment
C: Current Enrollment

8. HEALTH
A: Chronic Illnesses
B: Illnesses or Injuries
C: Immunization

9. ANTHROPOMETRICS

10. MARRIAGE AND MATERNITY HISTORY
A: Meternity History
B: Pre-and Post-Natal Care
C: Family Planning

11. WAGE EMPLOYMENT
A: In Agriculture
B: Outside Agriculture

12. FARMING AND LIVESTOCK
A: Landholding
B: Production and Distribution
C: Expenditure on Inputs
D: Earnings from Agriculture
E: Livestock
F: Ownership of Farming Assets
G: Extension Services

13. NON-FARM ENTERPRISES/ACTIVITIES
A: General Characteristics
B: Income from Enterprises

14. CREDIT AND SAVINGS
A: Borrowing
B: Lending
C: Other Assets

15. REMITTANCES AND TRANSFERS
A: Income Sent
B: Income Received

16. OTHER INCOME

17. ADEQUACY OF CONSUMPTION

LIST OF CODES
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Reports
Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-96, Statistical Report Volume I
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authors Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Date 1996-12-01
Country Nepal
language English
contributors World Bank
publishers Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal
Description This is the first of a two-volume Statistical Report containing the main findings of the survey. This volume contains a descriptions of the survey methodology and the methodology employed to construct consumption aggregates (Section 1), as well as tabulations on Demographic Characteristics (Section 2), Housing (Section 3), Access to Services (Section 4), Education (Section 5), Health (Section 6), Fertility and Family Planning (Section 7). Volume 2, which will be published subsequently, will cover employment, agricultural activities, non-farm enterprises, credit and saving, and household income.
Table of contents SECTION 1: METHODOLOGY
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey Methodology
Sample Design
Survey Questionnaire
Field Work Organization
1.3 Constructing per-capita consumption aggregates

SECTION II: DEMOGRAPHY
2.1 Age Distribution And Dependency Ratio
2.2 Gender Distribution
2.3 Household Size and Distribution by Size
2.4 Distribution of Sex and Age of Household Head

SECTION III: HOUSING
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Occupancy Status of the Housing Unit
3.3 Construction Material of the Outer Walls
3.4 Construction Material of Roof
3.5 Construction Material of Floor
3.5 Number of Rooms and Floor Area
3.6 Water Supply
3.7 Presence of Household Conveniences
3.8 Main Fuel Used For Cooking
3.9 Use of Firewood
3.10 Collection of Firewood

SECTION IV: ACCESS TO FACILITIES

SECTION V: LITERACY AND EDUCATION
5.1 Literacy Rates
5.2 Educational Status

SECTION VI: HEALTH
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Acute Illness
6.3 Immunization

SECTION VII: FERTILITY AND FAMILY PLANNING
7.1 Mean Number of Children Ever Born
7.2 Total Fertility Rate and Age Specific Fertility Rate
7.3 Family planning awareness and usage

ANNEX 1 LIST OF NLSS FIELD STAFFS

ANNEX 2 DISSEMINATION OF NLSS DATA TO USERS
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Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-96, Statistical Report Volume II
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authors Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Date 1997-05-01
Country Nepal
language English
contributors World Bank
publishers Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal
Description This is the second volume report on Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS), and with its publication, the project successfully comes to an end. Both reports have been published within set timetables. The Bureau now offers both reports as well as access to the entire data set for users that are interested to do further research and analysis of the survey results.
Table of contents Section I: Income
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Construction of Income Aggregates
Farm Income
Wage Income
Non-Farm Enterprise Income
Non-Agrcultural Rental Income
Transfer Income
Value of Owner-Occupied Housing
Other Income
Total Income
Items Omitted from the Income Aggregates
1.3 Levels, Sources and Distribution of Income

Section II: Employment Status
2.1 Definitions
2.2 Activity Rates and Unemployment Rates
2.3 Underemployment
2.4 Activity Status on the Basis of Work Done During the Previous Year
2.5 Main Sector of Employment

Section III: Agriculture
3.1 Background Information
3.2 Characteristics of Agricultural Household Head
3.3 Number of Agricultural Households
3.4 Area of Agricultural Land
3.5 Size of Agricultural Land
3.6 Land Fragmentation
3.7 Land Area Distribution
3.8 Farm Size Distribution
3.9 Land Tenure
3.10 Crops
3.11 Irrigation
3.12 Improved Seeds
3.13 Chemical Fertilizers
3.14 Equipment
3.15 Livestock Raising

Section IV: Wage Employment
4.1 Wage Employment by Main Sector
4.2 Distribution by Industry
4.3 Basis of wage Payment
4.4 Wage Rates

Section V: Non Farm Economic Activities
5.1 Activities by Industry
5.2 Hired labour
5.3 Revenue and Expenditure
5.4 Duration of Operation

Section VI: Loans (Credit and Savings)
6.1 Regional distribution
6.2 Rural/ Urban Distribution
6.3 Sources of Loans
6.4 Purpose of Taking Loans

Section VII: Remittances
7.1 Households and Remittances
7.2 Origin of Remittances
7.3 Remittances by Consumption Groups
7.4 Size of Remittances
7.5 Remittances and Income
7.6 Recipients and Donors by Sex and Industry

Sectiion VIII: Adequacy of Consumption
8.1 Food Consumption
8.2 Housing
8.3 Clothing
8.4 Health Care
8.5 Schooling
8.6 Income

ERRATA-CORRIGE
Access to Facilities

Annex I: Dissemination of NLSS Data to Users
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Technical documents
Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-96, Codebook
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authors Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Date 1995-01-01
Country Nepal
language English
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Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-96, Survey Manual (in English)
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authors Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Date 1995-06-01
Country Nepal
language English
Table of contents PART A:
Introduction
1. Overview of the Survey
2. The Interviewer’s Job
3. General Organization of Field Work
4. General Instructions on How to fill the Questionnaire
5. Definition of Key Words and Concepts
6. Overview of the Household Questionnaire

PART B:
1. Household Information
A: Household Roster
B: Information on Parents
C: Activities
D: Unemployment
2. Housing
A: Type of Dwelling
B: Housing Expenses
C: Utilities and Amenities
D: Water and Firewood
3. Access to Facilities
4. Migration
5. Food Expenses and Home Production
6. Non Food Expenditure and Durable Goods
A: Frequent Non-Food Expenditures
B: Annual Non-Food Expenditures
C: Inventory of Durable Goods
7. Education
A: Literacy
B: Past Enrollment
C: Current Enrollment
8. Health
A: Chronic Illness
B: Illness or Injuries
C: Immunization
9. Anthropometrics
10. Marriage and Maternity History
A: Maternity History
B: Pre- and Post-Natal Care
C: Family Planning
11. Wage Employment
A: In Agriculture
B: Outside Agriculture
12. Farming and Livestock
A: Landholding
B: Production and Use
C: Expenditure on Inputs
D: Earnings from Agriculture
E: Livestock
F: Ownership of Farming Assets
G: Extension Services
13. Non-Farm Enterprises/Activities
A: General Characteristics
B: Income from Enterprises
14. Credit and Savings
A: Borrowing
B: Lending
C: Other Assets
15. Remittances and Transfers
A: Income Sent
B: Income Received
16. Other Income
17. Adequacy of Consumption
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Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-96, Survey Manual (in Nepali)
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authors Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Date 1995-06-01
Country Nepal
language Nepali
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Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-96, Sampling Weights
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authors Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Date 1995-01-01
Country Nepal
language English
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Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-96, Basic Information
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authors Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Date 1996-04-01
Country Nepal
language English
Table of contents 1. Introduction

2. Formation of the Core Team

3. Cartographic Work

4. Sample Design and Implementation
4.1 Sample Frame
4.2 Sample Design

5. Household Listing Operation

6. Survey Questionnaire
6.1 Questionnnaire Preparation
6.2 Overview of the Household Questionnaire
6.3 Overview of the Community Questionnaire, Rural
6.4 Overview of the Community Questionnaire, Urban

7. Selection of Manpower for the Field

8. Training

9. Organization of the Survey
9.1 Field Organization
9.2 Staffing (Central Staffs & Field Staffs)
9.3 Survey Schedule
9.4 Field Supervision
9.5 Central Supervision

10. Data Collection

11. Data Processing
11.1 Data Entry
11.2 NLSS Data Files

Appendix 1: List of NLSS Primary Sampling Units
Appendix 2: List of Supporting Documents
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Other materials
Nepal Living Standards Survey 1995-96, Poverty Trends
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authors Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
Date 2005-09-01
Country Nepal
language English
contributors The World Bank
publishers Central Bureau of Statistics
Description This report presents NLSS-based poverty results estimated using the cost-of-basic needs (CBN) methodology and also the poverty trends in Nepal between 1995-96 and 2003-04. In order to maintain the comparability of the 2003-04 results with the 1995-96 estimates of poverty in the country, poverty lines were derived to adjust for regional differences in cost-of-living and intertemporal inflation.
Table of contents Chapter I : Poverty Trends in Nepal between 1995-96 and 2003-04
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Incidence of Poverty in Nepal in 1995-96 and 2003-04
1.3 Growth and Inequality: Changes between 1995-96 and 2003-04
1.3.1 Trends in Real Expenditure
1.3.2 The Relationship between Growth in Per-capita Expenditure and Poverty
1.3.3 Growth Incidence Curves
1.3.4 Inequality
1.3.5 Poverty Decomposition: Growth and Inequality
1.3.6 Poverty Decomposition: Regional
1.4 Poverty Profile and Multivariate Analysis of Poverty
1.4.1 Poverty Profile
1.4.2 Multivariate Poverty Profile and Simulations
1.5 Sensitivity and Robustness of Poverty Estimates
1.5.1 Poverty Incidence Curves
1.5.2 “Missing PSUs”
1.5.3 Alternative Approaches to Defining Poverty Lines
1.6 Other Evidence of Changes in Living Standards
1.6.1 Subjective Poverty Line
1.6.2 Trends in Quantities of Foods Consumed
1.6.3 Evidence from a Panel Sample
1.6.4 Trends in Agricultural Wages
1.6.5 Trends in Income Poverty
1.7 Tentative Explanations for the Observed Increase in Per-capita Income and Expenditure and Decline in Poverty

Chapter II : The Methodology used to Derive Poverty Lines (1995-96 and 2003-04)
2.1 An Overview of the Methodology
2.2 Deriving the Poverty Lines: A more Detailed Exposition
2.2.1 Deriving the Food Price Indices
2.2.2 Deriving the Non-Food Price Indices
2.2.3 Aggregating the Food and Non-food Poverty Line Components
2.3 Region and Time-specific Poverty Lines and Overall Price Index
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