National Sample Survey for Vital Events Registration 2017

Nepal, 2016 - 2017

Central Bureau of Statistics

Identification

Survey ID Number

NPL-CBS-CRVS-2017-v01

Title

National Sample Survey for Vital Events Registration 2017

Translated Title

National Sample Survey for Vital Events Registration 2017

Country

Name	Country code
Nepal	NPL

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Series Information

National Sample Survey for Vital Events Registration 2017 is the first round of CRVS survey.

Abstract

The survey was meant to find out the baseline information on vital events registration, to identify the problems and issues in vital events registration and to infer doable recommendations to improve vital events registration in Nepal. The main objective of the survey was to know the trend of vital registration system in Nepal during the years from 2070 to 2072. Sample frame of CRVS survey was constructed from National Population and Housing Census 2011 (NPHC2011). This frame has aggregated ward wise information about House Number, Household Number, male, female and total population. However, the provided frame was based on 2011 administrative boundaries which were reconstructed into new existing administrative boundaries having 217 municipalities during that period. Basically wards were our enumeration area (EA). Major significant factor that has a large impact on the sample size is the number of domains. Domains are generally defined as the analytical sub-groups for which equally reliable data were desired. Domains of the study were 15 ecological development areas and Kathmandu valley altogether 16 domains.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Household

Version

Version Description

v01: Final Data for public access.

Version Date

2018-07-04

Scope

Notes

In this survey, the following events occurred in last three years:
(1) Children less than three years,
(2) Households having death,
(3) Married couple,
(4) Divorce persons,
(5) In & out migrated household and
(6) Adoption of Children.

Sample size depends also on the target population so that the calculation of the sample size must therefore take into consideration each of the target populations. The resulting sample size was considerably larger than that needed for a target group comprised of all persons or all households.

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey covers the whole country (National), Ecological belts (Mountain, Hill, Terai) and Kathmandu Valley.

Universe

There are several target populations in household surveys. They are:
(1) Children less than three years,
(2) Households having death,
(3) Married couple,
(4) Divorce persons,
(5) In & out migrated household and
(6) Adoption of Children.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Central Bureau of Statistics	National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Abbreviation
Government of Nepal	GoN

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The survey followed the two stage sampling scheme. In the first stage, probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling scheme was adopted to select the enumeration area (EA) and required number of households was enumerated from selected EAs in final stage. Enumeration areas (EAs) were defined as wards or, in cases where wards contained less than 50 households, combinations of wards. In cases of very large wards, smaller segments were prepared for making sizable EAs. For such wards, the block maps prepared during the 2011 population census were used. First of all, the urban and rural EAs were arranged according to their respective domain with household number. In urban area 673 EAs and rural area 927 EAs, altogether 1600 EAs were selected from 75 districts to further investigation. In each selected EA, 50 households were listed stating from north east corner of EA. If listed household having any vital and migration events in last three years then main questionnaire will be asked to that particular households.

Response Rate

The survey enumerated 99 percent of the sample.

Weighting

The sampling weights for urban and rural domain is calculated separately. Major significant factor that has a large impact on the sample size is the number of domains. Domains are generally defined as the analytical sub-groups for which equally reliable data are wanted. Domains of study were 15 ecological development areas and Kathmandu valley altogether 16 domains.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2016-04-16	2017-07-15

Time periods

Start date	End date
2013-04-16	2016-04-15

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Supervision

Social mobilizer of local levels were used as enumerator for data collection of the survey. The immediate supervision for the data collection work were managed weekly by focal persons of local bodies. The survey concern team of Department of Vital Registration and Central Bureau of Statistics were invoved for central supervision.

Data Collection Notes

Before collecting data of this survey 5 days tarinig for enumerated was conducted in chitwan, Banke, and Morang districts in different time periods. In order to achive above objectives, a pilot survey was conducted in Tapalejung, Sunsari, Sindhuli, Kaski, Kailali and Bajhang districts, which also represents two districts in each ecological belt (Mountain, Hill and Tarai). 900 households were intervied in urban areas whereas 1000 households were intervied in rural areas for investigation of vital events occured and their registration time period.

Data Collectors

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Central Bureau of Statistics	CBS	National Planning Commission, GoN

Questionnaires

The questionaire of the survey covered the following areas.
(1) Children less than three years,
(2) Households having death,
(3) Married couple,
(4) Divorce persons,
(5) In & out migrated household and
(6) Adoption of Children.

The questionnaire are published in Nepali language.

Data Processing

Data Editing

Data of this survey were collected by using CAPI method by local social mobilizer. A 5 days training for data collection and proper data management were provided to the enumerators before dispatching them to their assigned EAs. The CSPro programme was used for consistancy checking data validation.

Access policy

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Director General	Central Bureau of Statistics	dg@cbs.gov.np	www.cbs.gov.np

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Director of Publication, Dissemination and Library Section	Central Bereau of Statistics	archive@cbs.gov.np	www.cbs.gov.np

Confidentiality

Confidentiality of the respondents is guaranteed by article 8 of Statistics Act 1958.estriction on publication of information and details Any information or details relating to any person, family, firm or company, which have been supplied, obtained or prepared pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 or Section 5 or Section 6 or Section 7 or any part of such information or details, shall not be disclosed or published directly except to the Director General or to any other officer of the Bureau without the written permission of the person or of his or her authorized representative supplying such information or details.

Access conditions

The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset from CBS premises. It is accessible to all users for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:

1. The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of the Central Bureau of Statistics.
2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
3. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the CBS.
4. No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the CBS or among data from the CBS and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the CBS will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
6. An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the CBS.

Citation requirements

Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal. Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, Nepal 2016-2017. Dataset downloaded from National Data Archive (NADA): http://cbs.gov.np/nada/index.php/catalog on [date], or obtained from CBS, Nepal on [date].

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal bears no responsibility for any outcomes or for interpretations or inferences arising from the use of the dataset, or use of the information provided on the study.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI-NPL-CBS-CRVS-2017-v01

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Central Bureau of Statistics	CBS	National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal	Documentation of the study

Date of Metadata Production

2018-07-04

DDI Document version

Version 01 (July 2018 ): Original documentation of the study.