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The India Human Development Survey (IHDS) is a nationally representative, multi-topic panel survey of 41,554 households in 1503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. IHDS FAQs
The India Human Development Survey (IHDS) is a nationally representative, multi-topic panel survey of 41,554 households in 1503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. The first round of interviews were completed in 2004-5; data are publicly available through ICPSR.
The India Human Development Survey-II (IHDS-II), 2011-12 is a nationally representative, multi-topic survey of 42,152 households in 1,503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. These data are mostly re-interviews of households interviewed for IHDS-I (ICPSR 22626) in 2004-05.
Download IHDS-I (2004-5) Download IHDS-II (2011-12) Linking Data Download From IHDS . IHDS Ever Married Women Linking Variables - Text File. IHDS Ever Married Women Linking File - Stata Format (download) IHDS Individual Linking Variables-Text File. IHDS Individual Linking Variables-STATA format (download) IHDS Household Linking Variables-Text File. Subscribe * indicates required.
The IHDS is a unique resource for researchers, policy makers and journalists. A one-of-a-kind panel study, we have interviewed over 42,152 households in 1,420 villages and 1,042 urban neighborhoods across India.
IHDS 2 Questionnaires. Questionnaires used in the survey can be downloaded as .pdf files: IHDS 2 Income and Social Capital Questionnaire. IHDS 2 Education and Health Questionnaire. IHDS 2 Learning Tests.
IHDS 1: Codebook & Topic Index. Data Availability. IHDS public data files are available from the Data Sharing for Demographic Research program of ICPSR, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, at ICPSR Study 22626 . Data are free to all users.
While IHDS 2 follows the same general pattern as IHDS 1 and many of the questions are identical, some questions were changed based on our experience with IHDS 1. Moreover, question numbers and variable names have also changed.
We recommend renaming NR5 to RO3 (sex), NR6 to RO5 (age), NR7 to RO6 (marital status), and NR10 to ED5 (years of education). The birth history file can be merged with the household file to add information about the household and the birth mother (the eligible woman variables EW3-EW9).
IHDS is one of the first Indian surveys to collect detailed income data. Most surveys depend on consumption expenditures or household assets to measure a household’s economic level. IHDS collected those data also (see consumption and household assets, but went to great lengths to measure household income as well.
