Uttar Pradesh and Bihar: Survey of Living Conditions

Name and managing agency

• Uttar Pradesh and Bihar 1997-98: Survey of Living Conditions
• This study utilized both qualitative methods – rapid rural appraisal (RRA) & participatory rural appraisal (PRA) methodologies, and semi-structured interviews – as well as quantitative methods drawing on data collected from household and community surveys modeled after the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys.

Year and place

• 1997-1998 in Bihar and UP

Sampling

• 25 districts 120 villages 2,250 households
• South and eastern Uttar Pradesh and north and central Bihar.

Publication

• No report available
• For work derived from it, see http://www.worldbank.org/lsms/research/country3.html
• Documentation and data available from: http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdph/lsms/country/india/upbhhome.html

Topics covered

• Household characteristics: composition, income, agricultural production, expenses, food vulnerability, reproductive health

Village characteristics (infrastructures, migration, accessibility).