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Country:	BANGLADESH 1976
Study Title:	The Economic Activities of Children in a Village in Bangladesh
Collector:	Mead Cain
When Conducted:	1976
Sampling Method and Study Design:	The village was selected as a study site because in terms of its economy, ecology, population density, and high fertility, it seemed not atypical of the country. Almost 50% of the villagers are less than 15 years old. The main sample for this study was drawn from the universe of parents (i.e sets of parents, one set consisting of either a currently married couple or a once married but now single parent) with at least one living child aged 5 or older. From the population of 335 such parents, 120 sets of parents and their children were selected on the basis of random stratified sampling. The population was stratified into three groups according to ownership of arable land. These strata were further subdivided according to the life-cycle stage of the parent into three groups. From each economic class, 40 sets of parents were selected, of which 20 were from LCS1, and 10 each were from LCS11 and 111. The time allocation data were collected for each day by retrospectively reconstructing the events of the day (one day diaries). The sample of parents represents 114 households, because in 6 cases 2 sets of parents were drawn from the same household. During the long summer rainy season, because of inadequate grain storage facilities, paddy must be brought out and dried at every opportunity
Sample Size:	120 parents and children
Response Rate:	Not relevant
Weighting Procedures:
Source of Information:	Hans P. Binswanger, Robert E. Evenson, Celia C. Clorencio, and Benjamin N. F. White. Rural Household Studies in Asia. Singapore University Press Kent Ridge, Singapore 0511, 1980
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