Global Health Data Exchange - Discover the World's Health Data

Indian Migration Study 2005-2007

Nav

General Info
Provider 
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
India (IND)
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Nepal (NPL)
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
05/2005 - 12/2007
Data type
Survey:
  • Individual
Summary 

The Indian Migration Study conducted from 2005 to 2007 explored the impact of migration from rural to urban areas on chronic disease risk.  The study followed a sibling pair design to compare risk factors in urban factory workers and their siblings residing in rural areas. Urban migrant participants were selected from factories in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, and Nagpur. Rural non-migrant participants were recruited from 18 states in the country. An additional group of participants was selected and was solely comprised of urban workers and their urban-dwelling siblings, who had always lived in urban areas. 

Anthropometric measurements blood samples were collected in addition to data on diet and physical activity. A total of 6,510 individuals participated in the study.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Alcohol use, Anthropometry, Assets, Asthma, Calcium, Dairy products, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary fiber, Dietary protein, Dietary sodium, Education, Electricity, FFQ, Family size, Fish, Fruits, Health status, Heart disease, Height, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Iron, Land ownership, Languages, Legumes, Lighting, Literacy, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Meat, Medicines, Micronutrients, Milk, Nuts, Occupations, Peptic ulcer disease, Religion, Sanitation, Smokeless tobacco use, Social class, Stroke, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Vegetables, Water supply, Weight, Zinc
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021