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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 April 2019
Research instruments used in case study villages
Qualitative field notes based on ethnographic observations.
Open-ended interviews with 15–20 key respondents per village.
Surveys with about 35–45 per cent of randomly selected households per village using questionnaires that probed networks and relations within the village. This generated a dataset of about 700 households.
Census surveys of the full village population to get data on land inequality, literacy rates, poverty and demographic composition in terms of caste and kinship groups.
Archival data on village history and historical land inequality using colonial Village Inspection Reports from the archives of the District Revenue Office.
Research instruments used in survey villages
Structured interviews with 2–3 key respondents per village.
Surveys with 45 randomly selected households per village, which generated a dataset of 1,572 households in total.
Census surveys of the full village population to get data on land inequality, literacy rates, poverty and demographic composition in terms of caste and kinship groups. This rendered a dataset of over 9,000 households.
Archival data on village history and historical land inequality using colonial Village Inspection Reports from the archives of the District Revenue Office.
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