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The neighborhood history calendar: a data collection method designed for dynamic multilevel modeling
Sociological Methodology
|January 1, 1997
Summary
A new Neighborhood History Calendar method efficiently collects community event histories. This approach aids research on marriage, contraception, and fertility, with applications in diverse settings and data integration via GIS.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Demography
- Community Research
Background:
- Community-level changes over time require robust data collection methods.
- Existing methods may not adequately capture longitudinal event histories.
- Understanding socio-demographic dynamics necessitates detailed contextual data.
Purpose of the Study:
- Introduce and validate the Neighborhood History Calendar (NHC) method.
- Demonstrate NHC's utility for collecting event histories in community research.
- Explore applications for contextual-history data and GIS integration.
Main Methods:
- Developed the Neighborhood History Calendar (NHC) instrument and data collection protocol.
- Applied NHC to study marriage, contraception, and fertility in rural Nepal.
- Extended NHC for school and health service history data collection.
- Discussed integration with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology.
Main Results:
- The NHC method effectively captures detailed event histories at the community level.
- Successful application in rural Nepal demonstrates feasibility for demographic studies.
- NHC provides a framework for collecting diverse contextual-history data.
Conclusions:
- The Neighborhood History Calendar is a valuable tool for longitudinal community research.
- NHC facilitates the study of socio-demographic trends and interventions.
- Integrating NHC data with GIS enhances spatial and temporal analysis capabilities.