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Nepal 2001
Nepal 2011
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Nepal 2001 — source variable NP2001A_CASTE — Caste/ethnicity
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5. What is ____ caste/ethnicity?
(Caste of the individual person should be written).
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Column 5: What is ____ caste/ethnicity ?
In Nepal there are people of various castes. In general, caste means different group and community according to Hindu caste system. Among them there are those wearing Janai (sacred thread), not wearing Janai and Dalits. They all have different surnames and Gotra.

Ethnic group means native group having own separate mother tongue and culture.

For example - Brahmin, Chhetri, Kaami, Rajput, Kayastha, Marwadi, etc. are castes whereas Bhote, Limbu, Tamang are ethnic groups.

Many respondents denote their surname or sub-caste instead of their caste or ethnic group. In such cases, the caste or ethnic group in which that surname or sub-caste falls should be clearly written. A household can be comprised of members with different castes or ethnic groups, due to which - after writing the caste or ethnic group of the head of the household - each individual should be asked about their caste or ethnic group to which they belong and that should be written. The other members' caste should not be written if it is the same as the head of the household after asking the caste/surname of the head of the household.

In inter-caste marriage, the son or daughter born in inter-caste marriage can be of different caste/surname than that of mother or father. So in the course of enumeration, caste/ethnic group or surname of every member of the household (female, male, children, and old) should be confirmed and written.

If the respondent finds difficulty in separating caste/ethnic group and surname then some examples are given in annex-1.

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Nepal 2011 — source variable NP2011A_ETHNIC — Caste or ethnicity
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[6] What is the caste/ethnicity for [the respondent]? ____

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Individual information
After collecting the introductory and household information of data sheet 1, there are questions for individual information collection on the right side of the page. To write individual information, a row has been allocated for each member of the family. Sequence and rules for information collection have been put accordingly. In line with this, ask the question and fill the information. The response of each individual question should be written in the respective column.

Column 6: what is the caste/ethnicity of [the respondent]?
Various castes/ ethnicities live in Nepal. Generally, a caste refers to a group of various class of people under Hindu linage. In it, there are castes who wear sacred thread (Janai) and who do not as well, as Dalits. They have different surname and lineage/clan. Ethnicity refers to various indigenous/ethnic communities having their own mother tongue and culture. E.g. Brahaman, Kshetri, Kami, Rajput, Kayasth, Marwadi are caste, and Limbu, Tamang, Thami, etc. are indigenous/ethnic.

Many writes their surname or sub-ethnicity/caste in place of their caste or ethnicity. If stated like this, specify under which caste or ethnicity those surname or sub-ethnicity/caste belong. There live the people with different caste and ethnicity even in a family. Hence, after asking the caste/ethnicity of the household head and writing it down, ask the each member in the family for their caste and ethnicity and write down it. While enumerating the members of the family, do not take down the caste/ethnicity of the household head as granted for other members' caste/ethnicity.

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In the inter-caste marriage and the caste/ethnicity of the children born through inter-caste marriage might be different. Therefore, while enumerating the members in the family, ask and be clear about the caste/ethnicity of each woman, man, children, elderly people and write it down. The description on caste/ethnicity of the members of same family might be different. While writing the caste/ethnicity of family members, be impartial and write down as per their response.