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title: "Developing-country household surveys datasets"
description: "Datasets in the category “Developing-country household surveys” were mentioned in 14 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #29 of the 58 data categories mentioned."
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# Developing-country household surveys

Household, health and living-standards surveys of low- and middle-income countries.

- 2 papers in the last 7 days
- 6 of its 7 datasets mentioned

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md

## Key findings

- Datasets in the category “Developing-country household surveys” were mentioned in 14 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #29 of the 58 data categories mentioned.
- The most-mentioned were Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) (5), Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) (5), India National Sample Survey (2), India Human Development Survey (1) and Indonesia Family Life Survey (1).
- By journal category: Economics (12), Finance (1) and AI (1).
- Most of them appeared in World Development (4), Journal of Development Economics (2) and Journal of Population Economics (1).

## Datasets

*Datasets in this category · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)*

| Dataset | Papers | Last 7 days | Names searched for |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) | 5 | 1 | Demographic and Health Survey |
| Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) | 5 | 0 | Living Standards Measurement Study, LSMS |
| India National Sample Survey | 2 | 0 | National Sample Survey |
| India Human Development Survey | 1 | 1 | India Human Development Survey, IHDS |
| Indonesia Family Life Survey | 1 | 0 | Indonesia Family Life Survey, IFLS |
| Young Lives | 1 | 0 | Young Lives survey, Young Lives study, Young Lives data |
| Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys | 0 | 0 | Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey |

## Papers

*Papers mentioning these datasets, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations | Datasets mentioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | [“Made in heaven, matched by parents”: Can arranged marriage restrict labour market autonomy and participation of women?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107589) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | Sugata Bag, Anirban Kar | University of Delhi; Centre for Development Economics | India Human Development Survey |
| 2026-10-20 | [Regional favoritism and educational attainment in Africa](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-026-01209-4) | [Journal of Population Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-population-economics.md) | Zareh Asatryan, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Patrick Hufschmidt et al. | Centre for European Economic Research; University of Münster; Ruhr University Bochum; … | Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) |
| 2026-10-15 | [Economic uncertainty and fertility cycles: baby boom and busts in twentieth century USA](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-026-09273-x) | [Journal of Economic Growth](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-growth.md) | Bastien Chabé-Ferret, Paula E. Gobbi | Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research; Middlesex University London; Université Libre de Bruxelles | Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) |
| 2026-10-15 | [Gas flaring, agricultural productivity and labor reallocation: Evidence from Nigeria](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2026.103947) | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | Arinze Nwokolo | Pan-Atlantic University | Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) |
| 2026-10-13 | [SES and growth in stature during early adulthood in low- and middle-income countries](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2026.101655) | [Economics & Human Biology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-human-biology.md) | Alessandro Tarozzi | European University Institute | Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Young Lives |
| 2026-10-09 | [Drought, women’s time poverty, and the development costs of water collection in Sub-Saharan Africa](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107592) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | Xueyang Wang, Wenling Liu | Beijing Institute of Technology | Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) |
| 2026-10-06 | [Identity politics, partisan sentiment and household spending](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2026.105799) | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | Arkadev Ghosh, Aruni Mitra, Ronit Mukherji | National Bureau of Economic Research; Duke University; University of Manchester; … | India National Sample Survey |
| 2026-10-05 | [Early-life adversity and long-term outcomes: evidence from the cocoa swollen shoot virus outbreak in the Gold Coast](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107588) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | Mohammed Iddrisu Kambala | University of South Carolina | Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) |
| 2026-10-01 | [Reopening is not Recovery: Institutional Hysteresis in the Libyan Stock Market](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2026.100920) | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | Suliman Alshahmy, Charilaos Mertzanis | Heriot-Watt University Dubai; Libyan Academy; Abu Dhabi University | Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) |
| 2026-10-01 | [Premarital migration and marriage payments: Evidence from Indonesian men](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2026.09.004) | [Journal of Comparative Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-comparative-economics.md) | Hugues Champeaux, Elsa Gautrain, Karine Marazyan | Lyon 1 Université; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Université Jean Monnet; … | Indonesia Family Life Survey |
| 2026-10-01 | [Protected areas: questioning the development-conservation system. A socio-political-economic and ecological framework for a bottom-up approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107579) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | Mireille Razafindrakoto, François Roubaud, Florent Bédécarrats et al. | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Université Paris Dauphine-PSL; … | Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) |
| 2026-09-30 | [Enhanced texture-preserved total variation regularization for infrared small target detection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2026.114958) | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | Ting Liu, Yongxian Liu, Yang Sun et al. | National University of Defense Technology; Xiangtan University | Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) |
| 2026-09-28 | [Incomplete markets, crop portfolios, and agricultural productivity](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2026.103944) | [Journal of Development Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-development-economics.md) | ALBERT RODRÍGUEZ-SALA | Universidad de Cantabria | Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) |
| 2026-09-28 | [How AI and technology’s skill-bias impact the delayed retirement desire in China](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-026-09881-x) | [Review of Economics of the Household](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-economics-of-the-household.md) | Zhuo Zhang, Debasis Bandyopadhyay | University of Auckland | India National Sample Survey |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Developing-country household surveys. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/developing-country-household-surveys

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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).