Codebook for a Study on Depression Among Empty Nest Older Adults in Kathmandu, Nepal

A 2026 qualitative codebook from a mixed-methods study of 140 older adults in Kathmandu, Nepal, investigating depression linked to adult children's migration. The study, authored by Soniya Shrestha, used the Geriatric Depression Scale and 21 in-depth interviews. It found nearly half of the participants had depression, with single parents having significantly higher odds of depressive symptoms.

Use Cases

• Thematic analysis of qualitative interview data on loneliness and depression in older adults.
• Investigating the association between marital status (widowed/divorced) and depression risk mentioned in the description.
• Triangulating quantitative depression scale results with qualitative interview findings as described in the study.

Strengths

• Includes data from 140 older adult participants and 21 in-depth interviews.
• Provides specific statistical findings, such as single parents having 28.3 times higher cumulative odds of depressive symptoms.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The 160.9 KB file size suggests a very limited scope, likely containing only the codebook and not the full dataset.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single ward in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Provenance

Source

Soniya Shrestha via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional mixed-method study using random selection from a social security list, Geriatric Depression Scale, and thematic analysis of interviews.

Time Range

Study period not specified; dataset last updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 17:37:30.

Geography

Ward number 9 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal.