UNBONDED ARCHIVE CATALOGUE: FIELD GUIDE
Version 2026-10-17 · 61 records · https://unbondedarchive.org/research/

FILES
  unbonded-archive-catalogue.csv   One row per source record (UTF-8, comma-separated).
  unbonded-archive-catalogue.json  The same records, with lists kept as lists.

FIELDS
  record_id         Persistent identifier (SRC-###). Never reused; retired records redirect to the record that replaced them.
  title             Title as published.
  author            Author(s) or issuing organisation, as recorded.
  year              Year of publication. Blank where the source gives none.
  method_type       Controlled category: Survey / quantitative; Qualitative / mixed methods; Assessment / evaluation; Law / policy document; Descriptive / advocacy; Unspecified.
  methodology       Method as described in the source.
  study_population  Population the source describes.
  geography         Places the evidence covers, as specific as the source allows.
  sample_size       Sample as reported. "Not reported" where the source gives none.
  labour_systems    Labour systems covered (controlled list), separated by "; ".
  themes            Themes (controlled list), separated by "; ".
  findings          Findings recorded by the cataloguing team, paraphrased from the source and separated by " | ". Not a substitute for reading the source.
  repository_note   Cataloguer's note on limits, gaps or context.
  citation          Citation of the original source, as catalogued.
  original_url      Link to the original document or publisher page.
  metadata_status   "Complete metadata", or "Partial metadata" where a core field was missing from the source workbook.
  record_url        The record's page on unbondedarchive.org.

READ BEFORE USING
  - This is a curated catalogue, not a systematic review. Searches were made in English,
    so Nepali-language sources may be missing.
  - Findings are the cataloguing team's paraphrases. Check every figure against the original
    source before citing it, and cite the original source, not this catalogue, for a
    substantive claim.
  - Definitions, denominators, dates and populations differ between sources. Do not combine
    figures across records into totals or rates.
  - Corrections to the catalogue are logged at
    https://github.com/shubhamupreti49/Project-Unbonded/blob/main/data/CORRECTIONS.md

LICENCE
  The catalogue data (record details, coding and recorded findings) are shared under the
  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY 4.0): reuse them with credit to
  Unbonded Archive. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  Linked documents remain under their owners' terms.

HOW TO CITE THE CATALOGUE (Chicago author-date)
  Unbonded Archive. 2026. Unbonded Archive Catalogue of Sources on Bonded Labour in Nepal.
  Version 2026-10-17. Dataset. https://unbondedarchive.org/data/unbonded-archive-catalogue.csv.
  In the text: (Unbonded Archive 2026)