National Sample Survey 1998 (54th Round) - Schedule 31 - Common Property Resources, Sanitation & Hygiene Services

Block 4: Particulars of commuting done by household members.This block, apart from collecting basic information on age, sex, and relation to head of each household member, will record particulars of mode of transport used for commuting to workplace or educational institution of the commuters among the household members, the distance covered, and the time and money spent on commuting by each such member. All the persons who are deemed to be members of the household are to be listed in this block. Thus the household size recorded in Block 3 and the number of persons recorded in this block will tally exactly.

Block 5: Drinking water, sanitation and hygiene : This block will record information on source, availability and quality of drinking water, and on various aspects of sanitation such as nature of bathrooms and latrines used, arrangements for drainage of waste water and disposal of garbage, source of cooking and bathing water, and problems of flies and mosquitoes in the area in which the sample household resides.

Block 5: Drinking water, sanitation and hygiene : This block will record information on source, availability and quality of drinking water, and on various aspects of sanitation such as nature of bathrooms and latrines used, arrangements for drainage of waste water and disposal of garbage, source of cooking and bathing water, and problems of flies and mosquitoes in the area in which the sample household resides.

Block 6: Access to and use of communication and other facilities. Questions 1-12 of this block are about possession and use of radio, TV, telephones and newspapers, while the remaining questions are about use of financial services such as those provided by banks and cooperative credit societies.

Block 7: Details of journeys on tours undertaken by househood members ended at any time during the last 60 days and involving overnight stay

Block 8: Use of land resources in last 365 days This block is meant for recording information on diverse uses of different categories of land resources (classified by king of property rights) made by the household during the last 365 days preceding the date of survey.

Block 9: Use of water resources in last 365 days This is meant for recording information on non-dometic use of water by the household from different sources. Use of water for different domestic purposes like drinking, bathing, washing etc. will not be considered for this block. Only uses for irrigation, feeding and washing of livestick, fishing and other household enterprises will be recorded here.

Block 10: Average collection, consumption and sale of fuelwood and fodder Fuelwool and fodder are the two most inportant items collected from common property resources. This block is meant for recording information on quantity and value of fuelwool and fooder collected from de jure CRP land, forests and other land, within or outside the village, by the sample household. The quantity and value of the collections from the respective sources, will also be recorded in this block. The field officials should record the value of the product evaluated at the local market price.

Block 11: Collection and sale of selected items from villafge common land or forest land and their sale during last 365 days. This block is meant for recording information on quantity and value of some selected items (other than fuelwood and fodder) collected from the commons, forests and other land, within and outside the village, by the sample household. Besides collection, information on sale of produce collected will also be recorded in this block. Unlike Block 10, data on consumption at home need not be collected will also be recorded here. Moreover, only one reference period is used in this case, and it is last 365 days. Otherwise, the block is similar to block 10 and will be canvassed in a similar manner.

Block 12: Some general information on uses of common land resources. This block is for collecting information on certain aspects relating to the household's requirements of major CPR products, viz. fuelwood and fodder, and user rights it has on CPRs. The reference period to be used for these items are either the date of survey or that last 365 days preceding the date of survey.
Block 13: Some general information on cultivation by the household.This block is meant for collecting certain general information relating to cultivation carried out by the sample household. It may be noted that for filling this block different references periods will be used. The reference periods to be used for different items are clearly specified in the discussion on respective items.

Block 14: Some particulars of cultivation during 1997-98 (five major crops). In this block, information relating to cultivation by the household will be collected for the agriculatural year 1997-98. Since the agriculatural year will not end before the survey is conducts, information regarding the remaining part of the year will be collected on the basis of the household's plans for the rabi season and extrapolations based on its experience of cultivation in the earlier rabi seasons.

Block 0: Descriptive identification of sample household. It contains descriptive identification of the sample household includes descriptive identification of the village or block to which the household belongs, plus “house number” and “name of head” to distinguish the household from the other households in the village/block.
Block 1: Identification of sample household
Block 2: Particulars of field operations. This block is for recording names of officials involved in field operations associated with the canvassing of the schedule and their signatures, the total time taken to canvass the schedule in hours to one place of decimals, the number of additional sheets or schedules attached, if any, and dates of survey, inspection, receipt, scrutiny, duplication and despatch of the schedule.
Block 3: Household characteristics. This block will record the household size (number of members) and three important qualitative characteristics of the household: its occupational type, the social group to which it belongs, and its principal industry-occupation.