Survey of Household Expenditure and Small Scale Economic Activities 1990-1991

The survey covered the following

• Household Composition i.e. relationship to head, sex, age, marital status, race and birth place
• Education
• Health
• Activity particulars of household members i.e.usual activity in the last 12 months and last one week, status, industry and occupation
• Housing conditions and particulars of dwelling unit
• Imputed rent from estimated monthly rent, main fuel for cooking, lighting, availability of telephone and piped water and employment of servants.

Income and Expenditure on

• Rent and Mortgage
• Other property
• Furniture
• Insurance (Domestic, Motor vehicle, Life, Health)
• Health ( last 3 months)
• Vehicle (last 12 months)
• Household and personal durables ( last 12 months)
• Apparel (last 3 months)
• Household items - lamps, chairs, duvets etc. (last 3 months)
• Loans (last 12 months)
• Education (last 12 months)
• Recreation (last 3 months)
• Payments and subscriptions
• Refunds
• Salaries/wages
• Leave grant and bonuses
• Profits
• Benefits received
• Cash received
• Other income
• Tax payment
• Commodities and services consumed by the household from sources other than own purchase during last month

The survey also includes:

• Diary of expenditure
• Cash gifts received
• Gifts from friend
• Gifts from brother

The module on Household Economic Activities included the following:

• Eligibility and Description of Primary and Secondary Small-Scale Economic Activity
• Basic characteristics of the economic activity
• Earnings and hired labour in the enterprise
• Output, transfers and sale of crops during the last 12 months for agricultural crop production enterprises
• Output, transfers and sale of products of other agricultural activities (livestock including dairying, fishing etc.) and manufacturing activity during the last month
• Other receipts of the enterprise- agricultural or non agricultural
• Value of inputs other than hired labour of both agricultural and non- agricultural acivities
• Value of stocks as on the date of the survey with the enterprise
• Purchase of assets during the last 12 months
• Basic characteristics of the economic activity
• Earnings and hired labour in the enterprise
• Output, transfers and sale of crops during the last 12 months for agricultural crop production enterprises
• Output transfers and sales of products of other agricultural activities (livestock including dairying, fishing etc.) and manufacturing activity during the last month
• Other receipts of the enterprises- agricultural or non-agricultural
• Value of sales, home-consu,ption and other transfers of goods and services meant for sale of non-agricultural enterprises excluding manufacturing during the last month
• Value of inputs other than hired labour of both agricultural and non-agricultural activities
• Value of stocks as on the date of the survey with the enterprise
• Purchase of assets during the last 12 months