National Sample Survey 2008-2009 (65th round) - Schedule 21.1 - Domestic Tourism
India, 2008 - 2009
Identification
IND_2008_NSS65-SCH21.1_v01_M
National Sample Survey 2008-2009 (65th round) - Schedule 21.1 - Domestic Tourism
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]
The National Sample Survey (NSS), set up by the Government of India in 1950 to collect socio-economic data employing scientific sampling methods, started its sixty-fifth round from 1st July 2008. The survey continued up to 30th June 2009.
This schedule is designed to collect detailed information on 'domestic tourism' in India through a nationwide household survey in the 65th round of NSS. This will provide a comprehensive assessment of household characteristics, visitor characteristics, trip characteristics and expenditure characteristics in relation to domestic tourism in India.
Previous surveys
43rd Round (July 1987 - June 1988)
Domestic tourism has not been covered comprehensively in any earlier NSS round. In the past, NSSO undertook an all-India survey covering only a few aspects of domestic tourism in its 43rd Round (July 1987 - June 1988) through a household survey by canvassing Schedule 21 (Travel Habits of Household). In that round, information was collected in two blocks - in the first, for journeys performed during the last 30 days and, in the other, for journeys performed for the purpose of pleasure and pilgrimage during the last 365 days. In both these blocks, information was collected on number of household members who travelled, name of main destination with separate code for whether that destination is 'within the district', 'outside district but within the state', 'outside the state but within the country' or 'outside the country', purpose of visit, type of journey (package/non-package), mode of transport, place of stay (type of hotel, lodge etc.), duration of absence from the normal place of residence, etc. and whether the tour was subsidised or financed by the employer/institution. The main objective of that survey was to estimate the volume of domestic tourism movements and to identify the motivations of tourism along with the lodging facilities availed by the tourists. In that survey no information was collected on expenditure incurred by tourists.
54th round (January - June 1998)
Subsequently, in the 54th round (January - June 1998) of NSS, in Block 7 of Schedule 31 (Common Property Resources, Sanitation & Hygiene, Services) some information on particulars of tours involving overnight stay performed by household members was collected. In that block (details of journeys on tours undertaken by household members ended at any time during the last 60 days and involving overnight stay), information on purpose of journey, mode of journey, distance (one way), duration of journey in hours & minutes, total expenditure on transport and whether the expenditure was subsidised etc. was collected.
The economic and social importance of domestic tourism in a country like India, endowed with a splendid cultural and historical heritage, hardly needs to be emphasised. However, tourism, by itself, does not constitute any specific industry or sector in the economy. Rather, it is a composite of several traditional sectors like transport, accommodation, etc. Besides, tourism has linkages with distinct patterns of consumption and expenditure. Therefore, the importance of tourism in the national economy is manifold: in generating employment in various industries like hospitality, handicrafts, transport services etc. It also uniquely serves the purpose of maintenance of familial and social bonds, which is a great Indian tradition. Further, in view of the increase in tourism in recent years, tourism-specific development and investment requirements are also on the rise in the national economy.
This schedule is designed to collect detailed information on 'domestic tourism' in India through a nationwide household survey in the 65th round of NSS. This will provide a comprehensive assessment of household characteristics, visitor characteristics, trip characteristics and expenditure characteristics in relation to domestic tourism in India.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Randomly selected households based on sampling procedure and members of the household.
Version
V1.0 Re-organised anonymised datasets for public distribution.
2012-06-03
DDI and ID field edited by World Bank Development Data Group for it's microdata library.
Scope
Block 0: Descriptive identification of sample household
Block 1 : Identification of sample household
Block 2: Particulars of field operations
Block 3 : Household characteristics (household size, principal industry, principal occupation, household type, religion, social group, number of trips, NRI visit)
Block 4 : Demographic and other particulars for all household members (name of the household member, relation to head, sex, age, marital status, educational level, usual principal activity status, NIC (2-digit level) - for employed members, NCO (1-digit) - for employed members, number of trips)
Block 5.1: Particulars of overnight trips completed by household members during last 30 days (serial no. of the trip, number of household members in that trip, details of the characteristics of each household member who was in that trip, like serial no. of the member, age of the member, purpose of trip for the member, type of trip, mode of travel: major and minor, type of stay: major and minor, number of nights spent outside usual place of residence (including journey), characteristics of the trip like leading purpose of the trip, starting month, ending month, main destination, state code and number of places visited during the trip)
Block 5.2: Particulars of same-day trips completed by household members during last 30 days (serial no. of the trip, number of household members in that trip, details of the characteristics of each household member who was in that trip like serial no. of the member, age of the member, purpose of trip for the member, type of trip, mode of travel: major and minor, type of stay, and also characteristics of the trip like leading purpose of the trip, month of visit, main destination, state code and number of places visited during the trip)
Block 6.1: Particulars of expenditure ( in Rs.) for latest 3 trips in last 30 days covered in block 5.1 (reimbursement/ direct payment)
Block 6.2: Particulars of aggregate expenditure ( in Rs.) for all trips in last 30 days covered in block 5.2 (reimbursement/ direct payment)
Block 7: Remarks by investigator/senior investigator
Block 8: Comments by superintendent/ senior superintendent
Block 9: Comments by other supervisory officer
Coverage
The survey will cover the whole of the Indian Union except (i) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (ii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year.
The survey used the interview method of data collection from a sample of randomly selected households and members of the household.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Sample Survey Office | M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI) |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Survey Design Reearch Division | National Sample Survey Office | Questionnaire Desgn, Sampling methodology,Survey Reports Questionnaire Desgn, Sampling methodology,Survey Reports Questionnaire Design, Sampling methodology, Survey Reports |
| Field Operations Division | National Sample Survey Office | Field Work |
| Data Processing Division | National Sample Survey Office | Data Processing |
| Computer Centre | M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI) | Tabulation and Dissemination |
| Name |
|---|
| M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Governing council and Working Group | GOI | Finalisation of survey study |
Sampling
Outline of sample design:
A stratified multi-stage design has been adopted for the 65th round survey. The first stage units (FSU) are the 2001 census villages (Panchayat wards in case of Kerala) in the rural sector and Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks in the urban sector. For towns with no UFS frame available (to be referred as 'non-UFS towns'), each town has been treated as an FSU. The ultimate stage units (USU) are households in both the sectors. In case of large FSUs, one intermediate stage of sampling is the selection of two hamlet-groups (hgs)/ sub-blocks (sbs) from each rural/ urban FSU.
Sampling Frame for First Stage Units:
For the rural sector, the list of 2001 census villages (the term 'village' means Panchayat wards for Kerala) has constituted the sampling frame. For the urban sector, the list of latest available UFS blocks has been considered as the sampling frame. For non-UFS towns, the list of towns as per Census 2001 has been the sampling frame.
Stratification for FSU:
Rural sector:
All villages of a district will form a separate stratum.
Urban sector:
In the urban sector, strata will be formed within each NSS region on the basis of size class of towns as per Census 2001 town population. This departure has been made in the stratification principle in order to facilitate generation of town-class wise estimates to satisfy the requirements of the user ministries. The stratum numbers and their composition (within each region) are given below.
Stratum Composition (within NSS region)
1 All towns with population < 50,000
2 All towns with population 50,000 - 99,999
3 All towns with population 1,00,000 - 4,99,999
4 All towns with population 5,00,000 - 9,99,999
5, 6, …. Each million plus city
The non-UFS towns, if any, within an NSS region will be grouped together to form separate urban strata as per the size classes (in terms of population).
Sub-stratification:
There has been no sub-stratification in the rural sector and for strata corresponding to non-UFS towns.
Total sample size (FSUs):
12928 FSUs for central sample and 13996 FSUs for state sample have been allocated at all-India level.
Allocation of total sample to States and UTs:
The total number of sample FSUs is allocated to the States and UTs in proportion to population as per census 2001 subject to a minimum sample allocation to each State/ UT. While doing so, the resource availability in terms of number of field investigators has been kept in view.
Allocation of State/ UT level sample to rural and urban sectors:
State/ UT level sample is allocated between two sectors in proportion to population as per census 2001 with 1.5 weightage to urban sector subject to the restriction that urban sample size for bigger states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc. should not exceed the rural sample size. A minimum of 4 FSUs is allocated to each state/ UT separately for rural and urban areas. Further the State level allocations for both rural and urban have been adjusted marginally in a few cases to ensure that each stratum gets a minimum allocation of 4 FSUs.
There was no deviation from the original sampling design.
Two different weights have been provided in each file in the data set. Details are as follows:-
- Weight for each sub sample is stored in the variable name: Wgt_SubSample
- Combined subsample weight is stored in the variable name: Wgt_Combined
Survey instrument
Schedule 21.1 is on domestic tourism and consists of ten blocks with two blocks, viz, Block 5 and Block 6, having two sub-blocks each, namely, Block 5.1 & Block 5.2 and Block 6.1 & Block 6.2 respectively.
Block 0: Descriptive identification of sample household
Block 1 : Identification of sample household
Block 2: Particulars of field operations
Block 3 : Household characteristics
Block 4 : Demographic and other particulars for all household members
Block 5.1: Particulars of overnight trips completed by household members during last 30 days
Block 5.2: Particulars of same-day trips completed by household members during last 30 days
Block 6.1: Particulars of expenditure ( in Rs.) for latest 3 trips in last 30 days covered in block 5.1
Block 6.2: Particulars of aggregate expenditure ( in Rs.) for all trips in last 30 days covered in block 5.2
Block 7: Remarks by investigator/senior investigator
Block 8: Comments by superintendent/ senior superintendent
Block 9: Comments by other supervisory officer
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | 2008-09-30 | Sub Round 1 |
| 2008-10-01 | 2008-12-31 | Sub Round 2 |
| 2009-01-01 | 2009-03-31 | Sub Round 3 |
| 2009-04-01 | 2009-06-30 | Sub Round 4 |
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Centre | M/O Statistics and Programme Implementation | http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/site/home.aspx | nssodata@gmail.com |
Validated unit level data relating to various survey rounds are available on CD-ROMS which can be obtained from the Deputy Director General, Computer Centre, M/O Statistics and PI, East Block No. 10 R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 by remitting the price along with packaging and postal charges as well as giving an undertaking duly signed in a specified format.The amount is to be remitted by way of demand draft drawn in favour of Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, payable at New Delhi.
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL |
|---|---|---|
| ADG, SDRD , NSSO | M/O Statistics & PI, G/O India | http://mospi.gov.in/ |
| DDG, Computer Centre | M/O Statistics & PI, G/O India | http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/site/home.aspx |
Metadata production
DDI_IND_2008_NSS65-SCH21.1_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Centre | M/O Statistics & Programme Implementation | Documentation of the study |
2012-07-15
Metadata version
Version 2.0 (August 2013). Edited version based on Version 1.0 DDI (DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-65Rnd-Sch21pt1-2008-2009) that was done by Computer Centre.