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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment January to December, 1983 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1983
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IND_1983_NSS38-SCH10_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center
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Household group (IN1983A_0027)

Data file: IND1983-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 112
End: 112
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
5. Household group:

[] 1 Scheduled tribe
[] 2 Scheduled caste
[] 3 Neo-buddhist
[] 9 Others
Categories
Value Category
1 Scheduled tribe
2 Scheduled caste
3 Neo-buddhist
4 Others
9 Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
5.3.8 Item 5: household group :
Whether or not the household belongs to scheduled tribe or scheduled caste or neo-Buddhists will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes which are:

Scheduled tribe - 1
Scheduled caste - 2
Neo-Buddhist - 3
Others - 9


Those who do not come under any one of the first three groups will be assigned code 9 meant to cover all other categories. In case, different members belong to different households groups, the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the 'household group' and the group code appropriate for the head of the household will be assigned.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the social group to which the household belonged.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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