National Sample Survey 2007-2008 (64th round) - Schedule 1.0 - Consumer Expenditure

India, 2007 - 2008

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IND_2007_NSS64-SCH1.0_v01_M

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National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)

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Meals seved to non-hhld members (S1B3_v16)

Data file: NSS64_Sch1_bk_3

Overview

Valid: 36236

Invalid: 14061

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 2455

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 76

End: 79

Width: 4

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Interviewer instructions

Item 16: no. of meals served to non-household members during the last 30 days: The total number of meals served to non-household members during the last 30 days will be recorded against this item. It may be noted that if the entry in item 15 is 1, the entry in item 16 will be positive.

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Definition

Meal: A "meal" is composed of one or more readily eatable (generally cooked) items of food, the usually major constituent of which is cereals. The meals consumed by a person twice or thrice a day provide him/ her the required energy (calorie) and other nutrients for living and for pursuing his/ her normal avocations. A "meal", as opposed to "snacks", "nashta" or "high tea", contains larger quantum and variety of food. In rare cases, a full meal may contain larger quantity of non-cereal food. Even then, if the quantum of food in a plate is heavy as a meal, the contents of the food plate will also be considered as a "meal". Sometimes the contents of a "nashta" may not be very different from the contents of a "meal". The difference in quantity will therefore be the guiding factor for deciding whether the plate is to be labelled as a "meal" or a "nashta".

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