National Sample Survey 1994-1995 (51st Round) - Schedule 1.0 - Consumer Expenditure

India, 1994 - 1995

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IND_1994_NSS51-SCH1.0_v01_M

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National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)

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Sep 15, 2013

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No. of meals taken during last 30 days : At home (B4_q20)

Data file: NSS51_Sch1_bk_4

Overview

Valid: 252137

Invalid: 2199

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 90

Mean: 71.421

Standard deviation: 16.394

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 10

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many meals do the members of the household usually take at home?

Description

Definition

Meal
A 'Meal' is composed of one of more readily cat able (generally cooked) items of food, the usual major constituent of which is cereal food. The meals consumed by a person twice or thrice a day provide him/her the required energy of (calorie) and other nutrients for living and for pursuing his/her normal avocations. A 'meal' as opposed to 'snacks ' as opposed to 'snacks', 'nasta' 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 that, if the total quantum of food in plate is heavy as a meal, the contents of the food plate will also be considered as a real. Sometimes the contents of a 'nasta' may not be very different from the contents of a 'meal'. The difference in quantity will there be the guiding factor for deciding whether the plate is to be led as a 'meal ' or a nasta.

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