National Sample Survey 1995-1996 (52nd Round) - Schedule 25.2 - Participation in Education

India, 1995 - 1996

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IND_1995_NSS52-SCH25.2_v01_M

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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For general education : course (COURSE)

Data file: BLOCK 4 Education particulars

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 36

End: 36

Width: 1

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

type of current education

Literal question

For general education : course

Categories

Value	Category
1	general course
2	arts/humanities
3	science
4	commerce
5	medicine
6	engineering
7	agriculture
9	others

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

The course indicates the broad subject for which the person is currently enrolled. These are coded as follows :

General course -1
Arts/humanities -2
Science -3
Commerce -4
Medicine -5
Engineering -6
Agriculture -7
Other -9

For school education upto class X for which generally no specialisation is available code 1 will be given. After class X the courses can be coded according to the broad classification as above.

Question post text

level of course

Description

Definition

The course indicates the broad subject for which the person is currently enrolled

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