National Sample Survey 1997 (53th Round) - Schedule 1.0 - Household Consumer Expenditure
India, 1997
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- Data files
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Blocks
1,3_Household
Characteristics -
Block 4_Person
records -
Block 5_Monthly
household
expenditure on
food and
non-food items -
Block
5pt1_Monthly
household
expenditure on
fuel and light -
Block 6_Monthly
household
expenditure on
clothing -
Block 7_Monthly
household
expenditure on
footwear -
Block 8_Monthly
household
expenditure on
miscellaneous
goods and
services -
Block
8pt1_Monthly
household
expenditure on
education and
medical
(institutional)
goods and
services -
Block
8pt2_Monthly
household
expenditure on
medical
(non-institutional)
goods and
services -
Block 9_Monthly
household
expenditure on
durables -
Block
10_Perception
of households
regarding
sufficiency of
food -
Block
11pt1_Weekly
household
expenditure on
ceremonies -
Block
11pt2_Annual
household
expenditure on
ceremonies
Usual Activity. Principal Status (B4_q8)
Data file: Block 4_Person records
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
62
End:
63
Width:
2
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Which industry has the member of the household usually worked in during the last one year?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 11 | worked in household enterprise (self employed) as an own account worker |
| 12 | worked in household enterprise (self employed) as an employer |
| 21 | worked in household enterprise (self employed) as ‘helper’ |
| 31 | worked as regular salaried/wage employee |
| 41 | worked as casual wage labour in public works |
| 51 | casual wage labour in other types of works |
| 81 | seeking work and available for work |
| 91 | attended educational institution |
| 92 | attended domestic duties only |
| 93 | attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods, tailoring, weaving, etc. for household use |
| 94 | recipients of rent, pension, remittance, etc. |
| 95 | not able to work due to disability |
| 96 | beggars, prostitutes, etc. |
| 97 | others |
| 99 | not properly reported |
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
In the first instance the broad principal usual activity of the person will be identified based on the various activities pursued by the person during the reference period of last 365 days adopting a relatively long time (or major time) criterion, not necessarily for a continuous period. The broad principal usual activity status will be one of the three categories viz. 'employed' (working), 'unemployed' (available for work) or 'not in labour force' (neither willing nor available for work). It is to be noted that in deciding this, only the normal working hours available for pursuing various activities need be considered, and not the 24 hours of a day. The broad principal usual activity status will be obtained on the basis of a two- stage dichotomous classification depending on the major time spent. Persons will be classified in the first stage into
(i)those who are engaged in any economic activity (i.e., employed) and/or available for any economic activity (i.e.
unemployed) and
(ii) who are not engaged and not available for any economic activity i.e. the persons will be first classified as those in the labour force and those not in the labour force depending on in which of these two statuses the person spent major part of the year.
In the second stage, those who are found in the labour force will be further classified into working (i.e., engaged in economic activity or employed) and seeking and/or available for work (i.e., unemployed) based on the major time spent.
(i)those who are engaged in any economic activity (i.e., employed) and/or available for any economic activity (i.e.
unemployed) and
(ii) who are not engaged and not available for any economic activity i.e. the persons will be first classified as those in the labour force and those not in the labour force depending on in which of these two statuses the person spent major part of the year.
In the second stage, those who are found in the labour force will be further classified into working (i.e., engaged in economic activity or employed) and seeking and/or available for work (i.e., unemployed) based on the major time spent.
Description
Definition
The usual activity status relates to the activity status of a person during the reference period of 365 days preceding the date of survey. The activity status on which a person spent relatively longer time (major time criterion) during the 365 days preceding the date of survey is considered the principal usual activity status of the person.