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

India, 2007 - 2008

Reference ID

IND_2007_NSS64-SCH1.0_v01_M

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)

Metadata

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Jan 09, 2012

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Social Group (S1B3_v06)

Data file: NSS64_Sch1_bk_3

Overview

Valid: 50290

Invalid: 7

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 55

End: 55

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	Scheduled tribes
2	Scheduled castes
3	Other backward classes
9	Others
Sysmiss

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

Item 6: social group (code): Whether or not the household belongs to Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or Other Backward Classes will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes which are:
Scheduled Tribes - 1, Scheduled Castes - 2, Other Backward Classes - 3, others - 9.

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

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