National Sample Survey 1995-1996 (52nd Round) - Schedule 1.0 - Consumer Expenditure

India, 1995 - 1996

Reference ID

IND_1995_NSS52-SCH1.0_v01_M

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Organisation

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Sep 15, 2013

Last modified

Mar 29, 2019

Page views

31389

Downloads

4071

Percapita expenditure (B3_v06)

Data file: NSS52_Sch1_bk_1_2_3

Overview

Valid: 48575

Invalid: 62

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 5052088

Mean: 53690.184

Standard deviation: 56529.319

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 2

Start: 70

End: 79

Width: 10

Range: -

Format:

Description

Definition

Household consumer expenditure :
The expenditure incurred by a household on domestic consumption during the reference period is the household's consumer expenditure. The household consumer expenditure is the total of the monetary values of consumption of various groups of items namely (i) food, pan (betel leaves), tobacco, intoxicants and fuel & light, (ii) clothing and footwear and (iii) miscellaneous goods and services and durable articles.

Monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) :
For a household, this is household consumer expenditure over a period of 30 days divided by household size. A person's MPCE is understood as that of the household to which he/she belongs.

Back to Catalog