Literal question
During the PAST MONTH, did you or any member of your family purchase in cash or on credit materilas for personal care and effects such as beauty aids and toilet articles, personal effects, or pay for beauty parlor and barbershop services, and other personal care and services?
Interviewer instructions
Personal Care and Effects
This subsection gathers the value of items purchased or services availed of by the family on personal care and effects during the past month.
If any member of the family bought any item or paid for any services for his own personal care and effects, enter the value of the item(s) or services in C1(a). However, if the goods were received as gifts or any non-family member rendered the services free to the sample family, enter the imputed value in C1(b).
For consumables like toilet soap, pomade, powder, tooth paste, etc., used, ascertain how much was the total expenditure for each of the sub-items during the reference period. Take the total value of these sub-items to get the total for an item and enter under the “Total Value “ column.
Items for personal care and effects bought for special occasions of the family are to be included in this section
A shift from “past month” to “average month” concept is allowed if purchases occur at rare intervals. For example, jewelry, like a ring, may be purchased only once during the entire semester. Get the total value of the ring and divide by 6 in order to get the average monthly purchase of the jewelry. The “average month” concept can also be applied on expenditures on make-up, cosmetics, perfumes and all items under item (2) - personal effects where purchases occur infrequently. But if it was bought in an installment basis but not fully paid during the reference period the balance should be reported under Part III-D as Loans granted.
