Household Consumer Expenditure, National Sample Survey 62nd Round

India, 2005 - 2006

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IND_2005_NSS62-SCH1.0_v01_M

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National Sample Survey Office

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Dwelling unit code (B3_q8)

Data file: Block 3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 39417

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 64

End: 64

Width: 1

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Do you own the dwelling unit? Or is it hired or otherwise occupied?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Owned
2	Hired
3	No dwelling unit
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

If the occupant owns the dwelling unit, code 1 will be recorded against item 8. If it is taken on rent, code 2 will be entered and if it is occupied otherwise, code 9 will apply. However, if any household is found living under trees, bridges, in pipes, etc. it will not be treated as living in dwelling unit. For such households code 3 will be recorded. It may be noted that a dwelling unit constructed on a plot of land which is taken under long-term lease, usually 30 years or more, will be considered as being held in owner-like possession. Similarly, a dwelling unit itself possessed by a household under a long-term lease may be treated as in owner-like possession and code 1 will be applicable in such cases also. The codes for this item are given below:

owned 1
hired 2
no dwelling unit 3
others 9

Description

Definition

This item refers only to the dwelling unit or the actual residence of the sample household. The dwelling unit may be an entire structure or may be only a part of a structure.

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