Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment July, 1987-June, 1988 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1987 - 1988

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IND_1987_NSS43-SCH10_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center

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Use of hired labour for crop production (IN1987A_0054)

Data file: IND1987-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 144

End: 144

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Use of hired labour for:
[Questions 17-18.]

17. Crop production:

[] 1 Regularly
[] 2 During peak season only
[] 3 Casually
[] 4 Hires no labour for crop production
[] 5 No crop production

Categories

Value	Category
1	Regularly
2	During peak season only
3	Casually
4	Hires no labor for crop production
5	No crop production

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

5.3.13 Items 17 and 18: Use of hired labour: Against these two items information relating to the use of hired labour by the household for crop production or any other enterprises will recorded in terms of the specified codes, which are:

For item 17: hires labour:

Regularly 1
During peak seasons only 2
Casually 3
Hires no labour for crop production 4
No crop production 5

For item 18: hires labour:

Regularly 1
During peak seasons only 2
Casually 3
Address no labour for other productive enterprises 4
No other productive enterprises 5

To illustrate, if a household engaged hired labour regularly for crop production, code 1 will be recorded against item 17. If labour is hired only during peak seasons, code 2 will be recorded. On the other hand, if use of hired labour is only casual, code 3 and practically nil, code 4 will be recorded. If the household is not engaged in crop production activities, code 5 will be recorded against item 17. Similar information relating to use of hired labour in enterprises [other] than crop production will be recorded against item 18. The information to be collected against these items will relate to the pattern followed by the sample household during the 365 days preceding the date of survey.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the household's use of hired labour for crop production.

Universe

All households

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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