CASTE (SPECIFY) _________991
TRIBE (SPECIFY) _________992
NO CASTE/TRIBE 993 (GO TO 201)
DON'T KNOW 998
Categories
Value
Category
1
Caste
2
Tribe
3
No caste/tribe
7
Don't know
8
Missing
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.
Description
Definition
ETHNICITYIA2 is a variable specific to India that indicates whether the respondent belongs to a caste or a tribe.
The related variable ETHNICITYIA indicates whether the respondent belongs to a scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, or other backward caste.