Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment July, 2004-June, 2005 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2004 - 2005

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IND_2004_NSS61-SCH10_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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

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Social group (IN2004A_0044)

Data file: IND2004-H-H

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 139

End: 139

Width: 1

Range: -

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Literal question

6. Social group:

[] 1 Scheduled tribe
[] 2 Scheduled caste
[] 3 Other backward class
[] 9 Others

Categories

Value	Category
1	Scheduled tribe
2	Scheduled caste
3	Other backward class
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

4.3.0 Block 3: Household characteristics: Certain household characteristics, such as, household size, household type, religion, social-group, household industry, household occupation, monthly household consumer expenditure, number of members who got work for at least 60 days in public works during the last 365 days, land owned/ land possessed as on the date of survey, land cultivated (including orchard and plantation) during July 2003 - June 2004, etc., which are intended to be used mainly as classificatory characteristics in studying the indicators of employment and unemployment will be recorded in this block.

4.3.8 Item 6: Social group (code): Whether or not the household belongs to scheduled tribe, scheduled caste or other backward class will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes, which are:

1. Scheduled tribe
2. Scheduled caste
3. Other backward class
9. Others

Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9, meant to cover all other categories. In case different members belong to different social groups, the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the 'social group' of the household.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the social group of the household. If different members of the household have different social groups, the group of the head of the household will be considered the social group of the household.

Universe

All households

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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