National Sample Survey 1991 (47th Round) - Schedule 3.1- Village Facilities Survey
India, 1991
Identification
IND_1991_NSS47-SCH3.1_v01_M
National Sample Survey 1991 (47th Round) - Schedule 3.1- Village Facilities Survey
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Living Standards Measurement Study [hh/lsms]
The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been set up by the Government of India in 1950 to collect socio-economic data employing scientific sampling methods. The NSSO conducts regular surveys as part of its “rounds”, each round being normally of a year's duration and covering more than one subject of study. The surveys are conducted through household interviews, using a random sample of households covering practically the entire geographical area of the country.
The National Sample Survey (NSS) used to collect data on availability of various infrastructure facilities in the villages more or less regularly till the NSS 22nd round (July '67 to June '68). Again in 1991, a detailed survey on village facilities was conducted by the NSSO during its 47th round. The Governing Council of the NSSO decided to collect information on village facilities along with some information on availability of facilities for the disabled persons in the villages, as per recommendations of the Working Group for the 47th round.
The field operations of the 47th NSS round commenced on 1st July 1991 and continued up to 31 Dec 1991. The field work for the survey was conducted, as usual, by the Field Operations Division of the Organisation. The collected data were processed by the Data Processing Division of NSSO and tabulated by the Computer Centre of Department of Statistics.
Through this schedule, it is aimed to collect information relating to availability of some general facilities to the villagers like education, Facilities for cultural activities and health and Facilities for disabled persons. If a facility is available in general to the villagers, it is considered as a facility. The required information has been obtained by contacting the village officials and / or other knowledgeable person(s). In case they were not aware of the existence of a particular facility, the nearest Block Development Officer or other related Agencies were contacted for collection of the relevant information.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Randomly selected villages based on sampling procedure
Version
- v01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
Scope
A large section of India's population lives in rural areas. It was thus pertinent to know the quality of life of the people in the villages, which in turn largely depended on the facilities available to the villages. Also, policy interventions aimed at improving the quality of life in the villages demanded information on the facilities available to the people of rural India. Information on the availability of various infrastructural facilities in the villages used to be collected by the National Sample Survey, more or less regularly, till the NSS 22nd round. Thereafter such information was collected only in a few NSS rounds. During the NSS 47th round (July-December 1991), the main subject of which was ‘Disability and Culture’, a detailed survey on the facilities available to the villages was conducted.
The enquiry included the collection of information on availability of facilities to the disabled persons in the sample villages, with the main block of the schedule 3.1 recording information relating to distance of the following listed facilities from the centre of the sample village:
- Education and related facilities integrated child development service centre (anganwadi/balwadi)
- Pre-primary school
- Middle school
- Secondary school
- Higher secondary school/junior college
- College with degree course
- Industrial training institute
- Other technical institutions
- Sanskrit pathasala
- Maktab/madrasa
- Non-formal education centre (NFEC)
- Adult education centre (AEC)
- Dance/music institution
- Drawing/painting institution
- Jana shiksha nilayam (JSN) facilities for cultural activities
- Public library/trading room
- Community radio centre
- Community T.V. centre
- Community Hall
- Cinema hall/Video Parlour
- Religious centre
- Sports club
- Recreational club
- Youth club
- Mahila mandal
- Philanthropic institution
- Professional cultural unit
Facilities for disabled persons
- Integrated education centre
- Special school for the blind
- Special school for the deaf
- Special school for the mentally retarded
- Vocational training centre
- Institution/organisation for rehabilitation of disabled persons
Coverage
Geographical coverage: The survey covered the whole of the Indian Union except (i) Leh and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir, (ii) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (iii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year.
The survey covered randomly selected rural villages of the country
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Field Operations Division, National Sample Survey Organisation | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Survey Design and Research Division | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implememtation | Questionnaire Design, Sampling Methodology and Data Analysis |
| Field Office Division | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | Data Collection |
| Data Processing Division | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | Data Processing |
| Governing Council | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | Formulation of Survey Design |
| Computer Centre | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | Data Processing, Dissemination and Website Hosting |
| Name |
|---|
| Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India |
Sampling
A stratified two stage sample design was adopted for the NSS 47th round. The first stage units were in most cases 1981 census villages in rural areas. In some areas where either the 1981 census was not undertaken or the available list was incomplete, the list of 1971 census villages were used.
Stratification: States are first divided into agroeconomic regions by grouping contiguous districts which are similar in respect of population density and crop pattern. In Gujarat, however, some districts have been split for the purpose of region formation in consideration of the allocation of dry areas and distribution of tribal population in the state. In the rural sector, within each region each district with the 1981 census rural population less than 1.8 million formed a separate stratum. Districts with largest population are divided in to two or more strata depending on population, by grouping contiguous tehsils similar, as far as possible, in respect of rural population density and crop pattern.In Gujarat, however, in case of districts extending over more than one region, even if the rural population was less than 1.8 million , the portion of a district falling in each region constituted a separate stratum.
Selection of FSUs: The sample villages have been selected circular systematically with probability proportional to population in the form of two independent sub-samples. The sample blocks have been selected circular systematically with equal probability also in the form of two independent subsamples. The number of sample villages surveyed in this round were 4373, and the sample size for the Village Facilities Survey was 4298.
More information on sample design for this survey round is available in Section Two of the Report 391 NSS47 Round.pdf available under external resources.
Multipliers have been posted for sub-sample and combined using the directory data as per multiplier layout. MLT_combined and MLT_subsample may be applied for estimation. However, it has been observed that estimate with the MLT_combined turns out to be 6295688 which seems to about 10 times more in comparision to Census 1991 ie 634,321. Therefore, in the data, the Multiplier has been divided by 10 to get the correct figure.
Survey instrument
Schedule 3.1 consists of the following blocks:
Block 1: identification of sample village
Block 2: particulars of field operation
Block 3: distance from nearest facility
Block 4: remarks by investigator
Block 5: comments by supervisory officer(s)
Blocks 3 is the main block of this schedule and is meant for recording the information relating to distance of specified facilities from the centre of the sample village.
Blocks 1is meant for recording the identification particulars of the sample village. Block 2, 5 and 6 are used for official purposes to record the particulars relating to field operations, Remarks of the investigators and those of the supervisory officer(s) respectively.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1991-07-01 | 1991-12-31 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Field Operations Division | National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) |
Supervision of data collection was done by the Field Office Division of NSSO, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
The information on the facilities available to the villagers was collected from one or more knowledgeable persons of the village. In case there were more than one source, then the informant from whom the maximum information was collected was considered.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDG, Computer Centre | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) | www.mospi.gov.in | pc.mohanan@nic.in |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The NSSO data are strictly confidential and are to be used only for statistical purposes. |
Validated unit level data relating to various survey rounds are available on CD-ROMS which can be obtained from the Deputy Director General, Computer Centre, M/O Statistics and PI, East Block No. 10 R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 by remitting the price along with packaging and postal charges as well as giving an undertaking duly signed in a specified format.The amount is to be remitted by way of demand draft drawn in favour of Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, payable at New Delhi.
NSSO 47th Round Scgedule 3.1 Village Facility (1991)
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
NSSO, Ministry of Statistics and PI
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDG (Computer Centre) | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) | pc.mohanan@nic.in | www.mospi.gov.in |
| ADG, SDRD | NSSO, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) | www.mospi.gov.in |
Metadata production
DDI_IND_1991_NSS47-SCH3.1_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2012-12-14
Metadata version
Version 01 (December 2012)