National Sample Survey (NSS) Round 66, Schedule 1 Type 2, Blocks 1, 2 and 13:
- Identification of sample household
- Particulars of field operations
Block 13 (Schedule Type 2 only): Perception of household regarding sufficiency of food
This block appears only in Schedule Type 2. It will be filled after completion of the enquiry on all the preceding blocks. The expression "getting two square meals a day" - as used in common parlance - conveys that the concerned person gets, by and large, sufficient food to eat. This question is asked in order to know the perception of the household regarding sufficiency of food. While putting this question to the informant, it is thus presumed that the informant has a clear understanding of its meaning. There are equivalent phrases conveying the same meaning in regional languages. It is, therefore, important to put the proper question in the local language and record the answer given by the informant in the appropriate code.
Care should be taken to see that the informant is not offended by this question. The question should, in fact, not be asked to those whose reported consumption would obviously indicate that they get sufficient food to eat. Also, it may not be asked to those households who either fall in the second stage stratum comprising "relatively affluent households" in rural areas and "households with MPCE>B" in urban areas or for whom one or more of the following criteria are satisfied:
(i) if the household resides in pucca building which is not obtained from any institution/government under subsidised housing scheme or as charity
(ii) if the household owns or possesses two-wheeler or car or fridge or colour TV or uses electric appliances.
Periods where, for religious or social provisions such as Ramzan period, etc., persons did not partake of two square meals a day, are not to be considered as periods of unavailability of adequate food for such households.
Cases: | 100794 |
Variables: | 50 |