India - Participation and Expenditure in Education: NSS 64th Round, Schedule 25.2, July 2007 - June 2008

Reference ID

Schedule 25.2

Year

2007 - 2008

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

Govt. Of India - -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

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Mode of transport (MODE_OF_TRANSPORT)
File: Block-5 Education particulars of those aged 5-29 years who are currently attending primary level and above

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 94406
Invalid: 118

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	on foot	71151	75.4%
2	school/institution bus	3819	4.0%
3	public transport	8297	8.8%
4	bicycle	7173	7.6%
9	others	3966	4.2%
Sysmiss		118

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

The mode of going to the school/institution i.e. the type of transport used will be entered in this item. The
codes to be used for various modes of transport are as follows:

On foot ...1
School/institution bus ...2
Public transport ...3
Bicycle ...4
Others ...5

If more than one mode is used then the one, which covers the maximum distance for most part of the year, is
to be considered. Public transport will include both rail and road transport. If transport is provided by public
sector undertakings for children of their employees etc. they may be considered under others.