India - Economic Activities of the Tribals: NSS 44th Round, Schedule 29.2, July 1988 - June 1989

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-44Rnd-Sch29pt2-July1988-June1989

Year

1988 - 1989

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

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Purpose of loan (Code) (B17_q9)
File: Block 17_particulars of dues payable by the household and transaction of loans during last 365 days

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 4234
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Why the loan was taken by the household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	not reported	4	0.1%
1	capital expenditure in farm business	883	20.9%
2	current expenditure in farm business	574	13.6%
3	capital expenditure in non-farm business	326	7.7%
4	current expenditure in non-farm business	230	5.4%
5	expenditure relating to marriage	257	6.1%
6	expenditure relating to other social ceremonies	202	4.8%
7	expenditure relating to religious ceremonies	54	1.3%
8	repayment of debt	112	2.6%
9	others	1592	37.6%

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

Column (9) purpose of loan: purpose for which the loan is taken will be recorded in code numbers in this column. The codes are as follows:

capital expenditure in farm business……………………………….1
current expenditure in farm business……………………………….2
capital expenditure in non-farm business…………………………..3
current expenditure in non-farm business………………………….4
expenditure relating to marriage……………………………………5
expenditure relating to other social ceremonies…………………….6
expenditure relating to religious ceremonies………………………..7
repayment of debt……………………………………………………8
others…………………………………………………………………9

The purpose is defined as the occasion which prompted the household to contract the loan. Even if the loan was utilized for a purpose other than that for which the loan had been contracted, the purpose for which the loan was originally taken would be recorded here. If more than one purpose was involved, the purpose for which the major amount had been planned to be spent would be recorded.