India - Housing Condition and Migration Survey: NSS 49th Round, Schedule 1.2, January - June 1993

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-49Rnd-Sch1dot2-1993

Year

1993

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

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

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

Metadata

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Mar 11, 2016

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Dwelling Ownership (B6_q1)
File: Block-6-Particulars of dwelling-Records

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 119403
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Ownership of the dwelling

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No dwelling	393	0.3%
2	Owned	93048	77.9%
3	Quarters	4850	4.1%
4	Other hired accommodation	16460	13.8%
8	Invalid	62	0.1%
9	Others	4590	3.8%

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

Information in respect of the possession type of the dwelling unit will be recorded against this item in codes. Households living more or less regularly , under bridge , in pipe , under staircase , in purely temporary flimsy improvisations built by the road side ( which is liable to be removed any moment ) etc. are considered to have no dwellings and for such households code 1 will be recorded against this item. If the dwelling unit is owned by the sample household or it has owner - like possession of the dwelling , code - 2 will be recorded. If the accommodation is provided by the employer of a member of the sample household , it will be treated as quarters and code 3 will be given. If the dwelling is taken on rent payable at monthly , quarterly or any other periodic intervals or / on lease , it will be treated as a hired dwelling and code 4 will be recorded. code 9 will be entered in all other types of possession .