India - Household Consumer Expenditure: NSS 61st Round, Schedule 1, July 2004 - June 2005
Reference ID | DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-61Rnd-Sch1-July2004-June2005 |
Year | 2004 - 2005 |
Country | India |
Producer(s) | National Sample Survey Office |
Sponsor(s) | M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI - |
Collection(s) | |
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- Blocks 1,2 & 12_
Identification of s
ample household and
perception of househ
old regarding suffic
iency of food - Block 3 Part 1_House
hold Characteristics - Block 3 Part 2_House
hold Characteristics - Block 4_Person recor
ds - Block 5_Monthly cons
umption of food, pan
, tobacco and intoxi
cants - Block 6_Monthly cons
umption of fuel &
; light - Block 7_Consumption
of clothing - Block 8_Consumption
of footwear - Block 9_Expenditure
on education and med
ical (institutional)
goods and services - Block 10_Monthly exp
enditure on miscella
neous goods and serv
ices including medic
al (non-institutiona
l), rents and taxes - Block 11_Expenditure
for purchase and co
nstruction (includin
g repair and mainten
ance) of durable goo
ds for domestic use
Variable Groups
No. of Meals per day
(B4_q9)
File: Block 4_Person records
File: Block 4_Person records
Overview
Type:
Continuous Format: numeric Width: 1 Decimals: 0 Range: 0-3 | Valid cases: 609513 Invalid: 223 Minimum: 0 Maximum: 3 Mean: 2.4 Standard deviation: 0.6 |
Questions and instructions
Literal question
How many number of meals are usually taken in a day?
Interviewer instructions
The number of meals consumed by a person is usually reported as 2 or 3. In rare cases, one may come across a person who may be taking food only once in a day or more than three times a day. While in the former case the number of meals for the person will be 1 per day, in the latter case, however, only 3 should be entered. That is, in this column, the recorded number of meals taken in a day, even if it is reported to be higher, should not exceed 3. To have a clear idea of what constitutes a meal, paragraph 1.7.12 may be referred to. In addition, for infants of age '0' as well as for children who subsist on milk only, '0' may be recorded against this item.