India - Household Consumer Expenditure Survey: 64th Round, Schedule 1.0, July 2007 - June 2008

Reference ID

DDI-IND-NSSO-64-SCHEDULE-1.0

Year

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office,NSSO

Sponsor(s)

Ministry of Statistics & P.i, Govenment of Indis - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

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Aug 21, 2015

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Social_Group (Social_Group)
File: Household Characteristics

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 50297
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Scheduled tribe	6775	13.5%
2	Scheduled caste	6859	13.6%
3	Other backward class	18485	36.8%
9	Others	18171	36.1%
X	NR	7	0.0%

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

Whether or not the household belongs to Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or Other Backward Classes will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes which are:
Scheduled Tribes - 1, Scheduled Castes - 2, Other Backward Classes - 3, others - 9, NR - X
Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9, meant to cover all other categories. In case different members belong to different social groups, the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the 'social group' of the household.