India - Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 51th Round, Schedule 1, July 1994 - June 1995

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-51Rnd-Sch1.0-1994

Year

1994 - 1995

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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Source of energy for lighting (B3_q12)
File: Blocks 1,3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 53123
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the primary source of energy that is being used by the household for lighting?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	kerosene	19643	37.0%
2	other oil	162	0.3%
3	gas	38	0.1%
4	candle	30	0.1%
5	electricity	32653	61.5%
6	no lighting arrangement	162	0.3%
9	others	435	0.8%

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

Items : primary source of energy used for cooking and lighting : Against these two items, the code corresponding to the primary source of energy that is being used by the household for the purpose of cooking and for lighting, will have to be recorded. If more than one type of energy is utilized, the primary or principal one on the basis of its use will have to be identified and the corresponding code will be noted in the appropriate box.