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 - | 
    
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- Blocks 1,3_Household
Characteristics - Block 4_Person recor
ds - Block 5_Monthly hous
ehold expenditure on
food and non-food i
tems - Block 5pt1_Monthly h
ousehold expenditure
on fuel and light - Block 6_Monthly hous
ehold expenditure on
clothing - Block 7_Monthly hous
ehold expenditure on
footwear - Block 8_Monthly hous
ehold expenditure on
miscellaneous goods
and services - Block 8pt1_Monthly h
ousehold expenditure
on education and me
dical goods and serv
ices - Block 9_Monthly hous
ehold expenditure on
durables - Block 10_Perception 
of households regard
ing sufficiency of f
ood - Block 11pt1_Weekly h
ousehold expenditure
on ceremonies - Block 11pt2_Annual h
ousehold expenditure
on ceremonies 
Variable Groups
                    
            
        Usual Activity. Principal Status
      (B4_q8)
File: Block 4_Person records
File: Block 4_Person records
Overview
Type: 
							Discrete Format: character Width: 2  | Valid cases: 254336 Invalid: 0  | 
Definition
The  usual activity status relates to the activity status of a person during the  reference period of 365 days preceding the date  of  survey.  The  activity  status on which a person spent  relatively  longer time  (major  time criterion) during the 365 days  preceding  the date of survey is considered the principal usual activity  status of  the person.
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Which industry has the member of the household usually worked in during the last one year?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | worked in household enterprise (self employed) as an own account worker | 33772 | |
| 12 | worked in household enterprise (self employed) as an employer | 812 | |
| 21 | worked in household enterprise (self employed) as ‘helper’ | 18070 | |
| 31 | worked as regular salaried/wage employee | 17238 | |
| 41 | worked as casual wage labour in public works | 408 | |
| 51 | casual wage labour in other types of works | 23515 | |
| 81 | seeking work and available for work | 2044 | |
| 91 | attended educational institution | 59080 | |
| 92 | attended domestic duties only | 36014 | |
| 93 | attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods, tailoring, weaving, etc. for household use | 14835 | |
| 94 | recipients of rent, pension, remittance, etc. | 1564 | |
| 95 | not able to work due to disability | 1050 | |
| 96 | beggars, prostitutes, etc. | 179 | |
| 97 | others | 18660 | |
| 99 | not properly reported | 27095 | 
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
In the first instance the broad principal  usual activity  of the person will be identified based on  the  various activities  pursued by the person during the reference period  of last  365  days adopting a relatively long time (or  major  time) criterion,  not necessarily for a continuous period.   The  broad principal  usual  activity  status  will  be  one  of  the  three categories viz. 'employed' (working), 'unemployed' (available for work) or 'not in labour force' (neither willing nor available for work).  It is to be noted that in deciding this, only the  normal working  hours available for pursuing various activities need  be considered,  and not the 24 hours of a day.  The broad  principal usual  activity  status will be obtained on the basis of  a  two- stage  dichotomous  classification depending on  the  major  time spent.   Persons  will  be classified in  the  first  stage  into 
(i)those who are engaged in any economic activity (i.e., employed) and/or available for any economic activity (i.e.
unemployed) and
(ii) who are not engaged and not available for any economic activity i.e. the persons will be first classified as those in the labour force and those not in the labour force depending on in which of these two statuses the person spent major part of the year.
In the second stage, those who are found in the labour force will be further classified into working (i.e., engaged in economic activity or employed) and seeking and/or available for work (i.e., unemployed) based on the major time spent.
(i)those who are engaged in any economic activity (i.e., employed) and/or available for any economic activity (i.e.
unemployed) and
(ii) who are not engaged and not available for any economic activity i.e. the persons will be first classified as those in the labour force and those not in the labour force depending on in which of these two statuses the person spent major part of the year.
In the second stage, those who are found in the labour force will be further classified into working (i.e., engaged in economic activity or employed) and seeking and/or available for work (i.e., unemployed) based on the major time spent.



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