India - Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 52th Round, Schedule 1, July 1995 - June 1996

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-52Rnd-Sch1.0-1995

Year

1995 - 1996

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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Jul 27, 2016

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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: 48531
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	19268	39.7%
2	other oil	135	0.3%
3	gas	26	0.1%
4	candle	124	0.3%
5	electricity	28633	59.0%
6	no lighting arrangement	73	0.2%
9	others	272	0.6%

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.