India - Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 54th Round, Schedule 1, January - June 1998

MoSPI-NSS
Reference ID DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-54Rnd-Sch1.0-1998
Year 1998
Country India
Producer(s) National Sample Survey Office
Sponsor(s) M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -
Collection(s)
National Sample Survey
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Percapita expenditure (B3_q6)
File: Blocks 1,3_Household Characteristics
Overview
Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 8
Decimals: 2
Range: 44.4-76494.96
Valid cases: 26921
Invalid: 28
Minimum: 44.4
Maximum: 76495
Mean: 556.4
Standard deviation: 690.7
Definition
Household consumer expenditure :
The expenditure incurred by a household on domestic consumption during the reference period is the household's consumer expenditure. The household consumer expenditure is the total of the monetary values of consumption of various groups of items namely (i) food, pan (betel leaves), tobacco, intoxicants and fuel & light, (ii) clothing and footwear and (iii) miscellaneous goods and services and durable articles.

Monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) :
For a household, this is household consumer expenditure over a period of 30 days divided by household size. A person's MPCE is understood as that of the household to which he/she belongs.

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