India - Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 49th Round, Schedule 1, Jan - June 1993

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-49Rnd-Sch1.0-1993

Year

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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Jul 28, 2016

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Sep 02, 2016

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Percapita monthly expenditure (B3_q6)
File: Block 1,3 ,10_Household Characteristics

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 8
Decimals: 2
Range: 0-18519.93

Valid cases: 29991
Invalid: 4
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 18519.9
Mean: 330.8
Standard deviation: 335.6

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.