India - Housing Condition Survey: NSS 58th Round, Schedule 1.2, July - December 2002

This item is intended to capture the information on the migration of the household members. This will be decided based on the concept of change in the usual place of residence (upr). The usual place of residence here is defined as a place (village or town) where the person has stayed continuously for a period of six months or more. The place of enumeration refers to the place (village / town) where the person is being enumerated or surveyed, i.e., the present place of the residence of the person. This item will record the number of persons of the present household who had a different upr previously (called the last upr). Members of the household who have been staying in the same village or town since their birth will not be considered here. Visits of daughters to their parents place for childbirth or for treatments etc. will not be considered even if it is for more than six months. Female(s) of other village/town married to the member(s) of the household being surveyed during the last 365 days will be included here.