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

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-58Rnd-Sch1dot2-2002

Year

2002

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

Metadata

Documentation in PDF

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Jul 29, 2016

Last modified

Sep 02, 2016

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Plinth area(sq.ft) (B5_q2)
File: Block5-records

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 6
Decimals: 0
Range: 0-320000

Valid cases: 97642
Invalid: 240
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 320000
Mean: 648.7
Standard deviation: 1397.6

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Plinth area of the house (in square feet):

Interviewer instructions

Plinth refers to the construction extending from the top of the foundation to the ground floor level of the house i.e. foundation base of a building. Plinth area is the total constructed area of the surface on the ground over which the structure is created. The plinth area will be recorded against this item in square feet in whole numbers. In case more than one structure is used by the household, total plinth area of all taken together will be recorded. In case of a multi-storeyed building plinth area will refer to the whole building.