India - Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 60th Round, Schedule 1, January - June 2004

MoSPI-NSS
Reference ID DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-60Rnd-Sch1-Jan-June2004
Year 2004
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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Social Group (B3_q6)
File: Block 3_Household Characteristics
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1
Valid cases: 29619
Invalid: 0
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Which social group does the household belong to?
Categories
ValueCategoryCases
1 Scheduled Tribe 3504 11.8%
2 Scheduled Caste 4417 14.9%
3 Other Backward Class 10849 36.6%
9 Others 10849 36.6%
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
Whether or not the household belongs to scheduled tribe, scheduled caste or other backward class will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes which are:
scheduled tribe - 1, scheduled caste - 2, other backward class - 3, others - 9.

Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9, meant to cover all other categories. In case different members belong to different social groups, the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the 'social group' of the household.

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