India - Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 62nd Round, Schedule 1, July 2005 - June 2006

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-62Rnd-Sch1.0-2005-06

Year

2005 - 2006

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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Aug 02, 2016

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No. of meals taken away from home free of cost - from school, balwadi etc.(B4_q10)
File: Block 4_Person records

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 0-90

Valid cases: 36882
Invalid: 153140
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 90
Mean: 3.3
Standard deviation: 7.9

Questions and instructions

Literal question

If you or any member of the household take meals free of cost from school, balwadi etc, then how many such meals are taken in a day?

Interviewer instructions

Columns (10), (11) and (12) pertain to meals taken away from home without payment. Number of meals taken outside home on payment and at home during last 30 days preceding the date of survey, for each member of the household will be recorded against columns (13) and (14). There are schools/balwadis, etc. which provide standard food to all or some students as midday meal, tiffin, etc. free or at subsidised rate. Such meals are to be considered as meals taken away from home. If such food is received free it will be recorded in column (10).