Household Consumer Expenditure, Jan 2003 - Dec 2003
NSS 59th Round

India

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-59Rnd-Sch1.0-2003

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National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Land possessed code (B3_q7)

Data file: Blocks 3,10_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 40716

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 63

End: 64

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How much land do you own?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
01	less than 0.01 hectares	10875	26.7%
02	0.01 - 0.20 hectares	9008	22.1%
03	0.21 - 0.40 hectares	2686	6.6%
04	0.41 - 1.00 hectares	5242	12.9%
05	1.01 - 2.00 hectares	5799	14.2%
06	2.01 – 3.00 hectares	2642	6.5%
07	3.01 - 4.00 hectares	1303	3.2%
08	4.01 – 6.00 hectares	1736	4.3%
09	6.01 - 8.00 hectares	644	1.6%
10	greater than 8.00 hectares	781	1.9%

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

The total land area possessed by the household as on the date of survey will be worked out and recorded against this item in code. The codes are:

class interval code class interval code

less than 0.01 hectares 01 2.01 to 3.00 hectares 06
0.01 to 0.20 " 02 3.01 to 4.00 " 07
0.21 to 0.40 " 03 4.01 to 6.00 " 08
0.41 to 1.00 " 04 6.01 to 8.00 " 09
1.01 to 2.00 " 05 more than 8.00 " 10

(1 acre » 0.4047 hectare and 0.01 hectare = 100 sq. metre)

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Household Consumer Expenditure, Jan 2003 - Dec 2003 NSS 59th Round