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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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Household Consumption Expenditure
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Usual Activity. Principal Status (B4_q8)

Data file: Block 4_Person records

Overview

Valid: 212864
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 75
End: 76
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Usual Activity. Principal Status
Categories
Value Category Cases
11 worked in household enterprise (self employed) as an own account worker 27295
12.8%
12 worked in household enterprise (self employed) as an employer 1020
0.5%
21 worked in household enterprise (self employed) as ‘helper’ 22931
10.8%
31 worked as regular salaried/wage employee 13684
6.4%
41 worked as casual wage labour in public works 231
0.1%
51 casual wage labour in other types of works 13818
6.5%
81 seeking work and available for work 2112
1%
91 attended educational institution 53647
25.2%
92 attended domestic duties only 29495
13.9%
93 attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods, tailoring, weaving, etc. for household use 13278
6.2%
94 recipients of rent, pension, remittance, etc. 2491
1.2%
95 not able to work due to disability 1430
0.7%
96 beggars, prostitutes, etc. 37
0%
97 others 10759
5.1%
99 Invalid 20636
9.7%
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
To determine the household principal industry and occupation, the general procedure to be followed is to list all the occupations pertaining to economic activities pursued by the members of the household excluding those employed by the household and paying guests (who in view of their staying and taking food in the household are considered as its normal members) during the one year period preceding the date of survey, no matter whether such occupations are pursued by the members in their principal or subsidiary (on the basis of earnings) capacity. Out of the occupations listed that one which fetched the maximum earnings to the household during the last 365 days preceding the date of survey would be considered as the principal household occupation. It is quite possible that one or more members of the household may pursue the household occupation in different industries. In such cases, the particular industry out of all the different industries corresponding to the principal occupation, which fetched the maximum earnings, should be considered as the principal industry of the household. In extreme cases, the earnings may be equal in two different occupations or industry-occupation combinations. By convention, in such cases, priority will be given to the occupation or industry-occupation combination of the senior-most member.

Description

Definition
The usual activity status relates to the activity status of a person during the reference period of 365 days preceding the date of survey. The activity status on which a person spent relatively longer time (major time criterion) during the 365 days preceding the date of survey is considered the principal usual activity status of the person.
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