Debt & Investment, Jan - Dec 2003
NSS 59th Round

India, 2003

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-59Rnd-Sch18pt2-Jan-Dec2003

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Expenditure for purchase etc. (B17_1_q3)

Data file: Visit 1 & 2 Combined_Block 17pt1_specified items on which household incurred expenditure

Overview

Valid: 9587821

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 51

End: 51

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Whether any expenditure has been made by the household during the reference period for purchase of item?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	24452	0.3%
2	no	9563369	99.7%

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

For each of the items noted in cols.(1) and (2) of block 17.1, it is to be ascertained as to whether any expenditure has been made by the household during the reference period for purchase, construction, additions, major repairs & alterations, improvements . If the response is in the affirmative, code '1' will be recorded against the appropriate item in col. (3); otherwise code '2' will be entered. Again, it is to be ascertained for most of the items mentioned in cols.(1) and (2) as to whether any expenditure on normal repairs and maintenance has been made by the household during the reference period and the appropriate entries will be made in col.(4) in terms of codes : yes - 1; no - 2. The reference period in question is 1.7.02 to 31.12.02 for the first visit and 1.1.03 to 30.6.03 for the second visit. The question of normal repairs & maintenance does not arise for some of the items listed in cols.(1) and (2) of this block. Hence, a crossmark(x) has been printed in col.(4) against such items indicating that no information need be collected on normal repairs and maintenance against those items.

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Debt & Investment, Jan - Dec 2003 NSS 59th Round