IND-NSSO-59Rnd-Sch33-SAF-2003
Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers, 2003
NSS 59th Round
SAS 2003 : NSS 59th Round
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
The NSSO, since its inception in 1950, has played a major role in providing the socio-economic data needed- from all spheres of life-to formulate of a vibrant plan for social and economic development. The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) took up the special study on Indian farmers and conducted the Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers during 2003 in the rural areas as part of the NSS 59th round. The Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers is the first of its kind to be conducted by NSSO. Though information on a majority of items to be collected through SAS have been collected in some round or other of NSS, an integrated schedule, viz., Schedule 33, covering some basic characteristics of farmer households and their access to basic and modern farming resources will be canvassed for the first time in SAS. Moreover, information on consumption of various goods and services in an abridged form are also to be collected to have an idea about the pattern of consumption expenditure of the farmer households.
Schedule 33 is designed for collection of information on aspects relating to farming and other socio-economic characteristics of farmer households. The information will be collected in two visits to the same set of sample households. The first visit will be made during January to August 2003 and the second, during September to December 2003. The survey will be conducted in rural areas only. It will be canvassed in the Central Sample except for the States of Maharashtra and Meghalaya where it will be canvassed in both State and Central
samples.
The millions of farmers of India have made significant contributions in providing food and nutrition to the entire nation and provided livelihood to millions of people of the country. During the five decades of planned economic development, India has moved from food-shortage and imports to self-sufficiency and exports. Food security and well being of the farmer appears to be major areas of concern of the planners of Indian agriculture. In order to have a snapshot picture of the farming community at the commencement of the third millennium and to analyze the impact of the transformation induced by public policy, investments and technological change on the farmers' access to resources and income as well as well-being of the farmer households at the end of five decades of planned economic development, Ministry of Agriculture have decided to collect information on Indian farmers through “Situation Assessment Survey” (SAS) on Indian farmers and entrusted the job of conducting the survey to National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO).
The Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers is the first of its kind to be conducted by NSSO. Though information on a majority of items to be collected through SAS have been collected in some round or other of NSS, an integrated schedule, viz., Schedule 33, covering some basic characteristics of farmer households and their access to basic and modern farming resources will be canvassed for the first time in SAS. Moreover, information on consumption of various goods and services in an abridged form are also to be collected to have an idea about the pattern of consumption expenditure of the farmer households.
Schedule 33 is designed for collection of information on aspects relating to farming and other socio-economic characteristics of farmer households. The information will be collected in two visits to the same set of sample households. The first visit will be made during January to August 2003 and the second, during September to December 2003. The survey will be conducted in rural areas only. It will be canvassed in the Central Sample except for the States of Maharashtra and Meghalaya where it will be canvassed in both State and Central
samples.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Household (farmer)
V 1.0: Re-organised anonymized dataset for public distribution
2012-11-18
The scope of Situation Assessment Survey includes:
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Infrastructure | World Bank |
| Social Development | World Bank |
| Macroeconomics & Growth | World Bank |
| Labor & Social Protection | World Bank |
The survey covered rural sector of Indian Union except (i) Leh (Ladakh) and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir,
(ii) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (iii) villages in Andaman and
Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year.
The survey did not cover the service sector enterprises pursuing the activities of wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods (G); financial intermediation (J); public administration and defence (L); private households with employed persons (P) and extra-territorial organisations and bodies (Q).
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| NSSO | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Government of India |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| SDRD | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Govt of India | Questonnaire design, sampling methodology and data analysis |
| Field Office Division | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Govt of India | data collection |
| Data Processing Division | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Govt of India | data processing |
| Computer Centre | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Govt of India | Dissemination and Website hosting |
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Statiistics and PI | MOSPI, Government of India |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Governing council | NSSO, GOI | Formulation of Survey design |
Sample Design
Outline of sample design: A stratified multi-stage design has been adopted for the 59th round survey. The first
stage unit (FSU) is the census village in the rural sector and UFS block in the urban sector. The ultimate stage
units (USUs) will be households in both the sectors. Hamlet-group / sub-block will constitute the intermediate
stage if these are formed in the selected area.
Sampling Frame for First Stage Units: For rural areas, the list of villages (panchayat wards for Kerala) as
per Population Census 1991 and for urban areas the latest UFS frame, will be used as sampling frame. For
stratification of towns by size class, provisional population of towns as per Census 2001 will be used.
Stratification
Rural sector: Two special strata will be formed at the State/ UT level, viz.
Urban sector: In the urban sector, strata will be formed within each NSS region on the basis of size class of towns
as per Population Census 2001. The stratum numbers and their composition (within each region) are given below.
The stratum numbers will remain as above even if, in some regions, some of the strata are not formed.
Total sample size (FSUs): 10736 FSUs have been allocated at all-India level on the basis of investigator strength
in different States/UTs for central sample and 11624 for state sample.
Allocation of total sample to States and UTs: The total number of sample FSUs is allocated to the States and UTs
in proportion to provisional population as per Census 2001 subject to the availability of investigators ensuring
more or less uniform work-load.
Allocation of State/UT level sample to rural and urban sectors: State/UT level sample is allocated between two
sectors in proportion to provisional population as per Census 2001 with 1.5 weightage to urban sector subject to
the restriction that urban sample size for bigger states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc. should not exceed the
rural sample size. Earlier practice of giving double weightage to urban sector has been modified considering the
fact that two main topics (sch. 18.1 and sch 33) are rural based and there has been considerable growth in urban
population. More samples have been allocated to rural sector of Meghalaya state sample at the request of the
DES, Meghalaya.
The sample sizes by sector and State/UT are given in Table 1 at the end of this Chapter.
Allocation to strata: Within each sector of a State/UT, the respective sample size will be allocated to the different
strata in proportion to the stratum population as per census 2001. Allocations at stratum level will be adjusted to a
multiple of 2 with a minimum sample size of 2. However, attempt will be made to allocate a multiple of 4 FSUs to
a stratum as far as possible.
Selection of FSUs: FSUs will be selected with Probability Proportional to Size with replacement (PPSWR),
size being the population as per population census 1991 in all the strata for rural sector except for stratum 1.
In stratum 1 of rural sector and in all the strata of urban sector, selection will be done using Simple Random
Sampling without replacement (SRSWOR). Samples will be drawn in the form of two independent sub-samples.
Note: Detail sampling procedure is provided as external resource.
There was no deviation from the original sampling design
Weights (or multipliers) are given at the end of each record.
All records of a household will have same NSS-NSC-MLT figures.
NSS = Bytes 127-129 (3 bytes)
NSC = Bytes 130-132 (3 bytes)
MLT = Bytes 133-142 (10 bytes)
Apply weight (or multipliers) separately for 2 visits as follows :
weight = MLT/200, if NSC > NSS.
= MLT/100, otherwise.
Using this, weight has been computed and posted in each record.Schedule 33 (Situation Assessment Survey) has been split into several blocks to obtain detailed information on
various aspects of farmer households.
Block 0- Descriptive identification of sample household: This block is meant for recording descriptive identification
particulars of a sample household.
Block 1- Identification of sample household: items 1 to 12: The identification particulars for items 1, 6 - 11 will be
copied from the corresponding items of block 1 of listing schedule (Sch.0.0). The particulars to be recorded in
items 2, 3, 4 and 5 have already been printed in the schedule.
Block 2- Particulars of field operation: The identity of the Investigator, Assistant Superintendent and
Superintendent associated, date of survey/inspection/scrutiny of schedules, despatch, etc., will be recorded in
this block against the appropriate items in the relevant columns.
Block 3- Household characteristics: Characteristics which are mainly intended to be used to classify the
households for tabulation will be recorded in this block.
Block 4- Demographic and other particulars of household members: All members of the sample household
will be listed in this block. Demographic particulars (viz., relation to head, sex, age, marital status and general
education), nature of work, current weekly status, wage and salary earnings etc. will be recorded for each
member using one line for one member.
Block 5- Perception of household regarding sufficiency of food: This block will record information about perception
of households regarding sufficiency of food.
Block 6- Perceptions regarding some general aspects of farming: In this block some information regarding
perception of the farmer household about some general aspects of farming are to be recorded.
Block 7- Particulars of land possessed during Kharif/Rabi: This block is designed to record information regarding
the land on which farming activities are carried out by the farmer household during Kharif/Rabi.
Block 8- Area under irrigation during Kharif/Rabi: In this block information regarding the area under irrigation
during last 365 days for different crops will be recorded according to the source of irrigation.
Block 9- Some particulars of farming resources used for cultivation during Kharif / Rabi: Information regarding
farming resources used for cultivation during the last 365 days will be ascertained from the farmer households
and will be recorded in this block.
Block 10- Use of energy during last 365 days: This block will be filled in visit 1 only. Energy is one of the major
resources used extensively for farming and all other purposes. This block is designed to collect information on
different aspects of energy used for farming.
Block 11- Loans and other liabilities payable by the household as on the date of survey: This block will be filled in
visit 1 only. In this block, information will be collected in respect of all kind loans whether cash and kind subject to
the amount of Rs 300 for a loan/liability.
Block 12- Access to modern agricultural technology: This block is designed to record information on farmers'
access to modern agricultural technology.
Block 13- Purchase and sale of productive assets during July to December 2002/January to June 2003: This block
is meant for recording number of productive assets owned as on the date of survey and expenditure incurred for
purchase and/or major repair of such assets (if applicable) and income received from sale of these assets during
the reference period July to December 2002 for visit 1 schedule and January to June 2003 for visit 2.
Block 14- Expenses and receipts (in Rs) for cultivation during July to December 2002/January to June 2003: This
block is designed to collect information on expenses incurred towards cultivation and receipts obtained from
output and/or value of by products of the cultivated products.
Block 15- Expenses and receipts (in Rs) on farming of animals during last 30 days: This block will be used to
record the expenditure and receipts for livestock farming during the last 30 days.
Block 16- Expenses on non-farm business during last 30 days: In this block, expenses for running non-farm
business of the household will be collected.
Block 17- Receipts for non-farm business during last 30 days: In this block receipts for running non-farm business
of the household will be collected.
Block 18- Consumption of food, pan, tobacco and intoxicants: In this block information on consumption of some
broad groups of items of food, pan, tobacco and intoxicants for the household for a reference period of 30 days
preceding the date of survey will be collected.
Block 19- Consumption of clothing, footwear: In this block, information on value of consumption of all items of
clothing and footwear will be collected in whole number of rupees.
Blocks 20- Expenditure on education and medical (institutional) goods and services: Under this block, information
will be collected on educational and institutional medical expenses incurred during the last 365 days preceding
the date of survey.
Block 21- Expenditure on miscellaneous goods and services including medical (non-institutional), rents and taxes:
In this block, relating to miscellaneous goods and services, information will be collected on the expenditure for
purchase of these items during the reference period.
Block 22- Expenditure for purchase and construction (including repair and maintenance) of durable goods for
domestic use: Information on expenditure incurred for purchase and cost of raw materials and services for
construction and repairs of durable goods for domestic use during the last 365 days will be collected in this
block.
Block 23- Remarks by investigator: The blank space provided in this block is meant for putting down remarks and
observations of the investigator.
Block 24- Remarks by supervisory officer(s): The blank space provided in this block is meant for putting down
remarks of the supervisory officer(s) during various stages of supervision and scrutiny.
(1) These are text data with fixed record-length of 142 characters.
First 126 bytes are data, and remaining 16 bytes are weights.
(2) The Layout of data is given in the EXCEL-file layout.xls.
The layout of multiplier file is in MS-WORD file layout.doc
(3) The data is organised in various levels having different data
formats. Information regarding which block of the Schedule has
been put into which level, is given in the file layout.xls.
(4) For generating any estimate, one has to extract relevant portion
of the data, and aggregate after applying the weights.
(5) This survey is divided into 2 visits. Data and multipliers for
the 2 visits are totally separate.
(6) Weights (or multipliers) are given at the end of each record.
All records of a household will have same NSS-NSC-MLT figures.
NSS = Bytes 127-129 (3 bytes)
NSC = Bytes 130-132 (3 bytes)
MLT = Bytes 133-142 (10 bytes)
Apply weight (or multipliers) separately for 2 visits as follows :
weight = MLT/200, if NSC > NSS.
= MLT/100, otherwise.(6) Common Primary Key for identification of a record for any record is
FSU Sl. No. = 4(5) (i.e. offset=4th byte, length=5 bytes )
Hamlet Group = 29(1)
2nd State Stratum = 30(1)
Visit = 31(1)
Household Srl. No.= 32(2)
Level No. = 34(2)
Item/Person Sl.No.= 36(5)
In case of those Blocks/Levels, where Item/Person Sl.No. is not
applicable the field is filled up with 00000.(7) In the value fields (Rs. or Quantity or Area etc.) only the
numeric figure is given in datafile. The decimal point is
to be assumed after looking at the type of that field in the
printed schedule.
General Information -- README.TXT
Text Data Layout -- LAYOUT.XLS
Multiplier layout -- LAYOUT.doc
Other documents are common to all schedules of 59th round.
Those have already been sent along with 59thRd. Sch.1.0 data.
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2003-01-01 | 2003-08-31 | Sub Round 1 |
| 2003-09-01 | 2003-12-31 | Sub Round 2 |
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Field Office Division (NSSO) | Minstry of Statistics and PI, Govt. of India | FOD (NSSO) |
Field Office Division of NSSO, Ministry of Statistics and PI
Period of survey and work programme: The survey period of this round was divided into two sub-rounds of three months duration.
Data was collected as per the Questionnaire Sch. 33. Data editing, scrutiny and validation were carried out as per the scrutiny checks and corrected manually.
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADG,NSSO | Ministry of Statistics and PI | www.mospi.gov.in | |
| DDG, Computer Centre | Ministry of Statistics and PI | www.mospi.gov.in | pc.mohanan@nic.in |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The NSSO data are strictly confidential and are to be used only for statistical purposes. |
Validated unit level data relating to various survey rounds are available on CD-ROMS which can be obtained from the Deputy Director General, Computer Centre, M/O Statistics
and PI, East Block No. 10 R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 by remitting the price along with packaging and postal charges as well as giving an undertaking duly signed in a
specified format.The amount is to be remitted by way of demand draft drawn in favour of Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, payable at
New Delhi.
NSSO 59th Round Schedule 33 Situation Assessment survey of Farmers 2003.
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of
the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
NSSO, Ministry of Statistics and PI
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADG, SDRD | MOSPI | mospi.gov.in | |
| DDG (CC) | MOSPI | pc.mohanan@nic.in | mospi.gov.in |
DDI-IND-NSS-59Rnd-SCH-33-Situation-Assessment-2003
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Centre | CC | MInistry of Statistics and PI (MOSPI) | Documentation of the study |
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