Household Consumer Expenditure, July 2004 - June 2005
NSS 61st Round

India, 2004 - 2005

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-61Rnd-Sch1-July2004-June2005

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Jan 18, 2018

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No. of Meals per day (B4_q9)

Data file: Block 4_Person records

Overview

Valid: 609513

Invalid: 223

Minimum: 0.0

Maximum: 3.0

Mean: 2.4365485231652153

Standard deviation: 0.5868369675305363

Type: Discrete

Width: 1

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many number of meals are usually taken in a day?

Categories

Value	Cases
0	9933	1.6%
1	190	0%
2	313252	51.4%
3	286138	46.9%

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 number of meals consumed by a person is usually reported as 2 or 3. In rare cases, one may come across a person who may be taking food only once in a day or more than three times a day. While in the former case the number of meals for the person will be 1 per day, in the latter case, however, only 3 should be entered. That is, in this column, the recorded number of meals taken in a day, even if it is reported to be higher, should not exceed 3. To have a clear idea of what constitutes a meal, paragraph 1.7.12 may be referred to. In addition, for infants of age '0' as well as for children who subsist on milk only, '0' may be recorded against this item.

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Household Consumer Expenditure, July 2004 - June 2005 NSS 61st Round