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

India, 2004 - 2005

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Reference ID

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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Social Group (B3_q6)

Data file: Block 3 Part 1_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 124603

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 62

End: 62

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which social group does the household belong to?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Scheduled Tribe	16410	13.2%
2	Scheduled Caste	20065	16.1%
3	Other Backward Class	46236	37.1%
9	Others	41892	33.6%

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

Whether or not the household belongs to scheduled tribe, scheduled caste or other backward class will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes which are:

scheduled tribe……….. 1 other backward class…… 3
scheduled caste………. 2 others……………………. 9

Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9, meant to cover all other categories. In case different members belong to different social groups, the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the 'social group' of the household.

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