Household Consumer Expenditure, July 2005 - June 2006
NSS 62nd Round

India, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-62Rnd-Sch1.0-2005-06

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Jan 18, 2018

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Cooking code (B3_q12)

Data file: Block 3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 39405

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 71

End: 71

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the primary source of energy that is being used by the household for cooking?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	coke, coal and charcoal	986	2.5%
2	firewood and chips	17027	43.2%
3	LPG	16119	40.9%
4	gobar gas	116	0.3%
5	dung cake	1563	4%
6	kerosene	1786	4.5%
7	electricity	81	0.2%
8	No cooking arrangement	1116	2.8%
9	others	611	1.6%

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

Against this item, the code corresponding to the primary source of energy that is used by the household for cooking during last 30 days preceding the date of survey will be recorded. If more than one type of energy is utilised, the primary or principal one on the basis of its extent of use will have to be identified and the corresponding code will be noted in the appropriate box. The codes are:

cooking: coke, coal and charcoal- 1, firewood and chips- 2, LPG- 3, gobar gas - 4, dung cake- 5, kerosene- 6, electricity- 7, others- 9, no cooking arrangement- 8

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Household Consumer Expenditure, July 2005 - June 2006 NSS 62nd Round