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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Lighting code (B3_q13)

Data file: Block 3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 39396

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 72

End: 72

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 lighting?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	kerosene	6963	17.7%
2	other oil	54	0.1%
3	gas	57	0.1%
4	candle	68	0.2%
5	electricity	31937	81.1%
6	No lighting arrangement	155	0.4%
9	others	162	0.4%

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 lighting 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:

lighting: kerosene -1, other oil -2, gas - 3, candle - 4, electricity - 5, others -9,
no lighting arrangement - 6

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