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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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No. of meals taken away from home free of cost - from school, balwadi etc. (B4_q10)

Data file: Block 4_Person records

Overview

Valid: 36882
Invalid: 153140
Minimum: 0.0
Maximum: 90.0
Mean: 3.31777018599859
Standard deviation: 7.8838875368393815
Type: Discrete
Width: 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
If you or any member of the household take meals free of cost from school, balwadi etc, then how many such meals are taken in a day?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 30740
83.3%
1 45
0.1%
2 42
0.1%
3 12
0%
4 39
0.1%
5 32
0.1%
6 39
0.1%
7 9
0%
8 71
0.2%
9 15
0%
10 304
0.8%
11 13
0%
12 144
0.4%
13 18
0%
14 74
0.2%
15 335
0.9%
16 121
0.3%
17 52
0.1%
18 286
0.8%
19 59
0.2%
20 2098
5.7%
21 125
0.3%
22 507
1.4%
23 79
0.2%
24 472
1.3%
25 520
1.4%
26 382
1%
27 1
0%
28 2
0%
30 199
0.5%
32 3
0%
34 1
0%
40 2
0%
45 2
0%
50 2
0%
52 1
0%
54 2
0%
56 2
0%
60 27
0.1%
78 1
0%
84 1
0%
87 1
0%
90 2
0%
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
Columns (10), (11) and (12) pertain to meals taken away from home without payment. Number of meals taken outside home on payment and at home during last 30 days preceding the date of survey, for each member of the household will be recorded against columns (13) and (14). There are schools/balwadis, etc. which provide standard food to all or some students as midday meal, tiffin, etc. free or at subsidised rate. Such meals are to be considered as meals taken away from home. If such food is received free it will be recorded in column (10).
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