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

India, 2005 - 2006

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

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National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Meals taken at home (B4_q14)

Data file: Block 4_Person records

Overview

Valid: 189061

Invalid: 961

Minimum: 0.0

Maximum: 90.0

Mean: 70.30536176154786

Standard deviation: 17.814557887648295

Type: Discrete

Width: 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many meals are taken at home in a day?

Categories

Value	Cases
0	3066	1.6%
2	7	0%
3	9	0%
4	13	0%
5	6	0%
6	22	0%
7	1	0%
8	20	0%
9	4	0%
10	49	0%
12	18	0%
13	1	0%
14	17	0%
15	23	0%
16	22	0%
18	16	0%
19	1	0%
20	154	0.1%
21	8	0%
22	14	0%
23	3	0%
24	33	0%
25	9	0%
26	28	0%
27	12	0%
28	31	0%
29	4	0%
30	645	0.3%
31	1	0%
32	28	0%
33	8	0%
34	89	0%
35	102	0.1%
36	193	0.1%
37	14	0%
38	112	0.1%
39	41	0%
40	878	0.5%
41	10	0%
42	142	0.1%
43	33	0%
44	306	0.2%
45	334	0.2%
46	314	0.2%
47	26	0%
48	357	0.2%
49	30	0%
50	868	0.5%
51	84	0%
52	1164	0.6%
53	66	0%
54	1173	0.6%
55	303	0.2%
56	3280	1.7%
57	208	0.1%
58	1728	0.9%
59	650	0.3%
60	90897	48.1%
61	24	0%
62	46	0%
63	58	0%
64	392	0.2%
65	528	0.3%
66	574	0.3%
67	108	0.1%
68	497	0.3%
69	369	0.2%
70	1898	1%
71	74	0%
72	433	0.2%
73	79	0%
74	139	0.1%
75	655	0.3%
76	107	0.1%
77	40	0%
78	647	0.3%
79	52	0%
80	675	0.4%
81	754	0.4%
82	284	0.2%
83	124	0.1%
84	1246	0.7%
85	408	0.2%
86	711	0.4%
87	872	0.5%
88	1211	0.6%
89	754	0.4%
90	67627	35.8%

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

In column (14), the number of meals taken at home by each member of the household during the period of 30 days preceding the date of survey will be recorded. A meal will be considered to be taken at home if the meal is prepared at home irrespective of the place where it is consumed.

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