Employment and Unemployment Survey, July 2005 - June 2006
NSS 62nd Round

India, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-62nd-Sch10-2005-06

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Collections

Employment and Unemployment

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Jan 18, 2018

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Social Group (B3_q6)

Data file: Block-3-Household-Characteristics-records

Overview

Valid: 78867

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 59

End: 59

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Social Group(code)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Scheduled tribe	7792	9.9%
2	Scheduled caste	12279	15.6%
3	Other backward classes	28141	35.7%
9	Others	30655	38.9%

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 the household belongs to scheduled tribe, scheduled caste or other backward class will be indicated against this item in terms of the codes:Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9. 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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Employment and Unemployment Survey, July 2005 - June 2006 NSS 62nd Round