Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 63rd Round : July 2006 - June 2007
NSS 63rd Round

India, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-63Rnd-Sch1.0-2006-07

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Jan 18, 2018

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Lighting code (B3_q13)

Data file: Block 3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 63688

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 79

End: 79

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	11182	17.6%
2	other oil	59	0.1%
3	gas	75	0.1%
4	candle	138	0.2%
5	electricity	51772	81.3%
6	No lighting arrangement	242	0.4%
9	others	220	0.3%

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 these two items, the code corresponding to the primary source of energy that is used by the household for cooking and the primary source of energy used 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, NSS 63rd Round : July 2006 - June 2007 NSS 63rd Round