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Household Consumer Expenditure Survey, July 2007-June 2008
Shedule 1: 64th Round

India, 2007 - 2008
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IND-NSSO-HCES-2007-v1
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National Sample Survey Office,NSSO
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Household Consumption Expenditure
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Social_Group (Social_Group)

Data file: Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 69
End: 69
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Scheduled tribe
2 Scheduled caste
3 Other backward class
9 Others
X NR
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 or not the household belongs to Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or Other Backward Classes will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes which are: Scheduled Tribes - 1, Scheduled Castes - 2, Other Backward Classes - 3, others - 9, NR - X Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9, meant to cover all other categories. 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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