Housing Condition Survey, July 2008- June 2009

NSS 65th Round

In the NSS 65th round survey (July 2008 – June 2009) on housing condition, information was collected on the particulars of living facilities, such as major source of drinking water, availability of bathroom, use of latrine, type of latrine, whether the household has electricity for domestic use, etc. Information was also collected on particulars of housing characteristics and micro environment, such as plinth area of the house, plinth level, use of house, period since built, condition of structure, drainage arrangement, etc. Information on particulars of dwelling included number of rooms, floor area of the dwelling, ventilation of the dwelling, total number of married couples in the household, kitchen type, floor type, wall type, roof type, etc. Besides, details of construction and repair, undertaken by the households during the last 365 days, for residential purpose was collected including cost of construction, source of finance and first-hand purchase of constructed house/ flat during the last 365 days. This apart, data was collected on household characteristics such as land possessed, principal industry and occupation of the household, average monthly household consumer expenditure of the household, tenurial status of dwelling, maximum distance to the place of work normally travelled by any earner of the household, etc.

In the present round, Schedule 1.2 on housing condition consisted of 11 blocks.

The first three blocks, viz. Blocks 0, 1 and 2, were used to record identification of sample households and particulars of field operations, as is the common practice in usual NSS rounds. Similarly, the last three blocks, viz., Blocks 8, 9 & 10, were again the usual blocks to record the remarks of investigator/senior investigator, comments by superintendent/ senior superintendent and comments by other supervisory officer(s), respectively.

Block 3 was used for recording the household characteristics like household size, gender of the head of the household, principal industry and occupation, religion, social group, household type, land possessed, tenurial status of dwelling, area type in which the dwelling unit is located, maximum distance to the place of work normally travelled by any earner of the household, monthly per capita consumer expenditure, etc.

Through Block-4 recorded the particulars of living facilities, such as major source of drinking water, availability of bathroom, use of latrine, type of latrine, whether the household has electricity for domestic use, etc.

In Block-5, particulars of housing characteristics and micro environment, such as plinth area of the house, plinth level, use of house, period since built,condition of structure, drainage arrangement, etc,were collected .

Particulars of dwelling such as number of rooms, floor area of the dwelling, ventilation of the dwelling, total number of married couples in the household, kitchen type, floor type, wall type, roof type, etc. were collected through Block-6.

Particulars of construction and repair, undertaken by the households during the last 365 days, for residential purpose were collected in Block 7. This included cost of construction, source of finance and first-hand purchase of constructed house/ flat during the last 365 days.