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Domestic Tourism Survey, July 2008 - June 2009
NSS 65th Round

India, 2008 - 2009
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Usual principal status (B4_q8)

Data file: Block 4_Demographic and other particulars of household members

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 69
End: 70
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the usual principal activity status of the member?
Categories
Value Category
11 worked in household enterprise (self employed) as an own account worker
12 worked in household enterprise (self employed) as an employer
21 worked in household enterprise (self employed) as ‘helper’ (unpaid family worker)
31 worked as regular salaried/wage employee
41 worked as casual wage labour in public works
51 casual wage labour in other types of works
81 seeking work and available for work
91 attended educational institution
92 attended domestic duties only
93 attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods, tailoring, weaving, etc. for household use
94 recipients of rent, pension, remittance, etc.
95 not able to work due to disability
97 others (including begging, prostitution, etc.)
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
The usual principal activity status code of the member is to be recorded here. The codes are as follows:
worked in h.h. enterprise (self-employed):
own account worker -11 ,
employer -12,
worked as helper in h.h. enterprise (unpaid family worker) -21,
worked as regular salaried/ wage employee -31,
worked as casual wage labour:
in public works -41,
worked as casual wage labour:
in other types of work -51,
did not work but was seeking and/or available for work -81,
attended educational institution -91,
attended domestic duties only -92,
attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed, etc.), sewing, tailoring, weaving, etc. for household use -93,
rentiers, pensioners , remittance recipients, etc -94,
not able to work due to disability -95,
others (including begging, prostitution, etc.) -97.

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Definition
The usual activity status relates to the activity status of a person during the reference period of 365 days preceding the date of survey. The activity status on which a person spent relatively longer time (major time criterion) during the 365 days preceding the date of survey is considered the principal usual activity status of the person.
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