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Employment and Unemployment, July 2011- June 2012
NSS 68th Round

India, 2011 - 2012
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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-68-10-2013
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Social group code (Social_Group)

Data file: Block_3_Household characteristics

Overview

Valid: 101722
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 55
End: 55
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Social group (code): Whether or not the household belongs to Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or Other Backward Classes indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes which are:

scheduled tribe ………... 1
scheduled caste ………. 2
other backward classes … 3
others …………………. 9
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 NR 0
0%
1 Scheduled tribe 13406
13.2%
2 Scheduled caste 15652
15.4%
3 Other backward class 39721
39%
9 Others 32943
32.4%
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 tribe, scheduled caste or other backward class will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes, which are:

scheduled tribe ………... 1
scheduled caste ………. 2
other backward classes … 3
others …………………. 9

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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