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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National Sample Survey Office

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Employment and Unemployment

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Wage and salary earnings (received or receivable) for the work done during the week (Rs) (Wage_and_Salary_Earnings_Cash)

Data file: Block_5_3_Time disposition during the week ended on ..............

Overview

Valid: 75241

Invalid: 419775

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 703000

Mean: 2031.762

Standard deviation: 3578.077

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 69

End: 76

Width: 8

Range: 0 - 68500

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Current day activity particulars

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for codes 31, 41, 42, 51, 71, 72 in col.4 ( i.e status code)

Literal question

Wage and salary earnings (received or receivable) for the work done during the week (Rs) ( Cash)

Interviewer instructions

The wage and salary earnings (not total earnings) receivable for the wage/ salaried work done during the reference week, separately for each of the relevant activities pursued by each person, will be recorded in these columns. The wage and salary earnings are collected for regular wage/salaried employees and casual wage labours, the relevant status codes for which wages & salary are to be recorded are 31, 41, 42, 51, 71 and 72. The wages and salaries receivable for the work done during the reference week may be already received or may still be due to be received in cash or in kind or partly in cash and partly in kind. The total wage or salary receivable for the week in cash will be recorded in column 15 and the value of salary or wages in kind (evaluated at the current retail price) receivable for the week will be recorded in column 16. The total of columns 15 and 16 will be entered in column 17. The entries for all these columns will be made in whole number in rupees. For recording the wages or salaries, amount receivable as 'overtime' for the additional work done even from the same economic activity beyond normal working time will be excluded. Bonus (expected or paid) and perquisites evaluated at retail prices duly apportioned for the reference week will be considered as wages and included for making entries in these columns. For the activity statuses '71' and '72', the amount receivable for the week will be worked out on the basis of the number of days reported under the activity during the week.

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Wage and salary earnings (received or receivable) for the work done during the week (Rs): The wage and salary earnings (not total earnings) receivable for the wage/ salaried work done during the reference week, separately for each of the relevant activities pursued by each person

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