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Urban Slums Survey, July 2012 - December 2012
NSS 69th Round

India, 2012
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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-69Rnd-Sch-0dot21-2012
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Distance from govt. hospital (b3_q20)

Data file: Block-3 - Characteristics of slum(s) lying wholly or partly within the sample

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Valid: 881
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 54
End: 54
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 less than 0.5 km 161
18.3%
2 0.5 to 1 km 238
27%
3 1 to 2 km 200
22.7%
4 2 to 5 km 215
24.4%
5 5 km or more 67
7.6%
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.

Description

Definition
The distance from the nearest government hospital/ health centre will be recorded respectively in code. Distance from the nearest facility will be considered if the facility is available to the slum dwellers. The distance will be considered from the centre of the slum. The codes to be used are:
less than 0.5 km …….1
0.5 to 1 km ………... 2
1 to 2 km ………….. 3
2 to 5 km ………….. 4
5 km or more ……… 5
If the facility is available within the slum, code 1 will be given.
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