DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-70th-Sch18dot1-visit1-2013
Land and Livestock Holdings Survey Visit 1, January -July 2013
NSS 70th Round
LLHS 2013 : NSS 70th Round
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Socio-Economic/Household Survey
The first survey on land holdings was taken up by the NSS in its 8th round (July 1954 - April 1955) as part of the World Agricultural Census initiated by the Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. In this survey, information on agricultural holdings was collected primarily to meet the requirements of the FAO. In addition, information on household ownership holdings was collected to provide the policy framers with the much-needed data for formulating land reforms policy for the country. A similar survey was conducted again in the 16th (July 1960-August 1961) and 17th (September 1961-July 1962) rounds of the NSS as a part of the World Agricultural Census Programme of 1960. Since then, NSSO has been regularly conducting land holding surveys every ten years or so. The next survey on land holding of NSSO was conducted in 26th round (July 1971-June 1972), simultaneously with a survey on Debt and Investment at the instance of the Reserve Bank of India. Thereafter, surveys on land and livestock holdings were conducted in 37th round (January-December 1982), 48th round (January-December 1992) and 59th round (January-December 2003), respectively.
The present survey on land and livestock holdings in the NSS 70th round has been conducted during January to December 2013. Each sample FSU was visited twice during this round; period of the first visit was January – July 2013 i.e. of 7 months’ duration and that of the second visit was August – December 2013 i.e. of 5 months’ duration. Separate schedules were designed for visit-1 and visit-2, having more or less a common structure, avoiding repeated collection of a few items of information which are not likely to change. In visit-1, information pertaining to the period July - December 2012 was collected, whereas reference period for the information collected in visit-2 was January - June 2013.
Information on livestock, poultry, duckery, etc., owned by the household as on the date of survey was collected only once during visit-1. However, in visit-2, some general information of the household operational holdings for the whole agricultural year was additionally collected for the households who made agricultural use of at least one plot in both the reference periods.
The NSS 70th round survey on land and livestock holdings (LHS) was conducted in rural areas of the country. The main objective of the survey on Land and Livestock Holdings (LHS) is to generate basic quantitative information on the agrarian structure of the country, which is relevant to land policy. The quantitative information to be collected in the land and livestock holdings survey can be categorised into the three broad aspects of land ownership holdings, operational holdings and ownership of livestock. The survey on Land and Livestock Holding has been designed to collect information on (i) particulars of land (owned, leased-out, leased-in and otherwise possessed) of the household, (ii) location of land, (iii) area, (iv) duration of possession, (v) number of lessor/lessee households, (vi) terms of lease, (vii) land use during July 2012 to December 2012/January 2013 to June 2013/whole agricultural year (July 2012 to June 2013), (viii) whether irrigated, (ix) sources of irrigation, etc. Information on number of livestock, poultry, duckery, etc., owned by the household as on the date of survey will also be collected. Besides collection of information on land and livestock, information will be collected on some household characteristics such as (i) household classification, (ii) social group, (iii) religion, (iv) whether the household operated any land on Jhum cultivation during last 365 days, etc. Some information on demographic particulars from each of the household members will also be collected such as (i) sex, (ii) age, (iii) general education level, (iv) whether associated with the household operational holding, etc.
Using the information collected in this survey, different indicators of ownership holding, operational holding, pattern in land use, detailed types of crop production/animal farming activities of the households, seasonal variation in household operational holding, ownership of livestock, poultry, duckery, etc., can be generated for the rural areas of the country.
These statistical indicators are required for planning, policy formulation and decision making at various levels within the government and outside. The results of the survey will be of use to the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, National Accounts Division, etc. These will also be used by various users, researchers and policy makers.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Randomly selected households based on sampling procedure and members of the household
V1.0; Re-organised anonymised dataset for public distribution.
2015-01-12
The 70th round (January 2013 - December 2013) of NSS is earmarked for surveys on land and livestock holdings, debt and investment and situation assessment survey of agricultural households. The last survey on these subjects was conducted in 59th round of NSS (January 2003 - December 2003).
Geographical coverage: The survey covered the rural area of the whole of the Indian Union.
Population coverage: The following rules were adhered to:
Sample size
First stage Units: A total of 4529 villages were surveyed as First stage Units (FSUs) in NSS 70th round for the Central sample at all-India level. In addition to this, State samples are also surveyed by the State/UT Governments who participated in this survey. The results presented in this document are based on Central sample alone.
Second Stage Units: Since, this schedule was canvassed in the rural areas only, the first stage units (FSU) were the census villages (Panchayat wards in case of Kerala), and the Second Stage Units (SSU) were the households. For the purpose of selection in case of Sch.18.1, all households in a sample village were classified into four Second Stage Strata (SSS) based on area of land possessed viz. less than 0.005 hectare-1, equal to or more than 0.005 hectare but less than 1.000 hectare -2, equal to or more than 1.000 hectare but less than 2.000 hectares -3, equal to or more than 2.000 hectares -4. Thereafter, 8 households were surveyed from each sample village, taking 2 household from each SSS.
Each of the sample households were visited once in visit-1 and in visit-2. However, a few households of visit-1 became ‘casualty’ while surveying in visit-2. At all-India level, a total of 35604 households were surveyed in visit-1 and 35337 of them could be surveyed in visit-2.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Labor Markets | World Bank | http://www.surveynetwork.org/toolkit |
The survey covered the rural area of the whole of the Indian Union.
The survey used the interview method of data collection from a sample of randomly selected households and members of the household
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Sample Survey Office | M/o Statistcs and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI) |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Survey Design Reearch Division | National Sample Survey Office | Questionnaire Desgn, Sampling methodology,Survey Reports |
| Field Operations Division | National Sample Survey Office | Field Work |
| Data Processing Division | National Sample Survey Office | Data Processing |
| Computer Centre | M/o Statistcs and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI) | Data Dissemination |
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI | MOSPI |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Governing council and Working Group | GOI | Finalisation of survey study and Questionnaire |
A stratified multi-stage design has been adopted for the 70th round survey. The first stage units (FSU) are the census villages (Panchayat wards in case of Kerala) in the rural sector and Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks in the urban sector. The ultimate stage units (USU) are households in both the sectors. In case of large FSUs, one intermediate stage of sampling is the selection of two hamlet-groups (hgs)/ sub-blocks (sbs) from each rural/ urban FSU.
Sampling Frame for First Stage Units: For the rural sector, the list of 2001 census villages updated by excluding the villages urbanised and including the towns de-urbanised after 2001 census (henceforth the term 'village' would mean Panchayat wards for Kerala) constitutes the sampling frame. For the urban sector, the latest updated list of UFS blocks (2007-12) is considered as the sampling frame.
Stratification:
(a)Stratum has been formed at district level. Within each district of a State/ UT, generally speaking, two basic strata have been formed: i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising all the urban areas of the district. However, within the urban areas of a district, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2011 in a district, each of them formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.
(b)However, a special stratum in the rural sector only was formed at State/UT level before district- strata were formed in case of each of the following 20 States/UTs: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. This stratum will comprise all the villages of the State with population less than 50 as per census 2001.
(c)In case of rural sectors of Nagaland one special stratum has been formed within the State consisting of all the interior and inaccessible villages. Similarly, for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, one more special stratum has been formed within the UT consisting of all inaccessible villages. Thus for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, two special strata have been formed at the UT level:
(i)special stratum 1 comprising all the interior and inaccessible villages
(ii)special stratum 2 containing all the villages, other than those in special stratum 1, having population less than 50 as per census 2001.
Sub-stratification:
Rural sector: Different sub-stratifications are done for 'hilly' States and other States. Ten (10) States are considered as hilly States. They are: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
(a) sub-stratification for hilly States: If 'r' be the sample size allocated for a rural stratum, the number of sub-strata formed was 'r/2'. The villages within a district as per frame have been first arranged in ascending order of population. Then sub-strata 1 to 'r/2' have been demarcated in such a way that each sub-stratum comprised a group of villages of the arranged frame and have more or less equal population.
(b) sub-stratification for other States (non-hilly States except Kerala): The villages within a district as per frame were first arranged in ascending order of proportion of irrigated area in the cultivated area of the village. Then sub-strata 1 to 'r/2' have been demarcated in such a way that each sub-stratum comprised a group of villages of the arranged frame and have more or less equal cultivated area. The information on irrigated area and cultivated area was obtained from the village directory of census 2001.
(c) sub-stratification for Kerala: Although Kerala is a non-hilly State but because of non-availability of information on irrigation at FSU (Panchayat Ward) level, sub-stratification by proportion of irrigated area was not possible. Hence the procedure for sub-stratification was same as that of hilly States in case of Kerala.
Urban sector: There was no sub-stratification for the strata of million plus cities. For other strata, each district was divided into 2 sub-strata as follows:
sub-stratum 1: all towns of the district with population less than 50000 as per census 2011
sub-stratum 2: remaining non-million plus towns of the districtTotal sample size (FSUs): 8042 FSUs have been allocated for the central sample at all-India level. For the state sample, there are 8998 FSUs allocated for all-India.
Allocation of total sample to States and UTs: The total number of sample FSUs have been allocated to the States and UTs in proportion to population as per census 2011 subject to a minimum sample allocation to each State/ UT. While doing so, the resource availability in terms of number of field investigators as well as comparability with previous round of survey on the same subjects has been kept in view.
Allocation of State/ UT level sample to rural and urban sectors: State/ UT level sample size has been allocated between two sectors in proportion to population as per census 2011 with double weightage to urban sector subject to the restriction that urban sample size for bigger states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc. should not exceed the rural sample size. A minimum of 16 FSUs (minimum 8 each for rural and urban sector separately) is allocated to each state/ UT.
Allocation to strata: Within each sector of a State/ UT, the respective sample size has been allocated to the different strata in proportion to the population as per census 2011. Allocations at stratum level are adjusted to multiples of 2 with a minimum sample size of 2.
For special stratum formed in the rural areas of 20 States/UTs, 2 FSUs were allocated to each.
For special stratum 1 in the rural areas of Nagaland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 4 and 2 FSUs were allocated respectively.
Allocation to sub-strata:
Rural: Allocation is 2 for each sub-stratum in rural.
Urban: Stratum allocations have been distributed among the two sub-strata in proportion to the number of FSUs in the sub-strata. Minimum allocation for each sub-stratum is 2
There was no deviation from the original sample deviation.
No. of first stage units (f.s.u's) is 4469 and No. of Second stage units (s.s.u's) is 35604
For generating any estimate, one has to extract relevant portion of the data, and aggregate after applying the weights.
Weights (or multipliers) VARIABLES are given at the end of record of each dataset. The weights (multipliers) are WGT_SS for Sub-sample-wise estimation and WGT_Combined for combined subsample estimates.
All records of a household will have same weight figure. In case of those Blocks/Levels, where Item/Person Sl.No. is not applicable the field is filled up with 00000.
Use of subsample-wise weights (multipliers)
For generating subsample-wise estimates based on data of all subrounds taken together, either Subsample-1 households or Subsample-2 households are to be considered at one time. Subsample code is available in the dataset For generating subsample-combined estimates based on data of all subrounds taken together all households are to be considered.
Broad structure of the Schedule for collection of information in visit 1 and visit 2 are given below:
Block 0: descriptive identification of sample household
Block 1: identification of sample household
Block 2: particulars of field operation
Block 3: household characteristics (only in visit 1)
Block 4: demographic and other particulars of household members (only in visit 1)
Block 5: particulars of land of the household and its operation during July 2012 to December 2012/January 2013 to June 2013
Block 6: some general information of operational holdings for July 2012 to December 2012/January 2013 to June 2013
Block 7: livestock, poultry, duckery, etc., owned by the household as on the date of survey (only in visit 1)
Block 8: some general information of household operational holding for the whole agricultural year: July 2012- June 2013(only in visit 2)
Block 9: remarks by investigator
Block 10: Comments by supervisory officer(s)
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-01 | 2013-04-15 | subround-1, Visit-1 |
| 2013-04-16 | 2013-07-31 | subround-2, Visit-1 |
| 2013-08-01 | 2013-10-15 | subround-1, Visit-2 |
| 2013-10-16 | 2013-12-31 | subround-2, Visit-2 |
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Field Operations Division of Naional Sample Survey Office | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | NSSO(FOD) |
The 70th round (January 2013 - December 2013) of NSS is earmarked for surveys on land and livestock holdings, debt and investment and situation assessment survey of agricultural households. Each sample FSU is being visited twice during this round. Since the workload of the first visit (i.e. visit 1) is more, the first visit continues till the end of July 2013. Thus, period of the first visit is January - July 2013 and that of the second visit (i.e. visit 2) is August - December 2013.
The survey period of the round are divided into two sub-rounds. Sub-round one will consist of the first half of the survey period of each visit i.e. 1st Jan -15th April 2013 for visit 1 and 1st August - 15th October 2013 for visit 2 while sub-round two consists of the remaining period of the respective visits. Thus, each sub-round are three and a half months for visit 1 and two and a half months for visit 2.
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Centre | M/O Statistics and Programme Implementation | http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/site/home.aspx | nssodata@gmail.com |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | f.s.u serial numbers in records assigned false numbers to disable identity of units. |
Validated unit level data relating to various survey rounds are available on CD-ROMS which can be obtained from the Deputy Director General, Computer Centre, M/O Statistics and PI, East Block No. 10 R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 by remitting the price along with packaging and postal charges as well as giving an undertaking duly signed in a specified format.The amount is to be remitted by way of demand draft drawn in favour of Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, payable at New Delhi.
NSS 70th Round Sch. 18.1 provided by Data Processing Division(DPD), NSSO, Kolkata.
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
NSS 70th Round Sch. 18.1 provided by Data Processing Division(DPD), NSSO, Kolkata
| Name | Affiliation | URL |
|---|---|---|
| ADG, SDRD , NSSO | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, GOI | http://www.mospi.gov.in/ |
| DDG, Computer Centre | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | http://www.mospi.gov.in/ |
DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-70th-Sch18dot1-visit1-2013
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Centre | MOSPI, CC | M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation | Study Document |
2015-01-12
Version 1.0 (January, 2015)