Household Consumer Expenditure, January-December, 1983
NSS 38th Round

India

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-38Rnd-Sch1.0-1983

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National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Type Code (B6_2_q3)

Data file: Block 6pt2 - Household expenditure on clothing

Overview

Valid: 607025

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 50

End: 50

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

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Literal question

Cloth Type Code

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	cotton/mill made	361331	59.5%
2	powerloom	46752	7.7%
3	handloom	60397	9.9%
4	khadi	5011	0.8%
5	wool	11297	1.9%
6	art silk,rayon or other synthetic textile	69308	11.4%
7	pure silk	880	0.1%
8	mixed-wool/ synthetic/ cotton/ silk	36020	5.9%
9	others	16029	2.6%

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.

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In this column, the type code will be entered for the item recorded in column (2). A 'type code' will specify the material e.g. cotton, wool, silk, etc., with which the item of clothing is made. If an item is made of cotton, a further distinction will be made as mill-made powerloom, handloom and khadi production. The type codes are

cotton
mill-made………………..1 art silk, rayon…………………6
powerloom……………….2 or other synthetic textile
handloom………………..3 pure silk………………………7
khadi…………………….4 mixed-wool/synthetic/………..8
wool……………………..5 cotton/silk
others…………………………9

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Household Consumer Expenditure, January-December, 1983 NSS 38th Round