Household Consumer Expenditure, July - Dec 1991
NSS 47th Round

India

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-47Rnd-Sch1.0-1991

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Source of energy for lighting (B3_q12)

Data file: Blocks 1,3,10_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 13647

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 79

End: 79

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the primary source of energy that is being used by the household for lighting?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	kerosene	6012	44.1%
2	other oil	49	0.4%
3	gas	5	0%
4	candle	9	0.1%
5	electricity	7348	53.8%
6	no lighting arrangement	45	0.3%
9	others	179	1.3%

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

Items : primary source of energy used for cooking and lighting : Against these two items, the code corresponding to the primary source of energy that is being used by the household for the purpose of cooking and for lighting, will have to be recorded. If more than one type of energy is utilized, the primary or principal one on the basis of its use will have to be identified and the corresponding code will be noted in the appropriate box.

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Household Consumer Expenditure, July - Dec 1991 NSS 47th Round