IND-NSSO-47Rnd-Sch3.1-VF-1991
Village Facilities Survey ,July - December 1991, NSS 47th Round
NSS_VF 47-3.1 1991
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Living Standard Measurement-Village Facility Survey
The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been set up by the Government of India in 1950 to collect socio-economic data employing scientific sampling methods. The NSSO conducts regular surveys as part of its “rounds”, each round being normally of a year's duration and covering more than one subject of study. The surveys are conducted through household interviews, using a random sample of households covering practically the entire geographical area of the country.
The National Sample Survey (NSS) used to collect data on availability of various infrastructure facilities in the villages more or less regularly till the NSS 22nd round (July '67 to June '68). Again in 1991, a detailed survey on village facilities was conducted by the NSSO during its 47th round. The Governing Council of the NSSO decided to collect information on village facilities along with some information on availability of facilities for the disabled persons in the villages, as per recommendations of the Working Group for the 47th round.
The field operations of the 47th NSS round commenced on 1st July 1991 and continued up to 31 Dec 1991. The field work for the survey was conducted, as usual, by the Field Operations Division of the Organisation. The collected data were processed by the Data Processing Division of NSSO and tabulated by the Computer Centre of Department of Statistics.
Through this schedule, it is aimed to collect information relating to availability of some general facilities to the villagers like education, Facilities for cultural activities and health and Facilities for disabled persons. If a facility is available in general to the villagers, it is considered as a facility. The required information has been obtained by contacting the village officials and / or other knowledgeable person(s). In case they were not aware of the existence of a particular facility, the nearest Block Development Officer or other related Agencies were contacted for collection of the relevant information.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Randomly selected Villages based on sampling procedure
V 1.0: Re-organised anonymized dataset for public distribution
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A large section of India's population lives in rural areas. It was thus pertinent to know the quality of life of the people in the villages, which in turn largely depended on the facilities available to the villages.
Also, policy interventions aimed at improving the quality of life in the villages demanded information on the facilities available to the people of rural India.
Information on the availability of various infrastructural facilities in the villages used to be collected by the National Sample Survey, more or less regularly, till the NSS 22nd round. Thereafter such information was collected only in a few NSS rounds. During the NSS 47th round (July-December 1991), the main subject of which was ‘Disability and Culture’, a detailed survey on the facilities available to the villages was conducted.
The enquiry included the collection of information on availability of facilities to the disabled persons in the sample villages.
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education | World Bank |
| Health | World Bank |
| Infrastructure | World Bank |
| Social Development | World Bank |
Geographical coverage: The survey covered the whole of the Indian Union except (i) Leh and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir, (ii) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (iii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year.
The survey covered randomly selected Rural villages of the country.
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| FOD(NSSO) | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Government of India |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| SDRD | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Govt of India | Questonnaire design, sampling methodology and data analysis |
| Field Office Division | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Govt of India | data collection |
| Data Processing Division | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Govt of India | data processing |
| Governing council | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Govt of India | Formulation of Survey design |
| Computer Centre | Ministry of Statistics and PI, Govt of India | Data processing, Dissemination and Website hosting |
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Statiistics and PI | MOSPI, Government of India |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Governing Council | NSSO, Government of India | Formulation of Survey design |
No documentation available.
There was no deviation from the original sampling design
Multiplier has been posted for sub-sample and combined using the Directory data as per multiplier layout.WGT_Combined and WGT_Sub_Sample may be applied for estimation. However, it has been observed that estimate withthe WGT_Combined turns out to be 6295688 which seems to about 10 times more in comparision to Census 1991
ie 634,321. Therefore, Multiplier may be divided by 10 to get the correct figure.
Directory file and its layout are in the External Resources.
Schedule 3.1 consists of the following blocks:
Block 1: identification of sample village
Block 2: particulars of field operation
Block 3: distance from nearest facility
Block 4: remarks by investigator
Block 5: comments by supervisory officer(s)
Blocks 3 is the main block of this schedule and is meant for recording the information relating to distance of specified facilities from the centre of the sample village.
Blocks 1is meant for recording the identification particulars of the sample village. Block 2, 5 and 6 are used for official purposes to record the particulars relating to field operations, Remarks of the investigators and those of the supervisory officer(s) respectively.
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1991-07-01 | 1991-12-31 |
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Field Office Division (NSSO) | Minstry of Statistics and PI, Govt. of India | FOD (NSSO) |
Field Office Division of NSSO, Ministry of Statistics and PI.
The information on the facilities available to the villagers was collected from one or more knowledgeable persons of the village. In case there were more than one source, then the informant from whom the maximum information was collected was considered.
Data was collected as per the Questionnaire 3.1. But for processing purposes, a flat file was created using the identification particulars from Block 1 and Village facility information from Block 3. Data editing, scrutiny and validation were carried out as per the scrutiny checks and corrected manually.
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDG, Computer Centre | Ministry of Statistics and PI | www.mospi.gov.in | pc.mohanan@nic.in |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The NSSO data are strictly confidential and are to be used only for statistical purposes. |
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.
NSSO 47th Round Scgedule 3.1 Village Facility (1991)
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.
NSSO, Ministry of Statistics and PI
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDG (CC) | MOSPI | pc.mohanan@nic.in | www.mospi.gov.in |
| ADG,SDRD, NSSO | MOSPI | www.mospi.gov.in |
DDI-IND-NSS-47th-SCH-3.1-Village-Facilities-1991
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Centre | CC | MInistry of Statistics and PI (MOSPI) | Documentation of the study |
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