Household Consumer Expenditure, July 1993 - June 1994

NSS 50th Round

In this block cash purchase and consumption of food, pan, tobacco, intoxicants and fuel and light during the last 30 days were recorded.

Block 6 records the information of cash purchase and consumption of clothing during the last 30 and 365 days.

Further probing questions on the cash purchase and consumption of footwear during the last 30 and 365 days were made in this block.

Expenditure on educational and medical goods and services during the last 30 days and 365 days have been recorded in block 8.1.

Expenditure on the miscellaneous goods and services and rents & taxes during the last 30 days have been recorded in block 8.

This block contains information about expenditure on purchase and construction (including repair) of durable goods for domestic use.

In this block particulars of ceremonies performed and meals served by the household during the last 30 and 365 days have been recorded.

This file contains household gift records.

In this Block the detailed demographic particulars including age, sex, educational level, marital status, number of meals usually taken in a day etc. were recorded. Besides this information on consumption of tobacco was also recorded in this block.

Contains the summary of consumer expenditure during the last 30 days.

This data file contains records on household characteristics from various blocks. Blocks 0, 1 and 2 record identification of sample households and particulars of field operations. Household characteristics like, household size, principal industry-occupation, social group, land possessed and cultivated, use of hired labour, monthly per capita expenditure etc. have been recorded in block 3. Block 10 records the perception of household regarding sufficiency of food. Insurance particulars of the household during the last 365 days have been recorded in block 11. Particulars of dwelling unit have been recorded in block 12. Particulars of ceremonies performed and meals served by the household have been recorded in block 13.