Household Consumer Expenditure, July 1993 - June 1994
NSS 50th Round

India, 1993 - 1994

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-50Rnd-Sch1.0-1993-94

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Data file: Blocks 1,2,3,10,11,12,13_Household characteristics

Overview

Valid: 115354

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 129

End: 129

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 cooking?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Invalid	53	0%
1	coke, coal	3397	2.9%
2	firewood and chips	69036	59.8%
3	gas (coal, oil or LPG)	17390	15.1%
4	gobar gas	428	0.4%
5	dung cake	8061	7%
6	charcoal	173	0.1%
7	kerosene	11323	9.8%
8	others	3090	2.7%
9	no cooking arrangement	2403	2.1%

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

Against these two items, the appropriate codes for the primary sourceof energy that is being use by the household for the purposes of cooking and lighting respectively will be recorded. If more than one type of energy is utilised, 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.

The sources of energy codes will be restricted to the following :

fuel
coke, coal ....................... 1 charcoal ............................ 6
firewood and chips ......... 2 kerosene ........................... 7
gas (coal), oil or L.P.G.).. 3 others ................................ 8
gobar gas ........................ 4 no cooking arrangement…. 9
dung cake ....................... 5

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Household Consumer Expenditure, July 1993 - June 1994 NSS 50th Round