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

India, 1993 - 1994

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

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National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Cloth Type Code (B6_q3)

Data file: Block 6 - Household expenditure on clothing

Overview

Valid: 978051

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 37

End: 37

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

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Literal question

Cloth Type Code

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not reported	88099	9%
1	Mill made	278411	28.5%
2	Powerloom	81875	8.4%
3	Handloom	61686	6.3%
4	Khadi	4093	0.4%
5	Wool	19195	2%
6	Art silk, Rayon or other synthetic textile	151145	15.5%
7	Pure silk	1544	0.2%
8	Mixed: wool/synthetic/ cootton/silk	94961	9.7%
9	Others	197042	20.1%

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

Type code : 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. of which the item of clothing is made. If an item is made of cotton, a further distinction will be made between mill-made, power-loom, hand-loom, and khadi production. The type codes are :

type of clothing code type of clothing code

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

It may be noted that if items of clothing of different' type's' are purchased and/or consumed it will be necessary to fill in one line for each item and 'type' combination.

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