Household Consumer Expenditure,July 1994 - June 1995
NSS 51st Round

India, 1994 - 1995

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-51Rnd-Sch1.0-1994

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National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Source of energy for cooking (B3_q11)

Data file: Blocks 1,3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 53145

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 86

End: 87

Width: 2

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
01	coke, coal	1424	2.7%
02	firewood and chips	32254	60.7%
03	LPG	7232	13.6%
04	gobar gas	202	0.4%
05	dung cake	3348	6.3%
06	charcoal	66	0.1%
07	kerosene	5635	10.6%
08	electricity	127	0.2%
09	others	1862	3.5%
10	no cooking arrangement	995	1.9%

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. The codes to be used are :

cooking lighting

description code description code

coke, coal ............... 01 kerosene ................ 1
firewood and chips ....... 02 other oil ............... 2
LPG ...................... 03 gas ..................... 3
gobar gas ................ 04 candle .................. 4
dung cake ................ 05 electricity ............. 5
charcoal ................. 06 no lighting arrangement ... 6
kerosene ................. 07 others .................... 9
electricity .............. 08
others ................... 09
no cooking arrangement ... 10

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Household Consumer Expenditure,July 1994 - June 1995 NSS 51st Round