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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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Data file: Block 11pt2_Annual household expenditure on ceremonies

Overview

Valid: 2324
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 46
End: 46
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Which ceremony did the household perform during the last 365 days?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Not reported 562
24.2%
1 Birth 204
8.8%
2 Birthday 258
11.1%
3 Mundan / Head shaving 27
1.2%
4 Annaprasan / First rice taking 11
0.5%
5 Thread 8
0.3%
6 Marriage 187
8%
7 Marriage anniversary 12
0.5%
8 Death 151
6.5%
9 Others 904
38.9%
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.

Description

Definition
Ceremonies are performed to solemnise notable events of life e.g. birth, marriage etc. Members of a household may have to perform some religious rites consequent upon the death of a person. For various religious faiths, there are some days in a year which are observed with ceremonial performances like offering of puja, prayer, celebration of rituals etc. Such ceremonies may be performed by household members as required under the social/religious customs without incurring any expenditure for entertaining guests. On the other hand, it may happen that households have to spend some amount under different heads for the purpose of entertainment. Conventionally these expenditures are considered as an essential part of the ceremonies performed. The purpose of providing this block in this schedule is to estimate the amount of expenditure incurred by the household on these occasions under various broad groups of items e.g. food, fuel & light, clothing & footwear, misc. goods & services, durable goods etc. Hence only those ceremonies on which some amount of expenditure is involved should be listed in this block.
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