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Participation in Education, July 1995 - July 1996
NSS 52nd Round

India, 1995 - 1996
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IND-MOSPI-NSSO-NSS-52-25.2-1995-V2.
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Distance to nearest primary school (DIST_PRIMARY_SCHOOL)

Data file: BLOCK 1 & 2 Identification & household particulars

Overview

Valid: 72883
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 55
End: 55
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Distance to nearest primary school
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 242
0.3%
1 < 1 km 61123
83.9%
2 1 - 2 kms 8471
11.6%
3 2 - 5 kms 2398
3.3%
4 3.5 kms and above 649
0.9%
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
To find the availability of a primary school within a reasonable distance from the household, the convenient distance to the nearest such school from the hh is to be ascertained. The distance to be covered by the usual way of transport in the normal course. The following codes are to be used for recording the distance :

less than 1 kilometer - 1
1 to less than 2 kilometer - 2
2 to less than 5 kilometer - 3
5 kilometers and above - 4

Description

Definition
distance from the primary school
Universe
a block of variables on education related to the population aged 5 to 24 year
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