Household Consumer Expenditure, Jan - Dec 1997
NSS 53rd Round

India, 1997

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-53Rnd-Sch1.0-1997

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Purchase from ration shop (B3_q15)

Data file: Blocks 1,3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 51801

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 90

End: 90

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Does the household purchase things from ration shop?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Invalid	3	0%
1	Yes	20448	39.5%
2	No	31350	60.5%

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

Item : did the household purchase any cereal from ration/fair price shop during last 30 days ? : The answer against
this question will be recorded in codes. The codes are yes-1, no-2. Purchase of food grains by workers from shops run by their employer at concessional or subsidised rates (this is prevalent, for example, in tea garden areas) will come under the coverage of this item. If any such purchase has been made, code 1 will be recorded.

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Household Consumer Expenditure, Jan - Dec 1997 NSS 53rd Round