Household Consumer Expenditure, Jan - June 1998
NSS 54th Round

India, 1998

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-54Rnd-Sch1.0-1998

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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: 26890

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 87

End: 88

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	490	1.8%
02	firewood and chips	17392	64.7%
03	LPG	3345	12.4%
04	gobar gas	64	0.2%
05	dung cake	1995	7.4%
06	charcoal	23	0.1%
07	kerosene	2068	7.7%
08	electricity	64	0.2%
09	others	1131	4.2%
10	no cooking arrangement	318	1.2%

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.

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Household Consumer Expenditure, Jan - June 1998 NSS 54th Round