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

India, 1998

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Reference ID

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 lighting (B3_q12)

Data file: Blocks 1,3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 26879

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 89

End: 89

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

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Literal question

What is the primary source of energy that is being used by the household for lighting?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	kerosene	11127	41.4%
2	other oil	77	0.3%
3	gas	10	0%
4	candle	84	0.3%
5	electricity	15325	57%
6	no lighting arrangement	44	0.2%
9	others	212	0.8%

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