Household Consumer Expenditure, July 1999 - June 2000
NSS 55th Round

India, 1999 - 2000

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-55Rnd-Sch1-July1999-June2000

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Collections

Household Consumption Expenditure

Metadata

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Jan 17, 2018

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Lighting code (B3_q18)

Data file: Blocks 1,3,12_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 119998

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 127

End: 127

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	kerosene	36975	30.8%
2	other oil	258	0.2%
3	gas	129	0.1%
4	candle	111	0.1%
5	electricity	81819	68.2%
6	others	185	0.2%
7	no lighting arrangement	521	0.4%

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

Against these two items, the code corresponding to the primary source of energy that is used by the household for cooking and lighting during last 30 days preceding the date of survey, will be recorded. If more than one type of energy is utilised, 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, July 1999 - June 2000 NSS 55th Round