Employment and Unemployment Survey, July 1999 - June 2000
NSS 55th Round

India, 1999 - 2000

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-55Rnd-Sch10-and-10dot1-1999-2000

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Collections

Employment and Unemployment

Metadata

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Stayed away (B4_q12)

Data file: Block4-sch10-persons-demographic-migration-records

Overview

Valid: 586167

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 67

End: 67

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

If code 1 in col. 11 ask

Literal question

Whether during last 365 days stayed away from village/town for 60 days or more for employment or in search of employment

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	6222	1.1%
2	No	579902	98.9%
9	Invalid	43	0%

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

For each person who had stayed in the sample village/town for last 6 months or more (i.e. with code 1 in col. 11), it is to be ascertained whether during last 365 days preceding the date of survey, he/she stayed away from the village/town for 60 days or more either for the purpose of employment/better employment or in search of employment. Code 1 or 2 is to be assigned according to the reply being in the affirmative or otherwise. For filling in this column, the following points may be kept in mind:

Question post text

If code is not 1 in col. 11 skip to next

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Employment and Unemployment Survey, July 1999 - June 2000 NSS 55th Round