Household Consumer Expenditure, July 2000 - June 2001
NSS 56th Round

India, 2000 - 2001

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-56Rnd-Sch1-July2000-June2001

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Jan 17, 2018

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Social Group (B3_q6)

Data file: Blocks 1,3,10_Household characteristics and perception of household regarding sufficiency of food

Overview

Valid: 81462

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 71

End: 71

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which social group does the household belong to?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Scheduled Tribe	6991	8.6%
2	Scheduled Caste	11789	14.5%
3	Other Backward Class	26262	32.2%
9	Others	36420	44.7%

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

Whether or not the household belongs to scheduled tribe, scheduled caste or other backward class will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes which are:

scheduled tribe - 1, scheduled caste - 2, other backward class - 3, others - 9.

Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9 meant to cover all other categories. In case different members belong to different social groups, the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the 'social group' of the household.

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Household Consumer Expenditure, July 2000 - June 2001 NSS 56th Round