Housing Condition Survey, July - December 2002
NSS 58th Round

India, 2002

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-58Rnd-Sch1dot2-2002

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Reason for movement (B3_q15)

Data file: Block3-records

Overview

Valid: 2442

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 97

End: 98

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: character

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If Q.12 =1 then Ask

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Reason for movement

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
00	NR	124	5.1%
01	In search of employment	497	20.4%
02	In search of better employment	233	9.5%
03	To take up employment/better employment	249	10.2%
04	Transfer of service/contract	230	9.4%
05	Proximity to place of work	90	3.7%
06	Studies	310	12.7%
07	Acquisition of house/flat	117	4.8%
08	Housing problems	241	9.9%
10	Social/political problems	78	3.2%
11	Health	21	0.9%
99	Others	252	10.3%

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 household reported as having moved, the reason for such movement will be ascertained and recorded in codes. While ascertaining the reason, it may be noted that though different members of the household may have different reasons to record, only that factor which is the basic reason for the decision to shift the household should be considered. This has to be ascertained through proper probing. The reasons for movement categorised with their corresponding codes

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Housing Condition Survey, July - December 2002 NSS 58th Round