Village Facilities Survey , July 2002-December 2002
NSS 58th Round

India, 2002

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IND-NSSO-58Rnd-Sch3.1-VF-2002

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Sub-centre/Dispensary (Bl4_q16)

Data file: Village_facility

Overview

Valid: 4640

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 89

End: 89

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How far is facility from sub- centre / dispensary ?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	within village	1819	39.2%
2	outside village: less than 2 km	624	13.4%
3	2 to 5 km	1109	23.9%
4	5 to 10 km	635	13.7%
5	10 km or more	449	9.7%
9	NR	4	0.1%

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

distance should be coded as :
within village – 1; outside village: less than 2 km – 2, 2 to 5 km – 3,
5 to 10 km – 4, 10 km or more – 5

Description

Definition

Sub-centre/ Dispensary: A Sub-centre is the most peripheral contact point in the primary health care system. It covers around 5,000 persons in the plains and 3,000 in hilly/tribal areas. It is run by the Government and located in the rural area. It is manned by two multi-purpose health workers – one male and one female. A Sub-centre usually does not have facilities for treatment of the sick as in-patients. These centres are run by the Government. A Dispensary is the consulting place/ chamber which does not, generally, have facilities for treatment of the sick as in-patients.

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Distance from nearest facility ?

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Village Facilities Survey , July 2002-December 2002 NSS 58th Round