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      <titl>Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 63rd Round : July 2006 - June 2007</titl>
      <subTitl>NSS 63rd Round</subTitl>
      <altTitl>HCES 2006-07 : NSS 63rd Round</altTitl>
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      <serInfo><![CDATA[The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has been set up by the Government of India in 1950 to collect socio-economic data employing scientific sampling methods. The NSSO conducts regular consumer expenditure surveys as part of its &quot;rounds&quot;, each round being normally of a year&#039;s duration and covering more than one subject of study. The surveys are conducted through household interviews, using a random sample of households covering practically the entire geographical area of the country. Surveys on consumer expenditure are being conducted quinquennially on a large sample of households from the 27th round (October 1972 - September 1973) onwards. Apart from these quinquennial surveys, the NSSO collected information on consumer expenditure from a smaller sample of households since 42nd round (July 1986 - June 1987). Nowadays every round of NSS includes a consumer expenditure survey (CES), giving rise to an annual series of consumption data. The 63rd round survey is the eighteenth in the annual series of surveys of household consumer expenditure. It was conducted during July 2006 to June 2007. Household consumer expenditure is measured as the expenditure incurred by a household on domestic account during a specified period, called reference period. It includes the imputed values of goods and services, which are not purchased but procured otherwise for consumption. In other words, it is the sum total of monetary values of all the items (i.e. goods and services) consumed by the household on domestic account during the reference period. The imputed rent of owner-occupied houses is excluded from consumption expenditure. Any expenditure incurred towards the productive enterprises of the households is also excluded from household consumer expenditure.  

The word &quot;consumption&quot; is used in different senses. The main reason for this is that some items can be used only once while others can be used repeatedly. A household consumer expenditure survey, therefore, needs to assign different meanings to consumption for different items. The NSS traditionally uses three different definitions or approaches to consumption of different items: Consumption approach, Expenditure approach and  First-use approach. Items of consumption have been classified into four groups. The Consumption approach is used for Group I, the First-use approach for Group II and the Expenditure approach for Groups III and IV. The four groups of items are:

Group I: Items of food other than &#039;cooked meals*&#039;, pan, tobacco and intoxicants and fuel and light: Consumption is the actual consumption during the reference period. Both quantity and value of such consumption are collected.

Group II: Items of clothing and footwear: An item is consumed if it is brought into first use during the reference period. The item may or may not be procured within the reference period. It can be procured through purchase or home production, or as gift or charity. Both quantity and value are collected.

Group III: Durable goods: Any expenditure incurred on an item for purchase or towards cost of raw materials and services for its construction and repair during the reference period is treated as consumption of the item. 

Group IV: Cooked meals; Miscellaneous goods and services including education, medical, rent, taxes and cesses: Any expenditure incurred on the item during the reference period is treated as consumption of the item. Consumption is recorded in value terms only.

The household consumer expenditure schedule used for the survey collected information on quantity and value of household consumption with a reference period of &quot;last 30 days&quot; for some items of consumption and &quot;last 365 days&quot; for some less frequently purchased items. To minimise recall errors, a very detailed item classification was, as usual, adopted to collect information, including 148 items of food, 13 items of fuel, 28 items of clothing, bedding and footwear, 18 items of educational and medical expenses, 52 items of durable goods, and about 85 other items. The schedule also collected some other household particulars including age, sex and educational level of each household member.

The field work for the survey was conducted, as usual, by the Field Operations Division of the Organisation. The collected data were processed by the Data Processing Division of NSSO and tabulated by the Computer Centre of Department of Statistics. The reports have been prepared by Survey Design &amp; Research Division (SDRD) of NSSO under the guidance of the Governing Council, NSSO.]]></serInfo>
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    <abstract><![CDATA[The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)  conducts regular consumer expenditure surveys as part of its &quot;rounds&quot;, each round being normally of a year&#039;s duration and covering more than one subject of study. The surveys are conducted through household interviews, using a random sample of households covering practically the entire geographical area of the country. Surveys on consumer expenditure are being conducted quinquennially on a large sample of households from the 27th round (October 1972 - September 1973) onwards. Apart from these quinquennial surveys, the NSSO collected information on consumer expenditure from a smaller sample of households since 42nd round (July 1986 - June 1987). Nowadays every round of NSS includes a consumer expenditure survey (CES), giving rise to an annual series of consumption data. The 63rd round survey is the eighteenth in the annual series of surveys of household consumer expenditure. It was conducted during July 2006 to June 2007. Household consumer expenditure is measured as the expenditure incurred by a household on domestic account during a specified period, called reference period. It includes the imputed values of goods and services, which are not purchased but procured otherwise for consumption. In other words, it is the sum total of monetary values of all the items (i.e. goods and services) consumed by the household on domestic account during the reference period. The imputed rent of owner-occupied houses is excluded from consumption expenditure. Any expenditure incurred towards the productive enterprises of the households is also excluded from household consumer expenditure. The schedule also collected some other household particulars including age, sex and educational level etc. of each household member.]]></abstract>
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      <geogCover>The survey covered the whole of the Indian Union except (i) Leh (Ladakh) and Kargil districts of Jammu &amp; Kashmir (central sample), (ii) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (iii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year.</geogCover>
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    <notes><![CDATA[The NSSO surveys on consumer expenditure aim to measure the household consumer expenditure in quantitative terms disaggregated by various household characteristics. 

The data for this survey is collected in the NSS Schedule 1.0 used for household consumer expenditure.  For this round, the schedule had 11 blocks.

Blocks 0, 1 and 2 - are similar to the ones used in usual NSS rounds. These are used to record identification of sample households and particulars of field operations.

Block-3: Household characteristics like, household size, principal industry-occupation, social group, land possessed and cultivated, type of dwelling  etc. are recorded in this block.

Block-4: In this Block the detailed demographic particulars including age, sex, educational level, marital status, number of meals usually taken in a day etc. are recorded. 

Block-5: In this block cash purchase and consumption of food, pan, tobacco and intoxicants during the last 30 days are recorded. 

Block-6: In this block consumption of fuel &amp; light during the last 30 days is recorded.

Block-7: Consumption of clothing, bedding, etc. during the last 365 days is recorded in this block.

Block-8 : Consumption of footwear during the last 365 days  is recorded in this block.

Block-9 : Expenditure on education and medical (institutional) goods and services during the last 365 days is recorded in Block 9.

Block-10 : Expenditure on miscellaneous goods and services including medical (non-institutional), rents and taxes during the last 30 days has been recorded in this block.

Block-11 : Expenditure for purchase and construction (including repair and maintenance) of durable goods for domestic use during the last 365 days has been recorded in this block.]]></notes>
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      <sampProc><![CDATA[Sample Design
A stratified multi-stage design has been adopted for the 63rd round survey. The first stage units (FSU) will be the 2001 census villages (Panchayat wards in case of Kerala) in the rural sector and Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks in the urban sector. In addition, for the newly declared towns and out growths (OGs) in census 2001 for which UFS has not yet been done, a separate list has been prepared and these list has been used as a frame for such towns and OGs in urban sector. For these towns and OGs the whole town/ OG will be considered as FSU. The ultimate stage units (USU) will be households/ service sector enterprises, in both the sectors. In the case of large villages/ towns/ blocks requiring hamlet-group (hg)/ sub-block (sb) formation, one intermediate stage will be the selection of hgs/ sbs from each FSU.

Sampling frame: 
The list of villages as per census 2001 has been used as frame for the rural sector.
In the urban sector, three kinds of frames have been used:
(a)For the 27 towns with population 10 lakhs or more (as per Census 2001), EC-98 has been used as frame.
(b)For other UFS towns, the latest available list of UFS blocks has been used as frame.
(c)For non-UFS towns list of such towns/ OGs has been used as frame.

Stratification: 
Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and 
(ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum. There are 27 towns with population 10 lakhs or more at all-India level as per census 2001.

Formation of Second Stage Strata and allocation of households for schedule 1.0:
For rural sector in each selected village/ segments, three second stage strata (SSS) namely SSS 1, SSS 2 &amp; SSS 3 are formed. Households with any member who worked for at least one day in any public works scheme of Govt. during last 365 days constitute SSS 1. Out of the remaining households SSS 2 and SSS 3 are formed on the basis of land possessed by household.

A cut-off point &#039;X&#039; (in hectares) is determined at State/UT level from NSS 59th round data in such a way that top 20% of the rural households possessed land equal to or more than X. Out of the remaining (other than SSS 1) households all the listed households possessing land less than X will be in SSS 2 and the rest of the households will be in SSS 3.

For urban sector in each selected block/ segments, two second stage strata (SSS) namely SSS 2 &amp; SSS 3 (there is no SSS 1 for urban sector) are formed on the basis of household MPCE.

In the urban sector, a cut-off point &#039;A&#039; (in Rs.) is determined at NSS state-region level from NSS 61st round data in such a way that top 20% of the households had MPCE equal to or more than &#039;A&#039;. All the listed households with MPCE less than &#039;A&#039; will be in SSS 2 while the rest of the households will be in SSS 3.

From each SSS, the sample households were selected by SRSWOR.]]></sampProc>
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      <deviat>There was no deviation from the original sampling design.</deviat>
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      <resInstru><![CDATA[Summary description of the schedule 1.0 on consumer expenditure is given below. 

Blocks 0, 1 and 2 - are similar to the ones used in usual NSS rounds. These are used to record identification of sample households and particulars of field operations.

Block-3: Household characteristics like, household size, principal industry-occupation, social group, land possessed and cultivated, type of dwelling  etc. are recorded in this block.

Block-4: In this Block the detailed demographic particulars including age, sex, educational level, marital status, number of meals usually taken in a day etc. are recorded. 

Block-5: In this block cash purchase and consumption of food, pan, tobacco and intoxicants during the last 30 days are recorded. 

Block-6: In this block consumption of fuel &amp; light during the last 30 days is recorded.

Block-7: Consumption of clothing, bedding, etc. during the last 365 days is recorded in this block.

Block-8 : Consumption of footwear during the last 365 days  is recorded in this block.

Block-9 : Expenditure on education and medical (institutional) goods and services during the last 365 days is recorded in Block 9.

Block-10 : Expenditure on miscellaneous goods and services including medical (non-institutional), rents and taxes during the last 30 days has been recorded in this block.

Block-11 : Expenditure for purchase and construction (including repair and maintenance) of durable goods for domestic use during the last 365 days has been recorded in this block.]]></resInstru>
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1.  Weight   for each sub sample is stored in the variable name   : Wgt_SubSample
2. Combined subsample  weight   is stored in  the variable name : Wgt_Combined]]></weight>
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      <conditions><![CDATA[Validated unit level data relating to various survey rounds are available on CD-ROMS which can be obtained from the Deputy Director General, Computer Centre, M/O Statistics and PI, East Block No. 10 R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 by remitting the price along with packaging and postal charges as well as giving an undertaking duly signed in a specified format.The amount is to be remitted by way of demand draft drawn in favour of Pay &amp; Accounts Officer, Ministry of Statistics &amp; Programme Implementation, payable at New Delhi.]]></conditions>
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  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS round number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V5" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Schedule Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS schedule number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V6" name="Sample" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V7" name="Sector" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Sector : A word used for the rural-urban demarcation.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V8" name="St_Region" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>State-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Regions are hierarchical domains of study below the level of State/ Union Territory in the NSS.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V9" name="State" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived from the variable "State - Region" to enable the users to easily access state wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V10" name="District" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>District</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V11" name="St_District" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "State" and "District" to enable the users to easily access district wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V12" name="Stratum" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Stratum Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V13" name="SubStratum" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V14" name="SubRound" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The survey period of one year of this round  was divided  into  four sub-rounds of three months duration. Equal number of sample villages and blocks were  allotted for survey in each of these four sub-rounds.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V15" name="SubSample" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>An important feature of the NSS sampling design is that  the total sample of first stage units is drawn in the form of two  or more independent and parallel samples, termed as interpenetrating sub-samples. Each sub- sample is  drawn by the same 
sampling scheme and is capable of providing valid estimates of the population parameters. The comparison of sub-sample wise estimates shows  the margin of uncertainty associated with the combined sample estimate. 
 
Interpenetrating sub-samples have been used in NSS (i) to obtain valid estimates from each sub-round (season) of the survey  round, and (ii) to ensure that Central and State samples for any State/ UT cover independent and equally valid samples of units. 

The samples surveyed by the NSSO staff are termed as Central sample and the matched samples surveyed by State Government staff are termed as State sample.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V16" name="FODSubRegion" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>FOD Sub-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V17" name="SegmentNo" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Segment Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V18" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Second Stage Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V19" name="Hhold_no" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample Household Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V20" name="Lvl" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Level</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V21" name="B3_q1" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Household Size</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many members are there in the household?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">38.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.580536333537322</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.440559037511813</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>19</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>23</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>26</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>27</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>29</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>32</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>33</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>34</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>37</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>38</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V22" name="B3_q2" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>NIC Code(5-digit)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Which industry are you working in?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V23" name="B3_q3" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>NCO Code(3-digit)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Which occupation are you in?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V24" name="B3_q4" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Household type</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Household type</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V25" name="HH_Type" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Household type with sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Household type with sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "sector" and "household type" to enable the users to easily access information on "sector wise household type".</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V26" name="B3_q5" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Religion</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What is your religion?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V27" name="B3_q6" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Social Group</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Which social group do you belong to?
Do you come under scheduled caste or  scheduled tribe or others category?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V28" name="B3_q7" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Land possessed code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much land do you own?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V29" name="B3_q8" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Dwelling unit code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Do you own the dwelling unit? Or is it hired or otherwise occupied?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>This item refers only to the dwelling unit or the actual residence of the sample household.  The dwelling unit may be an entire structure or may be only a part of a structure.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V30" name="B3_q9" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Type of dwelling code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What is the type of dwelling of the household? Is it an independent house or a flat or any other type of dwelling?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V31" name="B3_q10" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Type of structure</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What is the type of structure of the dwelling?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V32" name="B3_q11" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Covered area (sq. m)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the covered area of the dwelling?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63635</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">94</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11392.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">53.00078573112281</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">85.58069274080346</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V33" name="B3_q12" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Cooking code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What is the primary source of energy that is being used by the household for cooking?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V34" name="B3_q13" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Lighting code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What is the primary source of energy that is being used by the household for lighting?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V35" name="B3_q14" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Monthly per capita expenditure</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">21.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">92486.26</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1311.665108977075</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1313.9506994767366</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V36" name="B3_q15" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Performance of any ceremony last month</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Did the household perform any ceremony?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Ceremonies are frequently performed to solemnize some events of life such as birth, marriage, etc. There are also rites consequent upon the death of a person.  Such ceremonies may be performed by household members as required under the social/religious customs without incurring expenditure for entertaining guests.  On the other hand, some households may spend a considerable amount of money for entertaining guests with meals during these occasions. Only the latter type of ceremony, in other words, only those ceremonies on which guests are entertained with meals (not just snacks) will be considered for the purposes of item 15 as ceremonies performed. Even an occasion which is not a traditional occasion for celebration or social gathering will be considered a ceremony if meals are served to a large number of guests by the household.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V37" name="B3_q16" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>No. of meals served to non-hhold members last month</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many meals were served to non household members by the household during the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">12450</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">51279</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">512.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.4624899598393575</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">7.600659202184577</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>19</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>23</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>26</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>27</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>28</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>29</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>32</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>34</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>35</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>36</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>37</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>38</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>40</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>41</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>42</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>44</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>45</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>50</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>51</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>54</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>55</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>56</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>58</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>76</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>80</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>100</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>120</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>200</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>250</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>331</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>512</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V38" name="B3_q17" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Purchase any cereal from ration/ fair price shop last month</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Did you purchase any cereal from ration or fair price shop last month?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V39" name="NSS" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSS</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V40" name="NSC" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSC</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V41" name="MLT" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.43</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">6842.353467495175</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">19236.465736483995</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V42" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0043</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">68.42353467495175</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">192.36465736483996</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:
Wgt_SubSample = MLT/100</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V43" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.00215</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">34.31900272011172</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">96.43853067372794</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample combined estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:

Wgt_Combined = MLT/100, if NSS=NSC,

otherwise

Wgt_Combined = MLT/200</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V44" name="Person_key" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Primary key - unique identifier for a member in the household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived for uniquely identifying  a person within a household by combining HHID (key to identify a household) and serial number of members.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V45" name="HHID" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived for identifying  a  household by combining serial no. of village / block, segment number, second stage stratum and sample household number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V46" name="CentreCodeRoundShift" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Centre code,Round,Shift</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Centre code,Round,Shift</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V47" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>LOT/FSU number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>LOT/FSU number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The first-stage units are census villages in  the rural sector and the NSSO urban frame survey (UFS) blocks in  the urban  sector. This variable indicates the serial number assigned to such units.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V48" name="Round" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS round number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V49" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Schedule Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS schedule number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V50" name="Sample" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V51" name="Sector" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Sector : A word used for the rural-urban demarcation.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V52" name="St_Region" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>State-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Regions are hierarchical domains of study below the level of State/ Union Territory in the NSS.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V53" name="State" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived from the variable "State - Region" to enable the users to easily access state wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V54" name="District" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>District</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V55" name="St_District" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "State" and "District" to enable the users to easily access district wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V56" name="Stratum" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Stratum Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V57" name="SubStratum" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V58" name="SubRound" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The survey period of one year of this round  was divided  into  four sub-rounds of three months duration. Equal number of sample villages and blocks were  allotted for survey in each of these four sub-rounds.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V59" name="SubSample" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>An important feature of the NSS sampling design is that  the total sample of first stage units is drawn in the form of two  or more independent and parallel samples, termed as interpenetrating sub-samples. Each sub- sample is  drawn by the same 
sampling scheme and is capable of providing valid estimates of the population parameters. The comparison of sub-sample wise estimates shows  the margin of uncertainty associated with the combined sample estimate. 
 
Interpenetrating sub-samples have been used in NSS (i) to obtain valid estimates from each sub-round (season) of the survey  round, and (ii) to ensure that Central and State samples for any State/ UT cover independent and equally valid samples of units. 

The samples surveyed by the NSSO staff are termed as Central sample and the matched samples surveyed by State Government staff are termed as State sample.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V60" name="FODSubRegion" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>FOD Sub-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V61" name="SegmentNo" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Segment Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V62" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Second Stage Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V63" name="Hhold_no" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample Household Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V64" name="Lvl" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Level</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V65" name="B4_q1" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Serial No. of members</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Serial No. of members</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V66" name="B4_q3" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Relation to Head Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What is your relation to head of the household?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V67" name="B4_q4" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sex Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sex of the member</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V68" name="B4_q5" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Age</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Age of the member</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">110.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">28.433694285626196</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">19.09556906005905</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V69" name="B4_q6" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Marital Status Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Marital status of the member</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V70" name="B4_q7" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>General Education Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Education of the member</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V71" name="B4_q8" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>No. of days stayed away</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many days a member has stayed away from the household?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">79732</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">212181</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1.6147970701851202</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.355066415615747</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>19</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>23</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>26</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>27</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>28</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>29</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V72" name="B4_q9" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>No. of Meals per day</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many meals do you usually take in a day?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291650</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">263</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">3.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.4363483627635865</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.5648580336865797</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V73" name="B4_q10" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Meals (School)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>If  you or any member of the household  take meals free of cost from school, balwadi etc, then how many such meals are taken in a day?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">53972</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">237941</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">90.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.872155932705848</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">9.244213490315357</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>19</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>23</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>26</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>27</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>28</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>32</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>34</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>35</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>40</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>44</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>45</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>50</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>52</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>54</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>56</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>58</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>59</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>69</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>75</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>79</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>86</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>88</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>90</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V74" name="B4_q11" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Meals (Employer)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>If you or any member of the household  take meals free of cost from employer, then how many such meals do you take in a day?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">44106</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">247807</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">90.0</sumStat>
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  <sumStat type="stdev">6.567373678250805</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
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  <catgry>
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    <catStat type="min"/>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>19</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>23</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>26</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>27</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>28</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>29</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>32</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>33</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>34</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>35</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>36</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>39</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>40</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>42</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>44</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>45</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>46</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>48</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>50</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>52</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>53</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>54</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>56</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>58</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>62</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>63</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>66</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>69</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>70</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>73</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>75</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>77</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>78</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>80</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>81</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>82</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>83</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>84</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>85</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>86</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>87</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>90</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
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  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Meals (Others)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>If you or any member of the household take meals free of cost from others, then how many such meals do you take in a day?</qstnLit>
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  <sumStat type="invd">227508</sumStat>
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  <sumStat type="max">90.0</sumStat>
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  <sumStat type="stdev">10.84290000620534</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>19</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>23</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>26</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>27</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>28</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>29</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>31</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>32</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>33</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>34</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>35</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>36</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>37</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>38</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>39</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>40</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>41</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>42</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>43</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>44</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>45</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>46</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>48</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>49</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>50</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>51</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>52</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>54</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>55</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>56</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>58</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>61</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>62</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>63</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>64</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>66</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>69</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>70</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>72</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>75</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>76</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>77</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>78</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>80</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>81</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>84</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>85</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>87</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>90</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V76" name="B4_q13" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Meals (Payment)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>If you or any member of the household take meals away from home on payment, then how many such meals do you take?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">52271</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">239642</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">90.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3.281284077212986</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">11.60554191008911</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>19</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>23</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>26</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>27</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>28</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>29</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>32</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>33</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>34</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>35</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>36</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>37</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>38</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>39</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>40</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>41</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>42</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>43</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>44</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>45</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>46</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>48</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>50</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>51</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>52</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>54</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>55</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>56</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>57</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>58</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>59</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>62</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>63</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>65</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>66</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>67</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>68</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>69</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>70</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>71</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>72</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>74</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>75</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>76</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>77</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>78</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>80</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>81</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>82</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>84</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>85</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>86</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>87</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>88</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>90</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V77" name="B4_q14" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Meals (At Home)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many meals are taken at home in a day?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">290193</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">1720</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">90.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">70.71688841564062</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">17.654078500734062</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>19</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>23</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>26</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>27</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>28</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>29</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>31</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>32</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>33</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>34</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>35</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>36</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>37</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>38</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>39</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>40</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>41</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>42</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>43</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>44</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>45</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>46</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>47</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>48</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>49</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>50</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>51</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>52</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>53</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>54</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>55</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>56</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>57</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>58</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>59</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>61</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>62</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>63</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>64</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>65</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>66</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>67</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>68</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>69</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>70</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>71</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>72</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>73</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>74</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>75</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>76</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>77</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>78</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>79</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>80</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>81</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>82</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>83</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>84</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>85</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>86</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>87</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>88</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>89</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>90</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V78" name="B4_q15" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Got work in Public works</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Did any member get work in public works?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V79" name="B4_q16" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>No.of days got work</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many days did the member get work?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">7979</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">283934</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">365.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">17.52838701591678</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">24.43686725761586</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V80" name="B4_q17" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Total wages- Cash</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much wage was given to the member in cash?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">7868</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">284045</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">211050.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1064.0232587697</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2781.6516683272716</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V81" name="B4_q18" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Total wages- Kind</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much wage was given to the member in kind?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1975</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">289938</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">6300.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">427.8313924050633</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">550.1626124415454</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V82" name="B4_q19" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Total wages- Total</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Total wages</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">7979</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">283934</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">211050.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1155.1199398420854</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2790.133947546569</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V83" name="B4_q20" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Complaint to authority</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Did any member do complaint to authority?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V84" name="B4_q21" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Whether received compensation?</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether members received compensation after complaint?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V85" name="B4_q22" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Amount of compensation</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much was the amount of compensation?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">5</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">291908</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.0</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V86" name="NSS" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSS</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V87" name="NSC" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSC</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V88" name="MLT" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.43</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">7012.255692175409</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">19641.38249951977</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V89" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0043</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">70.1225569217541</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">196.4138249951977</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:
Wgt_SubSample = MLT/100</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V90" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">291913</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.00215</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">35.173293738887956</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">98.48277719890652</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample combined estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:

Wgt_Combined = MLT/100, if NSS=NSC,

otherwise

Wgt_Combined = MLT/200</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V91" name="HHID" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived for identifying  a  household by combining serial no. of village / block, segment number, second stage stratum and sample household number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V92" name="CentreCodeRoundShift" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Centre code,Round,Shift</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Centre code,Round,Shift</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V93" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>LOT/FSU number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>LOT/FSU number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The first-stage units are census villages in  the rural sector and the NSSO urban frame survey (UFS) blocks in  the urban  sector. This variable indicates the serial number assigned to such units.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V94" name="Round" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS round number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V95" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Schedule Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS schedule number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V96" name="Sample" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V97" name="Sector" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Sector : A word used for the rural-urban demarcation.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V98" name="St_Region" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>State-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Regions are hierarchical domains of study below the level of State/ Union Territory in the NSS.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V99" name="State" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived from the variable "State - Region" to enable the users to easily access state wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V100" name="District" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>District</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V101" name="St_District" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "State" and "District" to enable the users to easily access district wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V102" name="Stratum" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Stratum Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V103" name="SubStratum" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V104" name="SubRound" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The survey period of one year of this round  was divided  into  four sub-rounds of three months duration. Equal number of sample villages and blocks were  allotted for survey in each of these four sub-rounds.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V105" name="SubSample" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>An important feature of the NSS sampling design is that  the total sample of first stage units is drawn in the form of two  or more independent and parallel samples, termed as interpenetrating sub-samples. Each sub- sample is  drawn by the same 
sampling scheme and is capable of providing valid estimates of the population parameters. The comparison of sub-sample wise estimates shows  the margin of uncertainty associated with the combined sample estimate. 
 
Interpenetrating sub-samples have been used in NSS (i) to obtain valid estimates from each sub-round (season) of the survey  round, and (ii) to ensure that Central and State samples for any State/ UT cover independent and equally valid samples of units. 

The samples surveyed by the NSSO staff are termed as Central sample and the matched samples surveyed by State Government staff are termed as State sample.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V106" name="FODSubRegion" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>FOD Sub-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V107" name="SegmentNo" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Segment Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V108" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Second Stage Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V109" name="Hhold_no" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample Household Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V110" name="Lvl" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Level</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V111" name="B5_q1" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Block 5 Item Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Block 5 Item Code</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V112" name="B5_q3" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Quantity</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">2728842</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">381879</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.001</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">35000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">76.77945818922095</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">258.1283274601237</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V113" name="B5_q4" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Value</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much money was spent by the household on the purchase of the item in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">60000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">95.1229473810091</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">204.9731142586995</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V114" name="B5_q5" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Source Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the source of obtaining the item?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V115" name="NSS" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSS</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V116" name="NSC" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSC</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V117" name="MLT" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.43</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">6496.97840699954</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">17901.407133250093</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V118" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0043</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">64.96978406999534</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">179.014071332501</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:
Wgt_SubSample = MLT/100</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V119" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">3110721</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.00215</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">32.58881550055437</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">89.76866801958423</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample combined estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:

Wgt_Combined = MLT/100, if NSS=NSC,

otherwise

Wgt_Combined = MLT/200</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V120" name="HHID" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived for identifying  a  household by combining serial no. of village / block, segment number, second stage stratum and sample household number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V121" name="CentreCodeRoundShift" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Centre code,Round,Shift</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Centre code,Round,Shift</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V122" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>LOT/FSU number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>LOT/FSU number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The first-stage units are census villages in  the rural sector and the NSSO urban frame survey (UFS) blocks in  the urban  sector. This variable indicates the serial number assigned to such units.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V123" name="Round" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS round number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V124" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Schedule Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS schedule number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V125" name="Sample" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V126" name="Sector" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Sector : A word used for the rural-urban demarcation.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V127" name="St_Region" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>State-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Regions are hierarchical domains of study below the level of State/ Union Territory in the NSS.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V128" name="State" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived from the variable "State - Region" to enable the users to easily access state wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V129" name="District" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>District</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V130" name="St_District" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "State" and "District" to enable the users to easily access district wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V131" name="Stratum" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Stratum Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V132" name="SubStratum" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V133" name="SubRound" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The survey period of one year of this round  was divided  into  four sub-rounds of three months duration. Equal number of sample villages and blocks were  allotted for survey in each of these four sub-rounds.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V134" name="SubSample" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>An important feature of the NSS sampling design is that  the total sample of first stage units is drawn in the form of two  or more independent and parallel samples, termed as interpenetrating sub-samples. Each sub- sample is  drawn by the same 
sampling scheme and is capable of providing valid estimates of the population parameters. The comparison of sub-sample wise estimates shows  the margin of uncertainty associated with the combined sample estimate. 
 
Interpenetrating sub-samples have been used in NSS (i) to obtain valid estimates from each sub-round (season) of the survey  round, and (ii) to ensure that Central and State samples for any State/ UT cover independent and equally valid samples of units. 

The samples surveyed by the NSSO staff are termed as Central sample and the matched samples surveyed by State Government staff are termed as State sample.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V135" name="FODSubRegion" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>FOD Sub-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V136" name="SegmentNo" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Segment Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V137" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Second Stage Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V138" name="Hhold_no" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample Household Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V139" name="Lvl" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Level</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V140" name="B6_q1" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Block 6 Item Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Block 6 Item Code</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V141" name="B6_q3" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Quantity</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">245442</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">80184</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.002</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">7000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">43.85907633575086</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">88.04434600341035</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V142" name="B6_q4" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Value</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much money was spent by the household on the purchase of the item in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">40335.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">174.01856117140522</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">270.1950641687654</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V143" name="B6_q5" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Source Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the source of obtaining the item?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V144" name="NSS" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSS</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V145" name="NSC" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSC</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V146" name="MLT" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.43</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">6925.540513011858</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">19456.00125040359</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V147" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0043</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">69.25540513011859</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">194.56001250403597</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:
Wgt_SubSample = MLT/100</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V148" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">325626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.00215</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">34.73029868207696</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">97.51326531623882</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample combined estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:

Wgt_Combined = MLT/100, if NSS=NSC,

otherwise

Wgt_Combined = MLT/200</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V149" name="HHID" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived for identifying  a  household by combining serial no. of village / block, segment number, second stage stratum and sample household number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V150" name="CentreCodeRoundShift" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Centre code,Round,Shift</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Centre code,Round,Shift</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V151" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>LOT/FSU number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>LOT/FSU number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The first-stage units are census villages in  the rural sector and the NSSO urban frame survey (UFS) blocks in  the urban  sector. This variable indicates the serial number assigned to such units.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V152" name="Round" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS round number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V153" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Schedule Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS schedule number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V154" name="Sample" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V155" name="Sector" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Sector : A word used for the rural-urban demarcation.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V156" name="St_Region" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>State-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Regions are hierarchical domains of study below the level of State/ Union Territory in the NSS.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V157" name="State" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived from the variable "State - Region" to enable the users to easily access state wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V158" name="District" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>District</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V159" name="St_District" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "State" and "District" to enable the users to easily access district wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V160" name="Stratum" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Stratum Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V161" name="SubStratum" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V162" name="SubRound" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The survey period of one year of this round  was divided  into  four sub-rounds of three months duration. Equal number of sample villages and blocks were  allotted for survey in each of these four sub-rounds.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V163" name="SubSample" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>An important feature of the NSS sampling design is that  the total sample of first stage units is drawn in the form of two  or more independent and parallel samples, termed as interpenetrating sub-samples. Each sub- sample is  drawn by the same 
sampling scheme and is capable of providing valid estimates of the population parameters. The comparison of sub-sample wise estimates shows  the margin of uncertainty associated with the combined sample estimate. 
 
Interpenetrating sub-samples have been used in NSS (i) to obtain valid estimates from each sub-round (season) of the survey  round, and (ii) to ensure that Central and State samples for any State/ UT cover independent and equally valid samples of units. 

The samples surveyed by the NSSO staff are termed as Central sample and the matched samples surveyed by State Government staff are termed as State sample.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V164" name="FODSubRegion" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>FOD Sub-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V165" name="SegmentNo" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Segment Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V166" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Second Stage Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V167" name="Hhold_no" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample Household Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V168" name="Lvl" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Level</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V169" name="B7_q1" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Block 7 Item Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Block 7 Item Code</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V170" name="B7_q3" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Quantity</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the clothing item was purchased by the household in the last 365 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">453401</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">115033</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.001</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">50000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">13.406136658278665</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">226.1787504513031</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V171" name="B7_q4" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Value</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much money was spent by the household on the purchase of the clothing item in the last 365 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">97800.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">793.0352969737911</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1485.8171423676467</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V172" name="NSS" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSS</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V173" name="NSC" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSC</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V174" name="MLT" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.43</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">6681.646098368499</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">18130.335291260482</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V175" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0043</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">66.81646098368499</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">181.30335291260482</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:
Wgt_SubSample = MLT/100</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V176" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">568434</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.00215</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">33.51137156151813</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">90.92381125833609</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample combined estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:

Wgt_Combined = MLT/100, if NSS=NSC,

otherwise

Wgt_Combined = MLT/200</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V177" name="HHID" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived for identifying  a  household by combining serial no. of village / block, segment number, second stage stratum and sample household number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V178" name="CentreCodeRoundShift" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Centre code,Round,Shift</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Centre code,Round,Shift</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V179" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>LOT/FSU number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>LOT/FSU number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The first-stage units are census villages in  the rural sector and the NSSO urban frame survey (UFS) blocks in  the urban  sector. This variable indicates the serial number assigned to such units.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V180" name="Round" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS round number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V181" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Schedule Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS schedule number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V182" name="Sample" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V183" name="Sector" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Sector : A word used for the rural-urban demarcation.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V184" name="St_Region" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>State-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Regions are hierarchical domains of study below the level of State/ Union Territory in the NSS.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V185" name="State" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived from the variable "State - Region" to enable the users to easily access state wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V186" name="District" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>District</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V187" name="St_District" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "State" and "District" to enable the users to easily access district wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V188" name="Stratum" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Stratum Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V189" name="SubStratum" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V190" name="SubRound" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The survey period of one year of this round  was divided  into  four sub-rounds of three months duration. Equal number of sample villages and blocks were  allotted for survey in each of these four sub-rounds.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V191" name="SubSample" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>An important feature of the NSS sampling design is that  the total sample of first stage units is drawn in the form of two  or more independent and parallel samples, termed as interpenetrating sub-samples. Each sub- sample is  drawn by the same 
sampling scheme and is capable of providing valid estimates of the population parameters. The comparison of sub-sample wise estimates shows  the margin of uncertainty associated with the combined sample estimate. 
 
Interpenetrating sub-samples have been used in NSS (i) to obtain valid estimates from each sub-round (season) of the survey  round, and (ii) to ensure that Central and State samples for any State/ UT cover independent and equally valid samples of units. 

The samples surveyed by the NSSO staff are termed as Central sample and the matched samples surveyed by State Government staff are termed as State sample.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V192" name="FODSubRegion" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>FOD Sub-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V193" name="SegmentNo" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Segment Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V194" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Second Stage Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V195" name="Hhold_no" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample Household Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V196" name="Lvl" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Level</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V197" name="B8_q1" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Block 8 Item Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Block 8 Item Code</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V198" name="B8_q3" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>No. of pairs</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many pairs of the footwear item were purchased by the household in the last 365 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.0038162468197943176</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.007179833079547426</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V199" name="B8_q4" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Value</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much money was spent by the household on the purchase of the footwear item in the last 365 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">8.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">18400.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">434.6203973401451</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">581.8125300418234</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V200" name="NSS" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSS</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V201" name="NSC" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSC</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V202" name="MLT" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.43</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">6350.438179309851</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">17800.399291905644</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V203" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0043</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">63.50438179309852</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">178.00399291905646</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:
Wgt_SubSample = MLT/100</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V204" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">195349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.00215</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">31.85123638385659</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">89.23809997030824</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample combined estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:

Wgt_Combined = MLT/100, if NSS=NSC,

otherwise

Wgt_Combined = MLT/200</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V205" name="HHID" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V206" name="CentreCodeRoundShift" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Centre code,Round,Shift</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V207" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>LOT/FSU number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V208" name="Round" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V209" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V210" name="Sample" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V211" name="Sector" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V212" name="St_Region" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V213" name="State" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V214" name="District" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V215" name="St_District" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V216" name="Stratum" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V217" name="SubStratum" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V218" name="SubRound" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V219" name="SubSample" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V220" name="FODSubRegion" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V221" name="SegmentNo" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V222" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V223" name="Hhold_no" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V224" name="Lvl" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V225" name="B9_q1" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Block 9 Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V226" name="B9_q4" files="F7" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Value</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">414000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2643.0764607096903</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">8053.901915778674</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V227" name="NSS" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V228" name="NSC" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V229" name="MLT" files="F7" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.45</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">6099.363050620487</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">18346.198720664448</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V230" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F7" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0045000000000000005</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">60.993630506204866</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">183.46198720664447</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V231" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F7" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">229255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0022500000000000003</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">30.59204707683584</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">91.9901339237819</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V232" name="HHID" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived for identifying  a  household by combining serial no. of village / block, segment number, second stage stratum and sample household number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V233" name="CentreCodeRoundShift" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Centre code,Round,Shift</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Centre code,Round,Shift</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V234" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>LOT/FSU number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>LOT/FSU number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The first-stage units are census villages in  the rural sector and the NSSO urban frame survey (UFS) blocks in  the urban  sector. This variable indicates the serial number assigned to such units.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V235" name="Round" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS round number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V236" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Schedule Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS schedule number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V237" name="Sample" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V238" name="Sector" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Sector : A word used for the rural-urban demarcation.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V239" name="St_Region" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>State-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Regions are hierarchical domains of study below the level of State/ Union Territory in the NSS.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V240" name="State" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived from the variable "State - Region" to enable the users to easily access state wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V241" name="District" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>District</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V242" name="St_District" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "State" and "District" to enable the users to easily access district wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V243" name="Stratum" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Stratum Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V244" name="SubStratum" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V245" name="SubRound" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The survey period of one year of this round  was divided  into  four sub-rounds of three months duration. Equal number of sample villages and blocks were  allotted for survey in each of these four sub-rounds.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V246" name="SubSample" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>An important feature of the NSS sampling design is that  the total sample of first stage units is drawn in the form of two  or more independent and parallel samples, termed as interpenetrating sub-samples. Each sub- sample is  drawn by the same 
sampling scheme and is capable of providing valid estimates of the population parameters. The comparison of sub-sample wise estimates shows  the margin of uncertainty associated with the combined sample estimate. 
 
Interpenetrating sub-samples have been used in NSS (i) to obtain valid estimates from each sub-round (season) of the survey  round, and (ii) to ensure that Central and State samples for any State/ UT cover independent and equally valid samples of units. 

The samples surveyed by the NSSO staff are termed as Central sample and the matched samples surveyed by State Government staff are termed as State sample.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V247" name="FODSubRegion" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>FOD Sub-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V248" name="SegmentNo" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Segment Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V249" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Second Stage Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V250" name="Hhold_no" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample Household Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V251" name="Lvl" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Level</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V252" name="B10_q1" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Block 10 Item Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Block 10 Item Code</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V253" name="B10_q4" files="F8" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Value</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much money was spent by the household on the item in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">459205.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">156.0628854476479</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">747.0850548804414</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V254" name="NSS" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSS</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V255" name="NSC" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSC</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V256" name="MLT" files="F8" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.43</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">6207.198547654847</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">17066.643918449077</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V257" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F8" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0043</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">62.07198547654847</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">170.6664391844908</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:
Wgt_SubSample = MLT/100</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V258" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F8" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1366755</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.00215</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">31.143466826753894</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">85.62013976540476</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample combined estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:

Wgt_Combined = MLT/100, if NSS=NSC,

otherwise

Wgt_Combined = MLT/200</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V259" name="HHID" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived for identifying  a  household by combining serial no. of village / block, segment number, second stage stratum and sample household number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V260" name="CentreCodeRoundShift" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Centre code,Round,Shift</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Centre code,Round,Shift</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V261" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>LOT/FSU number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>LOT/FSU number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The first-stage units are census villages in  the rural sector and the NSSO urban frame survey (UFS) blocks in  the urban  sector. This variable indicates the serial number assigned to such units.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V262" name="Round" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS round number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V263" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Schedule Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS schedule number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V264" name="Sample" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V265" name="Sector" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Sector : A word used for the rural-urban demarcation.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V266" name="St_Region" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>State-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Regions are hierarchical domains of study below the level of State/ Union Territory in the NSS.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V267" name="State" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived from the variable "State - Region" to enable the users to easily access state wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V268" name="District" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>District</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V269" name="St_District" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "State" and "District" to enable the users to easily access district wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V270" name="Stratum" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Stratum Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V271" name="SubStratum" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V272" name="SubRound" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The survey period of one year of this round  was divided  into  four sub-rounds of three months duration. Equal number of sample villages and blocks were  allotted for survey in each of these four sub-rounds.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V273" name="SubSample" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>An important feature of the NSS sampling design is that  the total sample of first stage units is drawn in the form of two  or more independent and parallel samples, termed as interpenetrating sub-samples. Each sub- sample is  drawn by the same 
sampling scheme and is capable of providing valid estimates of the population parameters. The comparison of sub-sample wise estimates shows  the margin of uncertainty associated with the combined sample estimate. 
 
Interpenetrating sub-samples have been used in NSS (i) to obtain valid estimates from each sub-round (season) of the survey  round, and (ii) to ensure that Central and State samples for any State/ UT cover independent and equally valid samples of units. 

The samples surveyed by the NSSO staff are termed as Central sample and the matched samples surveyed by State Government staff are termed as State sample.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V274" name="FODSubRegion" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>FOD Sub-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V275" name="SegmentNo" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Segment Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V276" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Second Stage Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V277" name="Hhold_no" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample Household Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V278" name="Lvl" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Level</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V279" name="B11_q1" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Block 11 Item Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Block 11 Item Code</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V280" name="B11_q3" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>No. in use on the date of survey</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many numbers of the item are being used by the household on the date of survey?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">459579</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">273374</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">611.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1.6792999680142042</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1.6436783330033964</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>19</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>26</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>28</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>29</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>31</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>33</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>46</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>50</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>51</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>61</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>67</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>125</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>611</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V281" name="B11_q4" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>First hand purchase - number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many numbers of the item were first hand purchase?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">16800</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">716153</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">25.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1.5967261904761905</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1.0207916499574878</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>5</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>21</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>25</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V282" name="B11_q5" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>First hand purchase - whether hire purchased</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether the item was hire purchased?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V283" name="B11_q6" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>First hand purchase - value (in Rs.)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much did the household spend on the item of the first hand purchase?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">160994</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">571959</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1205610.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2247.3431494341403</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">15861.14743751351</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V284" name="B11_q7" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Cost-raw material, service &amp; repair</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much was paid by the household towards the cost of raw materials &amp; services?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">231560</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">501393</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">400110.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">831.2483589566419</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3742.875612733703</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V285" name="B11_q8" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Hand Purchase - Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many numbers of the item were second hand purchase?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">578</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">732375</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">4.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1.0363321799307958</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.24359036067821477</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V286" name="B11_q9" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Second Hand Purchase - Value in cash (in Rs.)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much did the household spend in cash on the item of the second hand purchase?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1915</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">731038</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">280000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">7420.9545691906005</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">24160.498074511775</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V287" name="B11_q10" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Total expenditure (in Rs.)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">351112</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">381841</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1209350.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1619.1520398049624</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">11483.3929655289</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V288" name="NSS" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSS</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V289" name="NSC" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSC</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V290" name="MLT" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.43</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">5814.556613739219</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">16141.315379869124</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V291" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0043</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">58.14556613739216</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">161.41315379869124</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:
Wgt_SubSample = MLT/100</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V292" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">732953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.00215</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">29.168196261833984</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">80.97066413587807</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample combined estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:

Wgt_Combined = MLT/100, if NSS=NSC,

otherwise

Wgt_Combined = MLT/200</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V293" name="HHID" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Primary key - unique identifier for a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived for identifying  a  household by combining serial no. of village / block, segment number, second stage stratum and sample household number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V294" name="CentreCodeRoundShift" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Centre code,Round,Shift</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Centre code,Round,Shift</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V295" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>LOT/FSU number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>LOT/FSU number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The first-stage units are census villages in  the rural sector and the NSSO urban frame survey (UFS) blocks in  the urban  sector. This variable indicates the serial number assigned to such units.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V296" name="Round" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS round number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V297" name="ScheduleNumber" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Schedule Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Schedule Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Indicates the NSS schedule number of this survey.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V298" name="Sector" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sector</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Sector : A word used for the rural-urban demarcation.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V299" name="Sample" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V300" name="St_Region" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>State-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Regions are hierarchical domains of study below the level of State/ Union Territory in the NSS.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V301" name="State" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived from the variable "State - Region" to enable the users to easily access state wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V302" name="District" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>District</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V303" name="St_District" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Unique identifier for a district</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived by concatenating the variables "State" and "District" to enable the users to easily access district wise data.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V304" name="Stratum" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Stratum Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>Within each district of a State/ UT, two basic strata were formed:
(i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them also formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V305" name="SubStratum" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sub-Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V306" name="SubRound" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Round</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Round</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The survey period of one year of this round  was divided  into  four sub-rounds of three months duration. Equal number of sample villages and blocks were  allotted for survey in each of these four sub-rounds.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V307" name="SubSample" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub-Sample</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sub-Sample</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>An important feature of the NSS sampling design is that  the total sample of first stage units is drawn in the form of two  or more independent and parallel samples, termed as interpenetrating sub-samples. Each sub- sample is  drawn by the same 
sampling scheme and is capable of providing valid estimates of the population parameters. The comparison of sub-sample wise estimates shows  the margin of uncertainty associated with the combined sample estimate. 
 
Interpenetrating sub-samples have been used in NSS (i) to obtain valid estimates from each sub-round (season) of the survey  round, and (ii) to ensure that Central and State samples for any State/ UT cover independent and equally valid samples of units. 

The samples surveyed by the NSSO staff are termed as Central sample and the matched samples surveyed by State Government staff are termed as State sample.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V308" name="FODSubRegion" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>FOD Sub-Region</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>FOD Sub-Region</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V309" name="SegmentNo" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Segment Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V310" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Second Stage Stratum</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V311" name="Hhold_no" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household Number</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sample Household Number</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V312" name="Lvl" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Level</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Level</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V313" name="Informant_Slno" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sl.No. of informant</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sl.No. of informant</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V314" name="Resp_Code" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Response Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Response Code</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The entry against this item has been made after collecting all the required information for all the items in the schedule.  The entry has been in code on the basis of the impression formed by the investigator regarding overall quality of response of the informant and the informant's perception about the schedule.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V315" name="Survey_Code" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Survey Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Survey Code</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>The item records whether the originally selected household or a substitute house­hold has been surveyed or no household could be surveyed.  The entries have been made in terms of codes.  Code 1 has been recorded when originally selected household is surveyed and code 2 has been recorded when a substitute household is surveyed.  If neither the originally selected household nor a substitute household could be surveyed, i.e. if the sample household is a casualty, code 3 has been recorded.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V316" name="Substn_Code" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Substitution Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Substitution Code</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
  <txt>If the originally selected household could not be sur­veyed, irrespective of whether a substituted household could be surveyed or not, the reason for the one originally selected becoming a casualty has been recorded against this item in terms of codes.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V317" name="DateOfSurvey" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Date of Survey</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Date of Survey</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V318" name="DateOfDespatch" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Date of Despatch</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Date of Despatch</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V319" name="TimeToCanvass" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Time to canvass(mins.)</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Time to canvass(mins.)</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V320" name="NSS" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSS</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V321" name="NSC" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>NSC</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">None</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">None</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V322" name="MLT" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="10"/>
  <labl>Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.43</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2223146.67</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">6842.353467495174</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">19236.465736483995</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V323" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Sub sample Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0043</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">22231.4667</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">68.42353467495175</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">192.36465736483996</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:
Wgt_SubSample = MLT/100</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V324" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Combined Multiplier</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">63729</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.00215</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">11115.73335</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">34.319002720111726</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">96.43853067372794</sumStat>
  <codInstr>For generating sub sample combined estimates, this weight should be applied. It has been calculated as follows:

Wgt_Combined = MLT/100, if NSS=NSC,

otherwise

Wgt_Combined = MLT/200</codInstr>
</var>
</dataDscr></codeBook>
