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      <titl>Household Consumer Expenditure,  July 1999 - June 2000</titl>
      <subTitl>NSS 55th Round</subTitl>
      <altTitl>HCE 1999-2000 : NSS 55th 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 55th round survey is the sixth quinquennial survey conducted during July 1999 - June 2000. 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 7 days &amp; 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. 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 Organisation (NSSO) has been carrying out All-India surveys on consumer expenditure. While some of these smaller-scale surveys are spread over a full year and others over six months only, the quinquennial (full-scale) surveys have all been of a full year&#039;s duration. 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. Any expenditure incurred towards the productive enterprises of the households is also excluded from household consumer expenditure. To minimise recall errors, a very detailed item classification is adopted to collect information, including items of food, items of fuel, items of clothing, bedding and footwear, items of educational and medical expenses, items of durable goods and other items. The schedule has also collected some other household particulars including age, sex and educational level etc. of each household member.]]></abstract>
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      <collDate date="2000-04-01" event="start" cycle="Sub Round 4"/>
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      <geogCover>The survey covers the whole of the Indian Union excepting (i) Ladakh &amp; Kargil districts of Jammu &amp; Kashmir, (ii) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond 5 kms. of a bus route &amp; (iii) villages of Andaman &amp; Nicobar Islands remaining inaccessible throughout the year. All the villages of the country, uninhabited according to 1991 census, are also left out of the survey coverage of the NSS 55th round.</geogCover>
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    <notes><![CDATA[Schedule 1.0 of the 55th  NSS round consists of the following blocks:

Block 0:  Descriptive identification of sample household: This block is meant for recording descriptive identification particulars of a sample household. 

Block 1:  Identification of sample household

Block 2:  Particulars of field operation:  The identity of the Investigator, Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent associated, date of survey/inspection/scrutiny of schedules, despatch, etc., has been recorded in this block against the appropriate items in the relevant columns.

Block 3: Household characteristics:  
Characteristics which are mainly intended to be used to classify the households for tabulation has been recorded in this block.

Block 4: Demographic and other particulars of household members: 
All members of the sample household have been listed in this block. Demographic particulars (viz., relation to head, sex, age, marital status and general education), working status, type of income received and  number of meals taken have been recorded for each member using one line for one member.

Block 5:  Consumption of food, pan, tobacco and intoxicants during  the  last  7 days and 30 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 5.1:  Consumption of fuel and light during  the  last  30 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 6: Consumption of clothing, bedding etc. during  the  last  365 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 7: Consumption of footwear during  the  365 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 8.1:  Expenditure on education &amp; medical (institutional) goods and services during  the  last  365 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 8.2:  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 9: 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.

Block 10.1:  Particulars of production and consumption from kitchen garden, backyard etc.: 
This block is intended to collect information on quantity and value of each item produced in the kitchen garden during the agriculture year July 1998 - June 1999. This apart, information on item wise consumption made out of the produce  from kitchen garden during last 30 days preceding the date of survey has been collected irrespective of whether the item has been  produced during the agriculture year July 1998 - June 1999.

Block 10.2: Consumption of selected non-food items from home-produced stock:  
This block has been designed to collect information on consumption of some selected non-food items out of home-produced stock during last 30 days preceding the date of survey.

Block 11:  Purchase of selected commodities supplied through public distribution system: 
This block is designed to collect information on purchase of four commodities, namely, rice, wheat, sugar and kerosene through public distribution system and from other sources.

Block 12:  Perception of household regarding sufficiency of food: 
This block has been filled after completion of the enquiry on all the preceding blocks. This question is asked in order to know the perception of the household regarding sufficiency of food.  

Block 13 : Particulars of goods and services received as part of wages and salaries or perquisites and gifts given and gifts received by the household (only for non-food items): This block is restricted to non-food items only, that is, items 310 to 643 of detailed blocks. It has been designed to record the particu­lars of goods and services received as part of wages and salaries or perquisites and gifts given and gifts received by the house­hold during the last 30 days prior to the date of survey.

Block 14: Summary of consumer expenditure: 
This block is meant to derive the value of household per capita consumption expenditure for a period of 30 days.

Block 15: Remarks by investigator: 
Any remark which is considered necessary for explaining any peculiarity in the consumption pattern of the household or any other characteristic of the household has been noted here. Such remarks help understanding the entries made in different blocks of the schedule, especially when any entry is very high or very low.

Block 16: Remarks by supervisory officer: 
The supervisory officers note their views on any aspect relating to the household and on any observed peculiarity in the consumption pattern of the household in this block.]]></notes>
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A stratified sampling design has been adopted for selection of the sample first-stage units (FSU&#039;s). The FSU&#039;s are villages (panchayat wards for Kerala) for rural areas and Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks for urban areas. The Ultimate stage units (USU&#039;s) are enterprises for schedule 2.0 and households for schedule 1.0/ 10/ 10.1, which are selected by the method of circular systematic sampling from the corresponding frame in the FSU.  Large FSU&#039;s are subdivided into hamlet groups (rural)/ sub-blocks (urban), that are grouped into two segments, and USU&#039;s are selected independently from each of these segments.    

Sampling Frame: 
List of villages (panchayat wards for Kerala) as per 1991Census and latest lists of UFS blocks are respectively used for selection of rural and urban sample FSU&#039;s. For selection of sample villages from the State of Jammu &amp; Kashmir, list of villages as per 1981Census has been used as the sampling frame. 

Sample size (FSU&#039;s):  
A total number of 10,384 FSU&#039;s were selected for survey in the central sample at all-India level (rural &amp; urban combined) in the 55th round. For state samples, there were matching sample size as per the usual matching pattern being followed over the last few rounds. Sample size for the whole round for each State/UT x Sector (i.e. rural/ urban) are allocated equally among the 4 sub-rounds. Sample FSU&#039;s for each sub-round are selected afresh in the form of 2 independent sub-samples. 

Selection of FSU&#039;s: 
For each sub-round, sample FSU&#039;s from each stratum are selected in the form of 2 independent sub-samples by following circular systematic sampling with (a) probability proportional to population for all rural strata other than stratum 1, and (b) equal probability for rural stratum 1 as well as all urban strata.]]></sampProc>
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      <resInstru><![CDATA[Schedule 1.0 of the 55th  NSS round consists of the following blocks:

Block 0:  Descriptive identification of sample household: This block is meant for recording descriptive identification particulars of a sample household. 

Block 1:  Identification of sample household

Block 2:  Particulars of field operation

Block 3: Household characteristics:  
Characteristics which are mainly intended to be used to classify the households for tabulation has been recorded in this block.

Block 4: Demographic and other particulars of household members: 
All members of the sample household have been listed in this block. Demographic particulars (viz., relation to head, sex, age, marital status and general education), working status, type of income received and  number of meals taken have been recorded for each member using one line for one member.

Block 5:  Consumption of food, pan, tobacco and intoxicants during  the  last  7 days and 30 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 5.1:  Consumption of fuel and light during  the  last  30 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 6: Consumption of clothing, bedding etc. during  the  last  365 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 7: Consumption of footwear during  the  365 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 8.1:  Expenditure on education &amp; medical (institutional) goods and services during  the  last  365 days has been recorded in this block.

Block 8.2:  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 9: 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.

Block 10.1:  Particulars of production and consumption from kitchen garden, backyard etc.: 
This block is intended to collect information on quantity and value of each item produced in the kitchen garden during the agriculture year July 1998 - June 1999. This apart, information on item wise consumption made out of the produce  from kitchen garden during last 30 days preceding the date of survey has been collected irrespective of whether the item has been  produced during the agriculture year July 1998 - June 1999.

Block 10.2: Consumption of selected non-food items from home-produced stock:  
This block has been designed to collect information on consumption of some selected non-food items out of home-produced stock during last 30 days preceding the date of survey.

Block 11:  Purchase of selected commodities supplied through public distribution system: 
This block is designed to collect information on purchase of four commodities, namely, rice, wheat, sugar and kerosene through public distribution system and from other sources.

Block 12:  Perception of household regarding sufficiency of food: 
This block has been filled after completion of the enquiry on all the preceding blocks. This question is asked in order to know the perception of the household regarding sufficiency of food.  

Block 13 : Particulars of goods and services received as part of wages and salaries or perquisites and gifts given and gifts received by the household (only for non-food items): This block is restricted to non-food items only, that is, items 310 to 643 of detailed blocks. It has been designed to record the particu­lars of goods and services received as part of wages and salaries or perquisites and gifts given and gifts received by the house­hold during the last 30 days prior to the date of survey.

Block 14: Summary of consumer expenditure: 
This block is meant to derive the value of household per capita consumption expenditure for a period of 30 days.

Block 15: Remarks by investigator: 
Any remark which is considered necessary for explaining any peculiarity in the consumption pattern of the household or any other characteristic of the household has been noted here. Such remarks help understanding the entries made in different blocks of the schedule, especially when any entry is very high or very low.

Block 16: Remarks by supervisory officer: 
The supervisory officers note their views on any aspect relating to the household and on any observed peculiarity in the consumption pattern of the household in this block.]]></resInstru>
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    <dataMsng></dataMsng>
    <verStmt>
      <version></version>
    </verStmt>
  </fileTxt>
  <notes></notes>
</fileDscr>
<fileDscr ID="F12">
  <fileTxt>
    <fileName>Blocks 1,3,12_Household Characteristics</fileName>
    <fileCont>Household characteristics like, household size, principal industry-occupation, social group, land possessed, primary source of energy used for cooking and lighting etc. and perception of the household regarding sufficiency of food have been recorded in these blocks.</fileCont>
    <dimensns>
      <caseQnty>120309</caseQnty>
      <varQnty>73</varQnty>
    </dimensns>
    <dataChck></dataChck>
    <dataMsng></dataMsng>
    <verStmt>
      <version></version>
    </verStmt>
  </fileTxt>
  <notes></notes>
</fileDscr>
<dataDscr>
<var ID="V1" name="PID" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="14"/>
  <labl>Primary key - unique identifier for a member in a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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 member in a household by combining HHID and serial no. of members.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V2" name="HHID" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V3" name="ID" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V4" name="RoundSchedule" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V5" name="Sector" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V6" name="State_region" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V7" name="State" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V8" name="Stratum" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V9" name="District" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V10" name="SubRound" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V11" name="SubSample" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V12" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V13" name="VisitNo" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="SegmentNo" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V15" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V16" name="Hhold_no" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="NSS" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.2656845817444866</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.214605805863304</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V18" name="NSC" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.522046078771233</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.429716326257822</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V19" name="MULT" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1228046.5586851018</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1288236.399308588</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V20" name="ss_replicate" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="mpce30" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>mpce30</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">11.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">205987.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">669.3765349590677</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">910.7121509568375</sumStat>
  <txt>Household consumer expenditure : 
The expenditure incurred by a household on domestic consumption during the reference period is the household's consumer expenditure. The household consumer expenditure is the total of the monetary values of consumption of various groups of items namely (i) food, pan (betel leaves), tobacco, intoxicants and fuel &amp; light, (ii) clothing and footwear and (iii) miscellaneous goods and services and durable articles.

Monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) : 
For a household, this is household consumer expenditure over a period of 30 days divided by household size. A person's MPCE is understood as that of the household to which he/she belongs.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V22" name="mpce7" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>mpce7</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">11.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">215243.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">692.7362720327458</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1083.901099490878</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V23" name="B4_q1" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Serial No. of members</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="B4_q3" files="F1" 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">600016</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="B4_q4" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sex Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Sex of the member</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V26" name="B4_q5" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Age</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Age of the member</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">599518</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">498</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">99.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">26.097600072057887</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">18.823986184882035</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>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>91</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>92</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>93</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>94</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>95</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>96</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>97</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>98</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>99</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V27" name="B4_q6" files="F1" 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">600016</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="B4_q7" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>General Education Code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Education of the member</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="B4_q8" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>wrk code</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Is the member of the household working somewhere?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="V30" name="B4_q9" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>type-income</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What are the sources of income?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="B4_q10" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Days Stayed away</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How many days a member has stayed away from the household?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">214422</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">385594</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1.1988695189859249</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.049900594401563</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="V32" name="B4_q11" files="F1" 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">597581</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">2435</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">3.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.4420287793621283</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.5431249780424152</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>
  <txt>Meal
A 'Meal' is composed of one of more readily cat able (generally cooked) items of food, the usual major constituent of which is cereal food. The meals consumed by a person twice or thrice a day provide him/her the required energy of (calorie) and other nutrients for living and for pursuing his/her normal avocations. A 'meal' as opposed to 'snacks ' as opposed to 'snacks', 'nasta' or  'high tea' , contains larger quantum and variety of food. In rare cases, a full meal may contain larger quantity of non-cereal food. Even that, if the total quantum of food in plate is heavy as a meal, the contents of the food plate will also be considered as a real.  Sometimes the contents of a 'nasta' may not be very different from the contents of a 'meal'. The difference in quantity will there be the guiding factor for deciding whether the plate is to be led as a 'meal ' or a nasta.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V33" name="B4_q12" files="F1" 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">84206</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">515810</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">90.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1.6312970572168255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">6.428585624957322</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>35</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>36</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>51</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>52</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>56</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>57</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>58</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>63</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>70</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>72</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>75</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>78</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>81</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>84</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>90</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <txt>Meal
A 'Meal' is composed of one of more readily cat able (generally cooked) items of food, the usual major constituent of which is cereal food. The meals consumed by a person twice or thrice a day provide him/her the required energy of (calorie) and other nutrients for living and for pursuing his/her normal avocations. A 'meal' as opposed to 'snacks ' as opposed to 'snacks', 'nasta' or  'high tea' , contains larger quantum and variety of food. In rare cases, a full meal may contain larger quantity of non-cereal food. Even that, if the total quantum of food in plate is heavy as a meal, the contents of the food plate will also be considered as a real.  Sometimes the contents of a 'nasta' may not be very different from the contents of a 'meal'. The difference in quantity will there be the guiding factor for deciding whether the plate is to be led as a 'meal ' or a nasta.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V34" name="B4_q13" files="F1" 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">79568</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">520448</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">90.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.8848155037200884</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">6.364725097423253</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>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>38</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>65</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>66</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>69</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>70</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>72</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>73</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>75</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>78</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>79</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>80</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>81</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>84</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>86</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>87</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>88</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>90</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <txt>Meal
A 'Meal' is composed of one of more readily cat able (generally cooked) items of food, the usual major constituent of which is cereal food. The meals consumed by a person twice or thrice a day provide him/her the required energy of (calorie) and other nutrients for living and for pursuing his/her normal avocations. A 'meal' as opposed to 'snacks ' as opposed to 'snacks', 'nasta' or  'high tea' , contains larger quantum and variety of food. In rare cases, a full meal may contain larger quantity of non-cereal food. Even that, if the total quantum of food in plate is heavy as a meal, the contents of the food plate will also be considered as a real.  Sometimes the contents of a 'nasta' may not be very different from the contents of a 'meal'. The difference in quantity will there be the guiding factor for deciding whether the plate is to be led as a 'meal ' or a nasta.</txt>
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    <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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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>11</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>13</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>14</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>38</catValu>
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    <catValu>39</catValu>
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    <catValu>41</catValu>
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    <catValu>42</catValu>
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    <catValu>43</catValu>
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    <catValu>44</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>45</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>46</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>47</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>51</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>52</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>54</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>55</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>58</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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    <catValu>65</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>66</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>68</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>69</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>70</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>75</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>76</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>78</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>79</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>80</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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A 'Meal' is composed of one of more readily cat able (generally cooked) items of food, the usual major constituent of which is cereal food. The meals consumed by a person twice or thrice a day provide him/her the required energy of (calorie) and other nutrients for living and for pursuing his/her normal avocations. A 'meal' as opposed to 'snacks ' as opposed to 'snacks', 'nasta' or  'high tea' , contains larger quantum and variety of food. In rare cases, a full meal may contain larger quantity of non-cereal food. Even that, if the total quantum of food in plate is heavy as a meal, the contents of the food plate will also be considered as a real.  Sometimes the contents of a 'nasta' may not be very different from the contents of a 'meal'. The difference in quantity will there be the guiding factor for deciding whether the plate is to be led as a 'meal ' or a nasta.</txt>
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  <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>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>34</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>35</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>38</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>39</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>40</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>44</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>45</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>46</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>47</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>48</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>50</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>55</catValu>
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  <catgry>
    <catValu>56</catValu>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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A 'Meal' is composed of one of more readily cat able (generally cooked) items of food, the usual major constituent of which is cereal food. The meals consumed by a person twice or thrice a day provide him/her the required energy of (calorie) and other nutrients for living and for pursuing his/her normal avocations. A 'meal' as opposed to 'snacks ' as opposed to 'snacks', 'nasta' or  'high tea' , contains larger quantum and variety of food. In rare cases, a full meal may contain larger quantity of non-cereal food. Even that, if the total quantum of food in plate is heavy as a meal, the contents of the food plate will also be considered as a real.  Sometimes the contents of a 'nasta' may not be very different from the contents of a 'meal'. The difference in quantity will there be the guiding factor for deciding whether the plate is to be led as a 'meal ' or a nasta.</txt>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  <catgry>
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  </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>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>99</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <txt>Meal
A 'Meal' is composed of one of more readily cat able (generally cooked) items of food, the usual major constituent of which is cereal food. The meals consumed by a person twice or thrice a day provide him/her the required energy of (calorie) and other nutrients for living and for pursuing his/her normal avocations. A 'meal' as opposed to 'snacks ' as opposed to 'snacks', 'nasta' or  'high tea' , contains larger quantum and variety of food. In rare cases, a full meal may contain larger quantity of non-cereal food. Even that, if the total quantum of food in plate is heavy as a meal, the contents of the food plate will also be considered as a real.  Sometimes the contents of a 'nasta' may not be very different from the contents of a 'meal'. The difference in quantity will there be the guiding factor for deciding whether the plate is to be led as a 'meal ' or a nasta.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V38" name="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V39" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F1" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</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="Wgt_SubSample" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3070.161131957315</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3220.548898604509</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V41" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F1" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">600016</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1540.2260386014711</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1622.4709608031205</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V42" name="HHID" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V43" name="ID" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V44" name="RoundSchedule" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V45" name="Sector" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V46" name="State_region" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V47" name="State" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V48" name="Stratum" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V49" name="District" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V50" name="SubRound" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V51" name="SubSample" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V52" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V53" name="VisitNo" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V54" name="SegmentNo" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="Stage2_Stratum" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V56" name="Hhold_no" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="V57" name="NSS" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.443889647650239</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.4100820979833837</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V58" name="NSC" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.879729428144772</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.820612260743382</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V59" name="MULT" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1215996.8212048681</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1303781.120596136</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V60" name="ss_replicate" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="B5_q1" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="B5_q3" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Quantity-7</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was consumed by the household in the last 7 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">78214.28</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">90.21971001586759</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">321.09668547677705</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V63" name="B5_q4" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Value-7</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the worth of the items consumed by the household in the last 7 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">859436.8</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">94.47177024006626</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">680.8193547332049</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V64" name="B5_q5" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Quantity-30</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was consumed by the household in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">450045.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">83.57500214162783</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">369.0911827647887</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V65" name="B5_q6" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Value-30</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the worth of the items consumed by the household in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">463660.36</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">88.98701685796757</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">391.2516214880408</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V66" name="B5_q7" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Source</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the source of obtaining the item?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="Food_code" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Food code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V69" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</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="No_of_durables_on_use" files="F2" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>No. of durables onuse</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">5049895</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">2.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">3.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.5</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.7071067811865476</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V71" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3040.033056643035</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3259.4150553975574</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V72" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F2" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">5049897</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1524.3572361879349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1639.9669501965943</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V73" name="HHID" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V74" name="ID" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V75" name="RoundSchedule" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V76" name="Sector" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V77" name="State_region" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V78" name="State" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V79" name="Stratum" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V80" name="District" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V81" name="SubRound" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V82" name="SubSample" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V83" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="VisitNo" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="SegmentNo" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V86" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="Hhold_no" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="NSS" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.3092741842366578</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.229015909137902</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V89" name="NSC" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.60954371356653</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.458527075565985</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V90" name="MULT" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1248561.6332388716</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1302952.250549851</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V91" name="ss_replicate" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V92" name="B5_1_q1" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="B5_1_q3" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Quantity-30</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was consumed by the household in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">690052.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">28.866308866756174</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">889.7515505057536</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V94" name="B5_1_q4" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Value-30</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the worth of the items consumed by the household in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">821273.36</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">97.68678567304804</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1497.8302691983702</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V95" name="B5_1_q5" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Source</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the source of obtaining the item?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V96" name="Food_code" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Food code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V98" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F3" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</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="V99" name="No_of_durables_on_use" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>No. of durables onuse</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald"/>
  <sumStat type="invd">606242</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V100" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3121.4410315435093</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3257.345672172034</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V101" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F3" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">606242</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1565.9050296457515</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1642.0781707102437</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V102" name="HHID" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V103" name="ID" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="RoundSchedule" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V105" name="Sector" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V106" name="State_region" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V107" name="State" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V108" name="Stratum" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V109" name="District" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="SubRound" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V111" name="SubSample" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V112" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V113" name="VisitNo" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V114" name="SegmentNo" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="Stage2_Stratum" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="Hhold_no" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="NSS" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.3354609548212877</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.2919732163555144</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V118" name="NSC" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.662739069728191</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.584029184359857</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V119" name="MULT" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1234392.4373173174</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1311944.886169857</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V120" name="ss_replicate" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V121" name="B6_q1" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="B6_q3" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Quantity-365</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was consumed by the household in the last 365 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">16438.36</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1.159676838717597</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">31.84770268654135</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V123" name="B6_q4" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Value-365</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the worth of the items purchased by the household in the last 365 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">24784.02</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">49.84729318023154</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">97.98626968187175</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V124" name="Food_code" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Food code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V125" name="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V126" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F4" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</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="V127" name="No_of_durables_on_use" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>No. of durables onuse</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald"/>
  <sumStat type="invd">1042792</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V128" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3086.022651257393</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3279.823618313737</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V129" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F4" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1042792</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1547.9615377898945</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1651.3381789257478</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V130" name="HHID" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V131" name="ID" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V132" name="RoundSchedule" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="Sector" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V134" name="State_region" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V135" name="State" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V136" name="Stratum" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V137" name="District" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="SubRound" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V139" name="SubSample" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V140" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="VisitNo" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V142" name="SegmentNo" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V143" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="Hhold_no" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="NSS" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.422645797672275</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.3921672865869534</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V146" name="NSC" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.835957223904693</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.785252731053335</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V147" name="MULT" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1179644.6581748025</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1314555.5257298271</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V148" name="ss_replicate" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V149" name="B7_q1" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V150" name="B7_q3" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Quantity-365</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was consumed by the household in the last 365 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">323.1</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.3209234759012349</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.8955068704071698</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V151" name="B7_q4" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Value-365</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the worth of the items purchased by the household in the last 365 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">78085.42</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">28.510391322269115</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">190.92042466522363</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V152" name="Food_code" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Food code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="V153" name="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V154" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F5" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</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="No_of_durables_on_use" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>No. of durables onuse</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald"/>
  <sumStat type="invd">349354</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V156" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2949.1481604404144</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3286.356487767892</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V157" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F5" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">349354</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1479.6114356319094</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1656.4014143295271</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V158" name="HHID" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V159" name="ID" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V160" name="RoundSchedule" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V161" name="Sector" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V162" name="State_region" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V163" name="State" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V164" name="Stratum" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V165" name="District" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="SubRound" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V167" name="SubSample" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V168" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="VisitNo" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="SegmentNo" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V171" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V172" name="Hhold_no" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="NSS" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.474726836867974</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.420980514775654</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V174" name="NSC" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.941797762239229</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.842116912458141</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V175" name="MULT" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1143258.2318227836</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1270027.8771535016</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V176" name="ss_replicate" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V177" name="B8_1_q1" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V178" name="B8_1_q3" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Value-365</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the worth of the items purchased by the household in the last 365 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">65753.76</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">98.2473238668254</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">352.8504714819154</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V179" name="Food_code" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Food code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V180" name="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V181" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F6" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</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="V182" name="No_of_durables_on_use" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>No. of durables onuse</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald"/>
  <sumStat type="invd">381274</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">&lt;NA&gt;</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V183" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2858.1891418310715</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3175.0310247677357</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V184" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F6" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">381274</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1432.3194629026636</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1595.7529517651374</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V185" name="HHID" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="V186" name="ID" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="RoundSchedule" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="V188" name="Sector" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="V189" name="State_region" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="State" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="V191" name="Stratum" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="V192" name="District" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="SubRound" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="SubSample" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="VisitNo" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="SegmentNo" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="Stage2_Stratum" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="V199" name="Hhold_no" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="V200" name="NSS" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.527020674856351</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.512007596293282</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V201" name="NSC" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">5.046739557462959</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">5.024753329033289</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V202" name="MULT" files="F7" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1192568.726625052</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1309191.1106414734</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V203" name="ss_replicate" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="V204" name="B8_2_q1" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="V205" name="B8_2_q3" files="F7" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Value-30</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">600199.52</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">91.18686946512797</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">718.575519911581</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V206" name="Food_code" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Food code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</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="No_of_durables_on_use" files="F7" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>No. of durables onuse</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">4</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">2176311</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">10.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3.25</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.5</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V210" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F7" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2981.4548535368253</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3272.9480856373357</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V211" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F7" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">2176315</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1494.4912346196431</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1645.764768152118</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V212" name="HHID" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V213" name="ID" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="RoundSchedule" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="Sector" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V216" name="State_region" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V217" name="State" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V218" name="Stratum" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V219" name="District" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="SubRound" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V221" name="SubSample" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V222" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="VisitNo" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="SegmentNo" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="Stage2_Stratum" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="Hhold_no" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V227" name="NSS" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.554936062547013</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.5263364166078577</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V228" name="NSC" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">5.103625629687037</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">5.054350909021702</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V229" name="MULT" files="F8" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1131649.4558546648</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1269643.8710668879</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V230" name="ss_replicate" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V231" name="B9_q1" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V232" name="qn7" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Quantity-7</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1307.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.002167263112306535</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1.3637420238580236</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>107</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>214</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>300</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>429</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1307</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V233" name="vl7" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value-7</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1346200.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1.4338610927491966</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1288.0592860660418</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>904</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1000</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2000</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4286</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4800</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6429</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6857</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>7000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10286</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>11000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18857</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>47000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1346200</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V234" name="qn30" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Quantity-30</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">245000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.88133573431196</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">360.394610205186</sumStat>
  <catgry>
    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>4</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>82</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>100</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>164</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>247</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>300</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>329</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>400</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>411</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>493</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>500</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>575</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>658</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>740</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>822</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>904</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>986</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1151</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1233</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1315</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1479</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1500</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1644</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>1726</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2055</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2548</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2630</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>3041</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>6658</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8219</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>8301</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9452</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>9699</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10274</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17342</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>17671</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>18904</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20548</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>24658</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>32877</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>45288</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>45452</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>46110</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>46192</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>47753</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>48411</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>48493</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>48575</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>48904</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>48986</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>49068</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>49315</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>50137</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>51699</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>51781</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>52767</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>53342</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>55973</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>65753</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>73973</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>80000</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>245000</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V235" name="vl30" files="F8" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value-30</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">5698767.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2576.5087743611953</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">31117.711889836344</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V236" name="Food_code" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Food code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V237" name="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V238" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</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="V239" name="No_of_durables_on_use" files="F8" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>No. of durables onuse</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">780567</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">316208</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">800.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.162282033444919</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3.720017025767647</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>31</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>32</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>33</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>35</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>36</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>38</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>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>58</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>61</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>63</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>64</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>65</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>66</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>71</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>72</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>74</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>80</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>82</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>83</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>87</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>88</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>90</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>100</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>109</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>125</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>151</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>161</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>164</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>200</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>211</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>212</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>255</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>300</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>360</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>400</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>455</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>550</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>552</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>553</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>557</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>589</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>590</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>600</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>609</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>619</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>630</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>642</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>643</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>659</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>666</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>800</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V240" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F8" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2829.1747139910185</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3174.0647890411524</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V241" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F8" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">1096775</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1419.9694172619722</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1606.9629172466816</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V242" name="HHID" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V243" name="ID" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V244" name="RoundSchedule" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="Sector" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V246" name="State_region" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V247" name="State" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V248" name="Stratum" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V249" name="District" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="SubRound" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V251" name="SubSample" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V252" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="VisitNo" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V254" name="SegmentNo" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="Stage2_Stratum" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="Hhold_no" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V257" name="NSS" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.357778719796524</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.3106432527879335</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V258" name="NSC" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.706904720345111</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.621845649287746</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V259" name="MULT" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1250806.4910272714</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1318354.3853948957</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V260" name="ss_replicate" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="B10_2_q1_1" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
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    <catStat type="vald"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>2</catValu>
    <catStat type="invd"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>10</catValu>
    <catStat type="min"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>12</catValu>
    <catStat type="max"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>20</catValu>
    <catStat type="mean"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>35</catValu>
    <catStat type="stdev"/>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>40</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>50</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>60</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>70</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>80</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>90</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>100</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>120</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>130</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>140</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>150</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>160</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>180</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>200</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>230</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>250</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>300</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>380</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>400</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V291" name="B10_2_q1_11" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V292" name="B10_2_q4_11" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <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">120342</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">120276</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1100.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.046476375662694656</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">5.031045174506735</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V293" name="B10_2_q5_11" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>What was the worth of non-food items purchased by the household in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">151271</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">89347</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">8420.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">28.987836862319952</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">123.55394346979494</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V294" name="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V295" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F9" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</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="V296" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3127.052574599573</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3295.851919299655</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V297" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F9" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">240618</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1568.7090567517805</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1661.276899924559</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V298" name="HHID" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V299" name="ID" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="RoundSchedule" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V301" name="Sector" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V302" name="State_region" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V303" name="State" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V304" name="Stratum" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V305" name="District" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="VisitNo" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="SegmentNo" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="Stage2_Stratum" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="Hhold_no" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="NSS" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.357775745989527</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.310638681538416</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V314" name="NSC" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.706898844651318</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.621836494503677</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V315" name="MULT" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1250806.1206799103</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1318351.6521330075</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V316" name="ss_replicate" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V317" name="Rec_type" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Record type</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="B11_q1_1" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item 1</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="B11_q2_1" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Purchase type</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Has the household purchased the item in the last 30 days? If yes, from where it has been purchased?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="B11_q4_1" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Quantity PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">32491</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">87819</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2500.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">18.278640238835386</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">26.48572836435925</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V321" name="B11_q5_1" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the value of the item purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">32482</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">87828</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">3700.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">130.4249959977833</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">184.56117905943114</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V322" name="B11_q6_1" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Quantity other</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through other than PDS in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">85651</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">34659</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">120012.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">31.004816172607438</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">413.06300399478636</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V323" name="B11_q7_1" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Value other</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the value of the item purchased by the household through other than PDS in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">85672</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">34638</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">334.789986926884</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">319.9637726788334</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V324" name="B11_q1_2" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item 2</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V325" name="B11_q2_2" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Purchase type</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Has the household purchased the item in the last 30 days? If yes, from where it has been purchased?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V326" name="B11_q4_2" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Quantity PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">16356</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">103954</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2500.25</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">8.406120078258741</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">23.097743220142934</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V327" name="B11_q5_2" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the value of the item purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">16331</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">103979</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">5000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">52.14824505541606</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">84.10913083505686</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V328" name="B11_q6_2" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Quantity other</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through other than PDS in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">58803</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">61507</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1500.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">27.629675016580766</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">31.69944637907094</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V329" name="B11_q7_2" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Value other</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the value of the item purchased by the household through other than PDS in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">58848</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">61462</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">220.24318056688423</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">249.94018672360986</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V330" name="B11_q1_3" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item 3</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V331" name="B11_q2_3" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Purchase type</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Has the household purchased the item in the last 30 days? If yes, from where it has been purchased?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V332" name="B11_q4_3" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Quantity PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">72561</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">47749</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2500.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.9654255040586484</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">29.21978399431265</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V333" name="B11_q5_3" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the value of the item purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">72557</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">47753</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">3062.5</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">27.398370660308508</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">23.80380681473867</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V334" name="B11_q6_3" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Quantity other</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through other than PDS in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">86204</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">34106</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">6000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.94051865342676</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">74.12755187987855</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V335" name="B11_q7_3" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value other</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the value of the item purchased by the household through other than PDS in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">86208</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">34102</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">3105.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">57.25694633908683</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">61.19495532513326</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V336" name="B11_q1_4" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item 4</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V337" name="B11_q2_4" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Purchase type</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Has the household purchased the item in the last 30 days? If yes, from where it has been purchased?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V338" name="B11_q4_4" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Quantity PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">76798</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">43512</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">48015.4</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">5.315331649261702</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">173.28634747628914</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V339" name="B11_q5_4" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the value of the item purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">76878</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">43432</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1750.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">18.485129425843464</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">17.88142871928698</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V340" name="B11_q6_4" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Quantity other</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through other than PDS in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">40903</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">79407</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">250.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">5.1504657360095845</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">5.997051669194573</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V341" name="B11_q7_4" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value other</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the value of the item purchased by the household through other than PDS in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">40922</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">79388</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">8400.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">47.99239186745518</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">71.89645615107851</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V342" name="B11_q1_5" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item 5</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V343" name="B11_q2_5" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Purchase type</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Has the household purchased the item in the last 30 days? If yes, from where it has been purchased?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V344" name="B11_q4_5" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Quantity PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">187</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">120123</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1064.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">81.59133689839577</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">147.24573097058985</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V345" name="B11_q5_5" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value PDS</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much is the value of the item purchased by the household through public distribution system in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">91496</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">28814</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">7281.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">92.8623849130014</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">147.3824199478773</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V346" name="B11_q6_5" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Quantity other</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>How much quantity of the item was purchased by the household through other than PDS in the last 30 days?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">366</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">119944</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">2001.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">384.72038251366115</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">360.4264673082316</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V347" name="B11_q7_5" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Value other</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">110029</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">10281</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30438.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">441.12559134410003</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">388.1980129466399</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V348" name="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V349" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F10" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</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="V350" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3127.0516484290574</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3295.845086226052</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V351" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F10" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120310</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1568.7085505880636</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1661.2734570937082</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V352" name="HHID" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Key to identify a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V353" name="ID" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V354" name="RoundSchedule" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V355" name="Sector" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V356" name="State_region" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V357" name="State" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V358" name="Stratum" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V359" name="District" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V360" name="SubRound" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V361" name="SubSample" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V362" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V363" name="VisitNo" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V364" name="SegmentNo" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V365" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V366" name="Hhold_no" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V367" name="NSS" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.327020318506315</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.3454694315872433</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V368" name="NSC" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.646993959362987</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.69465769285248</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V369" name="MULT" files="F11" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1225876.9062888522</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1209672.0776028668</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V370" name="ss_replicate" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V371" name="B13_q2" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Item Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V372" name="B13_q5" files="F11" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Quantity for goods and services received</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">221926</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">5699</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1500000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">33.58859259392771</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4505.036703162584</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V373" name="B13_q6" files="F11" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Value of goods and services received</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">222039</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">5586</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">10355000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">694.3539017920275</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">43088.328240345305</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V374" name="B13_q7" files="F11" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Quantity of gifts given</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">224450</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">3175</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">700000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">32.032942748941856</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2027.450953840443</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V375" name="B13_q8" files="F11" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Value of gifts given</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">224682</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">2943</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15269579.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3629.7446924987316</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">78632.69350996347</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V376" name="B13_q9" files="F11" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Quantity of gifts received</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">223471</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">4154</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">1200000.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">27.948758451879662</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2955.4017920467477</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V377" name="B13_q10" files="F11" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="7"/>
  <labl>Value of gifts received</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">223571</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">4054</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">4848800.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1891.483296134114</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">47597.75582269675</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V378" name="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V379" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F11" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</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="V380" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F11" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3064.7249772542555</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3024.147463227356</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V381" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F11" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">227625</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1536.9348583196047</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1519.916855167354</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V382" name="HHID" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="11"/>
  <labl>Primary key - unique identifier for a household</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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  household by combining serial no. of  Village/Block, visit number, segment number, 2nd stg strm and  Sample Household Number.</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V383" name="ID" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>ID</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V384" name="RoundSchedule" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>Round Schedule</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V385" name="Sector" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sector</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V386" name="State_region" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>State region</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V387" name="State" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>State</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V388" name="Stratum" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Stratum number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V389" name="District" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>District</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V390" name="SubRound" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Round</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V391" name="SubSample" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V392" name="Vill_Blk_Slno" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Serial no of village / Block</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V393" name="VisitNo" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Visit Number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V394" name="SegmentNo" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Segment number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V395" name="Stage2_Stratum" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Second Stage Stratum</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V396" name="Hhold_no" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sample Household number</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V397" name="Survey_Code" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Survey Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V398" name="Substn_Code" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Substitution Code</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V399" name="NSS" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSS</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">15.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">2.357778719796524</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.3106480542991625</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>11</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>15</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V400" name="NSC" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>NSC</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">30.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.706904720345111</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">4.621855253472104</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>14</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>16</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>22</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <catgry>
    <catValu>30</catValu>
  </catgry>
</var>
<var ID="V401" name="MULT" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>MULT</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">706.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">54939088.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1250806.4910272714</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1318357.124932199</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V402" name="ss_replicate" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>ss-replicate</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V403" name="mpce30" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>mpce30</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">11.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">205987.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">759.2783831633543</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1058.0773643659213</sumStat>
  <txt>Household consumer expenditure : 
The expenditure incurred by a household on domestic consumption during the reference period is the household's consumer expenditure. The household consumer expenditure is the total of the monetary values of consumption of various groups of items namely (i) food, pan (betel leaves), tobacco, intoxicants and fuel &amp; light, (ii) clothing and footwear and (iii) miscellaneous goods and services and durable articles.

Monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) : 
For a household, this is household consumer expenditure over a period of 30 days divided by household size. A person's MPCE is understood as that of the household to which he/she belongs.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V404" name="mpce7" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>mpce7</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">11.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">215243.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">785.3430582915659</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1230.7419259332094</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V405" name="B3_q1" files="F12" 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">120309</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">52.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">4.987291058856777</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.6478484171854064</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>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>52</catValu>
  </catgry>
  <txt>Household : 

A group of persons normally living together and taking food from a common kitchen constitutes a household. The word "normally" means that temporary visitors are excluded but temporary stay-aways are included.Thus a son or daughter residing in a hostel for studies is excluded from the household of his/her parents, but a resident employee or resident domestic servant or paying guest (but not just a tenant in the house) is included in the employer/host's household. "Living together" is usually given more importance than "sharing food from a common kitchen" in drawing the boundaries of a household in case the two criteria are in conflict; however, in the special case of a person taking food with his family but sleeping elsewhere (say in a shop or a different house) due to space shortage, the household formed by such a  person's family members is taken to include the person also. Each inmate of a mess, hotel, boarding and lodging house, hostel, etc. is considered as a single-member household except that a family living in a hotel (say) is considered as one household only; the same applies to residential staff of such establishments.


Household size : 
The size of a household is the total number of persons in the household.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V406" name="B3_q2" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>NIC</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Which industry are the members working in?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V407" name="B3_q3" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>NCO</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Which occupation are the members in?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V408" name="B3_q4" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Household type</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V409" name="HH_Type" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Sector wise household type</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V410" name="B3_q5" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Religion</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Which religion does the household belong to?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V411" name="B3_q6" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Social Group</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Which social group does the household belong to?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V412" name="B3_q7" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Whether owns any land</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household owns any land?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V413" name="B3_q8" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Type of land owned</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V414" name="B3_q9" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Land owned (0.00 hectares)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">11147</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">109162</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">300.4</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">12.935442720014455</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">46.4678684078986</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V415" name="B3_q10" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Land leased in (0.00 hectares)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">21164</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">99145</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">38.25</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.18062606312607762</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.7844965244023102</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V416" name="B3_q11" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="4"/>
  <labl>Land neither owned nor leased in (0.00 hectares)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">10570</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">109739</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">8.5</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.0749649952696302</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.3536809715526102</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V417" name="B3_q12" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="5"/>
  <labl>Land leased out (0.00 hectares)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">10188</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">110121</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">48.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.40910777385159386</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1.426374661009751</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V418" name="B3_q13" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Total Land Possessed (0.00 hectares)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">107255</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">13054</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">21237.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">84.02333690737028</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">258.72399834732283</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V419" name="B3_q14" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Total Cultivated Land</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">56455</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">63854</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">160.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1.326053139668758</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.7721781777060004</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V420" name="B3_q15" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="6"/>
  <labl>Land Irrigated</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">37981</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd">82328</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">160.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.9966393723177438</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">2.20356529317899</sumStat>
</var>
<var ID="V421" name="B3_q16" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Does the household possess a kitchen garden</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V422" name="B3_q17" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <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">120309</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="V423" name="B3_q18" files="F12" 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">120309</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="V424" name="B3_q19" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from Assistance from IRDP</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from assistance from IRDP?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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>Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) is one of the Indian Government's main poverty alleviation programmes in the field of rural development. Its object is the uplift of rural families identified as poor. The objective is sought to be achieved by providing productive assets and inputs to target groups. The assets are provided through financial assistance in the form of subsidy from the Government and term credit advance by financial institutions. The programme is implemented in all the community development blocks in the country.</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V425" name="B3_q20" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Did any member work for 60 days on public works</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Did any member work for 60 days on public works?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V426" name="B3_q21" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from Cultivation</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from cultivation?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V427" name="B3_q22" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from Fishing /Other  Agricultural Enterprises</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from fishing or other agricultural enterprise?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V428" name="B3_q23" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from wage salaried enterprise</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from wage salaried enterprise?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V429" name="B3_q24" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from non agricultural enterprise</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from non agricultural enterprise?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V430" name="B3_q25" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from Pension</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from pension?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V431" name="B3_q26" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from Rent</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from rent?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V432" name="B3_q27" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from Remittance</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from remittance?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V433" name="B3_q28" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from Interest &amp; Dividends</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from interest and dividends?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V434" name="B3_q29" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>HH Recd Any Income from Others</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household received any income from other sources?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V435" name="B12_q1" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Whether Enough food?</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether household usually eats enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V436" name="B12_q2_1" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V437" name="B12_q2_2" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V438" name="B12_q2_3" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V439" name="B12_q2_4" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V440" name="B12_q2_5" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V441" name="B12_q2_6" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V442" name="B12_q2_7" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V443" name="B12_q2_8" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V444" name="B12_q2_9" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V445" name="B12_q2_10" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V446" name="B12_q2_11" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V447" name="B12_q2_12" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Month code when not enough food</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>In which months of the year the household does not get enough food?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V448" name="TotalNoMonthsNotEnoughFood" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>Total number of months when not enough food</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">12.0</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">0.04643875354296021</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">0.3994205111427185</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>
</var>
<var ID="V449" name="B12_q3" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="1"/>
  <labl>Whether Question (Whether Enough food) actually asked?</labl>
  <qstn>
    <qstnLit>Whether the question (Whether enough food) actually asked?</qstnLit>
  </qstn>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V450" name="tmcnv" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="3"/>
  <labl>tmcnv</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V451" name="MPC_Code_R_U" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(R/U)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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>MPCE classes :

It is the usual practice, in NSS consumer expenditure reports, to present various estimates, including state and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and all-India level values of different socio-economic indicators, and distributions of households and persons over different socio-economic categories or statuses, separately for a number of classes of the population formed on the basis of MPCE. For this NSS round, 12 MPCE classes were drawn up for each sector - rural and urban - as follows : 

          RURAL URBAN
           (Rs.)   (Rs.)
1.        0 -  220     0 - 290
2.     220 - 250 290 - 330
3.     250 - 290330 - 405
4.     290 - 330405 - 480
5.     330 - 370480 - 550
6.     370 - 410550 - 630
7.     410 - 460630 - 735
8.     460 - 515 735 - 855
9.     515 - 605 855 - 1040
10.   605 - 765                               1040 - 1315
11.   765 - 945                               1315 - 1535
12.   945 &amp; above                               1535 &amp; above</txt>
</var>
<var ID="V452" name="MPC_Code_Combined" files="F12" intrvl="discrete">
  <varFormat type="character"/>
  <location width="2"/>
  <labl>MPC-CODE(COMB)</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</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="V453" name="Wgt_SubSample" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="9"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Sub Sample</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">1.765</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">137347.72</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">3127.0525745995737</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">3295.8587680721703</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_SubSample= MULT/400
Wgt_SubSample= Wgt_SubSample*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
<var ID="V454" name="Wgt_Combined" files="F12" intrvl="contin">
  <varFormat type="numeric"/>
  <location width="8"/>
  <labl>Multiplier - Combined</labl>
  <sumStat type="vald">120309</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="invd"/>
  <sumStat type="min">0.8825</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="max">68673.86</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="mean">1568.709056751781</sumStat>
  <sumStat type="stdev">1661.2803520540392</sumStat>
  <codInstr>This variable has been derived as per the following formulae:
Wgt_Combined= MULT/800, if NSC&gt;NSS
Wgt_Combined= MULT/400, if NSC=NSS
Wgt_Combined= Wgt_Combined*2, if Sector = '2' &amp; State='32'</codInstr>
</var>
</dataDscr></codeBook>
