India - Household Consumer Expenditure Survey, July 2007-June 2008, Shedule 1: 64th Round

Quantity: Against most of the items , there is provision to record the quantity figure in the appropriate unit. quantity figure has two parts - an integer part and a fractional or decimal part. The integer part will be recorded in the left-hand cell and the fractional part will be entered in the right-hand cell in three places of decimals, in case the units are reported either in 'kg' or 'metre' or 'litre'. If the specified unit of quantity is 'gram'/ 'number'/ 'box'/ 'pair'/ 'standard unit' etc., three zeros (000) have already been printed in the decimal part (right-hand cell) of the space for quantity. This means that quantity, for these items, is to be recorded in whole number, in the left-hand cell. For a number of items, the quantity cells in the schedule are shaded; this means that no quantities are to be recorded.