India - Participation and Expenditure in Education, 2007-08, 64th Round

Reference ID

Schedule 25.2

Year

2007 - 2008

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - NSSO

Sponsor(s)

Govt. Of India - -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

Created on

Jan 18, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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If received Received scholarship / stipend, reason for receiving (REASON_FOR_SCHOLAR_ETC_RECD)
File: Block-5 Education particulars of those aged 5-29 years who are currently attending primary level and above

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 0-9

Valid cases: 10942
Invalid: 83582

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		3	0.0%
1	ST	2509	22.9%
2	SC	3596	32.9%
3	OBC	4112	37.6%
4	Handicapped	3	0.0%
5	Merit	78	0.7%
6	Financially weak	233	2.1%
9	Others	408	3.7%
Sysmiss		83582

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

The reason why the student is receiving the scholarship/stipend will be entered here. The codes to be used
are as below :

Scheduled tribe ... 1
Scheduled caste ... 2
Other backward class ... 3
Handicapped ... 4
Merit ... 5
Financially weak ... 6
Others ... 9

If scholarship / stipend is granted to all the students in the class, irrespective of the category then 'others'
may be recorded in such cases. Codes 1 to 6 are to be given only if the exemption is specifically due to
those factors.