India - Housing Condition Survey, July 2008- June 2009, NSS 65th Round

India Housing Condition Survey, July 2008- June 2009

NSS 65th Round

Socio-Economic/Household Survey Housing condition of the people is one of the very important indicators of the socio-economic development of the country. Statistical data on housing condition in qualitative and quantitative terms are needed periodically for an assessment of housing stock and formulation of housing policies and programmes. NSS therefore, started collecting data on housing condition of the dwelling units and basic housing amenities available to them from its 7th round (October 1953 - march 1954) to the 23rd round ( July 1968 - June 1969 ) with the exception in the 13th and 14th rounds.With bigger sample size, comprehensive surveys were carried out prior to the current one during t he NSS 28th round (1973-74), 44th round (1988-89) and 49th round (January-June 1993). After a gap of nearly ten years, the fourth survey in the series was conducted in the 58th round during July–December 2002. Continuing in the series,the NSS 65th round (July 2008-June 2009) was comprehensively dedicated to the all India survey on housing condition.

ID Number DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-65Rnd-Sch1dot2-2008-09

In the NSS 65th round survey (July 2008 – June 2009) on housing condition, information was collected on the particulars of living facilities, such as major source of drinking water, availability of bathroom, use of latrine, type of latrine, whether the household has electricity for domestic use, etc. Information was also collected on particulars of housing characteristics and micro environment, such as plinth area of the house, plinth level, use of house, period since built, condition of structure, drainage arrangement, etc. Information on particulars of dwelling included number of rooms, floor area of the dwelling, ventilation of the dwelling, total number of married couples in the household, kitchen type, floor type, wall type, roof type, etc. Besides, details of construction and repair, undertaken by the households during the last 365 days, for residential purpose was collected including cost of construction, source of finance and first-hand purchase of constructed house/ flat during the last 365 days. This apart, data was collected on household characteristics such as land possessed, principal industry and occupation of the household, average monthly household consumer expenditure of the household, tenurial status of dwelling, maximum distance to the place of work normally travelled by any earner of the household, etc.

In the present round, Schedule 1.2 on housing condition consisted of 11 blocks.

The first three blocks, viz. Blocks 0, 1 and 2, were used to record identification of sample households and particulars of field operations, as is the common practice in usual NSS rounds. Similarly, the last three blocks, viz., Blocks 8, 9 & 10, were again the usual blocks to record the remarks of investigator/senior investigator, comments by superintendent/ senior superintendent and comments by other supervisory officer(s), respectively.

Block 3 was used for recording the household characteristics like household size, gender of the head of the household, principal industry and occupation, religion, social group, household type, land possessed, tenurial status of dwelling, area type in which the dwelling unit is located, maximum distance to the place of work normally travelled by any earner of the household, monthly per capita consumer expenditure, etc.

Through Block-4 recorded the particulars of living facilities, such as major source of drinking water, availability of bathroom, use of latrine, type of latrine, whether the household has electricity for domestic use, etc.

In Block-5, particulars of housing characteristics and micro environment, such as plinth area of the house, plinth level, use of house, period since built,condition of structure, drainage arrangement, etc,were collected .

Particulars of dwelling such as number of rooms, floor area of the dwelling, ventilation of the dwelling, total number of married couples in the household, kitchen type, floor type, wall type, roof type, etc. were collected through Block-6.

Particulars of construction and repair, undertaken by the households during the last 365 days, for residential purpose were collected in Block 7. This included cost of construction, source of finance and first-hand purchase of constructed house/ flat during the last 365 days.

Housing condition, Building, Flood risk, Approach Road, Dwelling, Living facilities, Building construction The survey covered the whole of the Indian Union except (i) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (ii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remained inaccessible throughout the year.

The survey used the interview method of data collection from a sample of randomly selected households and members of the household

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Computer Centre	MOSPI, CC	M/O Statistics & Programme Implementation	Documentation of the study

2012-05-07 Version 1.0 (May 2012)

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-65Rnd-Sch1dot2-2008-09