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

A stratified multi-stage design was adopted for the 65th round survey. The first stage units (FSU) were the 2001 census villages (Panchayat wards in case of Kerala) in the rural sector and Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks in the urban sector. For towns where no UFS frame was available (applicable to Leh and Kargil towns of J & K), each town was treated as an FSU. The ultimate stage units (USU) were households in both the sectors. In case of large FSUs, one intermediate stage of sampling was the selection of two hamlet-groups (hgs)/ sub-blocks (sbs) from each FSU. Details of the sample design and estimation procedure may be found attached as a document in the external resources.


There was no deviation from the original sample deviation.


At the all-India level, 12,952 FSUs (8188 villages and 4764 urban blocks) was allocated for survey for the ‘central sample’. Out of these 12,952 FSUs allotted for survey, 12,865 FSUs could be surveyed - 8,130 in rural and 4,735 in urban. In the central sample, 1,53,518
households were actually surveyed – 97,144 in rural areas and 56,374 in urban areas.

In NSS 65th round, a sample of 13,996 FSUs (8,552 villages and 5,444 urban blocks) was also selected for survey by the state agencies (State sample) at the all-India level.


Sample weights were calculated and included in each of the data files Variable 'Wgt_SS' refers to Multiplier for each Subsample.
Variable 'Wgt_Combined' refers to Combined Multiplier.