India - Domestic Tourism Survey, July 2008 - June 2009, NSS 65th Round

Reference ID

IND-NSSO-DTS-2008-v1

Year

2008 - 2009

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), Government of India (GOI)

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

Created on

Jan 18, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Social Group (B3_q6)
File: Block 3_Household characteristics

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which social group do you belong to?
Do you come under scheduled caste or scheduled tribe or other backward classes or others category?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Scheduled Tribe
2	Scheduled Caste
3	Other Backward Class
9	Others

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

Whether or not the household belongs to the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or Other Backward Classes will be indicated against this item in code, the codes being:
Scheduled Tribe - 1, Scheduled Caste - 2, Other Backward Classes - 3, others - 9.

Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9, which is meant to cover all other categories. In case different members belong to different social groups, the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the 'social group' of the household.