India - Social Consumption : Health, NSS 71st Round : Jan - June 2014

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-71Rnd-Sch25pt0-Jan-June-2014

Year

2014

Country

India

Producer(s)

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

Sponsor(s)

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

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

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Jan 18, 2018

Last modified

Mar 25, 2019

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Overview

Identification

Country

India

Title

Social Consumption : Health, NSS 71st Round : Jan - June 2014

Study Type

Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey

Series Information

NSS made its first attempt to collect information on health in its 7th round (Oct 1953- March 1954). This survey and those conducted in the three subsequent rounds (the 11th to the 13th, 1956-58) were all exploratory in nature. The aim of these surveys was to evolve an appropriate data collection method to obtain a morbidity profile of India. These surveys were followed up by a pilot survey in the 17th round (September 1961 - July 1962) to examine alternative approaches of morbidity reporting. With the aid of the findings of these exploratory surveys, a full-scale survey on morbidity was conducted in the 28th round (October 1973 - June 1974).

Reports based on the data of the NSS surveys of social consumption carried out in the 42nd round (July 1986 - June 1987) and the 52nd round (July 1995 - June 1996) gave information on the public distribution system, health services, educational services and the problems of the aged.

As part of the 60th round of NSS during January-June 2004, a survey on morbidity and health care, including the problems of aged persons, was carried out at the request of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and a report (NSS Report No.507) brought out.

ID Number

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-71Rnd-Sch25pt0-Jan-June-2014

Version

Version Description

V1.0; Re-organised anonymised dataset for public distribution.

Production Date

2015-07-27

Overview

Abstract

The survey on health aimed to generate basic quantitative information on the health sector. A vital component is the information relevant to the determination of the prevalence rate of morbidity among various age-sex groups in different regions of the country. Further, measurement of the extent of use of health services provided by the Government was an indispensable part of the exercise. Special attention was given to hospitalisation, or medical care received as in-patient of medical institutions. The ailments for which such medical care was sought, the extent of use of Government hospitals, and the expenditure incurred on treatment received from public and private sectors, were all to be investigated by the survey. Break-up of expenditure by various heads had to be estimated for expenses on medical care received both as in-patient and otherwise.

For the first time in an NSS health survey, the data collected would enable assessment of the role of alternative schools of medicine in respect of prevalence of use, cost of treatment and type of ailments covered. Besides, the survey would ascertain the extent of use of private and public hospitals for childbirth, the cost incurred, and the extent of receipt of pre-natal and post-natal care by women who undergo childbirth. Finally, information on certain aspects of the condition of the 60-plus population was obtained which had a bearing on their state of health, economic independence, and degree of isolation. For most important parameters, the survey provided estimates separately for males and females.

Apart from the prevalence of ailments, the emphasis of the health survey in this round, as in earlier NSS surveys, was on the propensity of the population to seek health care from the public sector, together with the expenditure incurred by households for availing health care services from the public and private sectors. The extent of use of AYUSH and cost of treatment by AYUSH studied for the first time from an NSS survey of health.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

Randomly selected households based on sampling procedure and members of the household

Scope

Notes

Descriptions of blocks appearing in Sch. 25.0, NSS 71st Round

The schedule on health (Schedule 25.0) for the 71st round consists of 13 blocks. The different blocks of the schedule are:

Block 0: Descriptive identification of sample household

Block 1: Identification of sample household

Block 2: Particulars of field operations

Block 3: Household characteristics

Block 4: Demographic particulars of household members

Block 5 : Particulars of former household members who died during the last 365 days

Block 6 : Particulars of medical treatment received as in-patient of a medical institution during

the last 365 days

Block 7 : Expenses incurred during the last 365 days for treatment of members as in-patient of

medical institution

Block 8 : Particulars of spells of ailment of household members during the last 15 days (including

hospitalisation)

Block 9 : Expenses incurred during the last 15 days for treatment of members (not as an in-

patient of medical institution)

Block 10 : Particulars of economic independence and state of health of persons aged 60 years

and above

Block 11 : Particulars of pre-natal and post-natal care for women of age 15-49 years during the

last 365 days

Block 12 : Remarks by investigator

Block 13 : Comments by supervisory officer(s)

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey will cover the whole of the Indian Union.

Universe

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

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
National Sample Survey Office	M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI)

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role
Survey Design Reearch Division	National Sample Survey Office	Questionnaire Desgn, Sampling methodology,Survey Reports Questionnaire Desgn, Sampling methodology,Survey Reports Questionnaire Design, Sampling methodology, Survey Reports
Field Operations Division	National Sample Survey Office	Field Work
Data Processing Division	National Sample Survey Office	Data Processing
Computer Centre	M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI)	Tabulation and Dissemination

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI	MOSPI

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
Governing council and Working Group	GOI	Finalisation of survey study

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

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

Date of Metadata Production

2015-07-27

DDI Document Version

Version 1.0(Feb 2015)

DDI Document ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-71Rnd-Sch25pt0-Jan-June-2014