India - Household Consumer Expenditure, January-December, 1983, NSS 38th Round

Face-to-face [f2f]
The data for this survey is collected in the NSS Schedule 1.0 used for household consumer expenditure. For this round, the schedule had 12 blocks. Summary description of the schedule 1.0 on consumer expenditure is given below.

Blocks 1 and 2 - are similar to the ones used in usual NSS rounds. These are used to record identification of sample households and particulars of field operations.

Block-3: Household characteristics like, household size, principal industry-occupation, social group, land possessed and cultivated, type of dwelling etc. are recorded in this block.

Block-4: In this Block the detailed demographic particulars including age, sex, educational level, marital status, number of meals usually taken in a day etc. are recorded.

Block-5: In this block cash purchase and consumption of food, pan, tobacco, intoxicants and fuel & light during the last 30 days are recorded.

Block-6: Consumption of clothing during the last 30 and 365 days is recorded in this block.

Block-7: Consumption of footwear during the last 30 and 365 days is recorded in this block.

Block-8 : Expenditure on miscellaneous goods and services and rents and taxes during the last 30 days has been recorded in this block.

Block-9 : Expenditure for purchase of durable goods and selected miscellaneous goods and services (not included in block 8) for domestic use is recorded here.

Block-10 : Particulars of dwelling units are recorded in this block.

Block-11 : Perception of the household regarding sufficiency of food is recorded in this block.

Block-12 : Summary of consumer expenditure during last 30 days is recorded in this block.