India - Employment and Unemployment Survey: NSS 43rd Round : July 1987 - June 1988, Fourth Quinquennial Survey

India Employment and Unemployment Survey: NSS 43rd Round : July 1987 - June 1988

Fourth Quinquennial Survey

Socio-Economic/Household Survey The NSSO carried out the first quinquennial survey on employment - unemployment in the 27th round (September 1972 - October 1973). This first survey made a marked departure from the earlier employment surveys of NSSO in procedure and content. The concepts and procedure followed in this survey were primarily based on the recommendations of the 'Expert Committee on Unemployment Estimates' (1970). since then, the three successive quinquennial surveys conducted in 32nd (July 1977 - June 1978), 38th (January - December 1983) rounds have more or less followed an identical approach in the measurement of employment and unemployment. Continuing in this series this was the fourth quinquennial survey conducted as 43rd round from July 1987-June 1988.

ID Number DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-43Rnd-Sch10-1987-88

The NSSO surveys on employment and unemployment aim to measure the extent of ‘employment’ and ‘unemployment’ in quantitative terms disaggregated by various household and population characteristics . The persons surveyed are classified in to various activity categories on the basis of the activities pursue d by them during certain specified reference periods. Three reference periods are used in thes e surveys. These are (i) one year (ii) one week and (iii) each day of the week. Based on these th ree periods three different measures are arrived at. These are termed as usual status, current weekly status ,and the current daily status .The Schedule on employment and unemployment (Schedule 10 ) framed for the 43rd round survey consisted of 11 blocks.

Block-1: 1identification particulars of the sample village/block and the sample households in which the survey schedules to be canvassed were recorded in block 1.

Block-2: was meant for recording the particulars of field operations.

Block-3: certain characteristics of the sample household meant to be used as classificatory variables in the tabulation of data and information as to whether the sample household has received any assistance under IRDP, employment generation scheme, etc., were recorded in ths block.

Block-4: This block covered the demographic particulars, such as, age, sex, marital status, educational standard, etc., and the particulars of current weekly activity obtaining during the seven days preceding the date of survey of all the normally resident members of the household.

Block-5: was meant for recording detailed day-to-day disposition of labour time of those classified as in the labour force according to current weekly activity status i.e., information on the various activities pursued on different days of the reference week by household members reported as ' working' and 'seeking and/ or available for work' and the intensity in quantative terms, namely 'full' and 'half' of such activity.

Block-6: The particulars of usual activity of each normally resident member of the sample household, information on the subsidiary gainful activity status of those classified as 'working' as well as 'not working' , migration status and for those identified as migrants, the various migration characteristics such as, period since migrated , reason for migration, type of last usual place of residence, etc., were collected in block 6.

Block-7: The follow up questions (probing questions ) pertaining to the availability for 'work '/'additional work'/'alternative work' meant to be put to those classified as 'working' , 'students', 'person engaged in domestic duties' and 'pensioners'/ renters, etc., were collected through block 7.

Block-8: For persons classified as 'engaged in domestic duties', some further follow up questions are formulated and listed in block 8 with a view to collecting some additional information which might explain as to whether their usual attach to domestic duties is voluntary or involuntary and also throw light on their participation in some specified activities for family gain.

Block-9: Particulars regarding the household indebtedness, such as amount of loan, its nature, source of borrowing, etc., were collected in block 9 only for the rural labour households.

Block-10 &11 : Any relevant remarks of the investigators were recorded in block 10 and the comments by the supervisory officers in block 11.

Employment, Unemployment, Indebtedness of rural labour, Usual principal activity, Usual subsidiary activity, Time disposition during the week, Migration The survey covered the whole of Indian Union excepting

i) Ladakh and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir

ii) Rural areas of Nagaland

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

2012-03-12 Version 1.0 (March 2012)

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-43Rnd-Sch10-1993-94