India - Economic Activities of the Tribals, July 1988-June 1989, NSS 44th Round

Reference ID

IND-NSSO-EAT-1988-v1

Year

1988 - 1989

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

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Jan 16, 2018

Last modified

Mar 26, 2019

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Overview

Identification

Country

India

Title

Economic Activities of the Tribals, July 1988-June 1989

Subtitle

NSS 44th Round

Study Type

Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey

Series Information

The survey period of forty-fourth round was July 1988 to June 1989. The object of the enquiry in the present round is to throw light on as many aspects as possible of the tribal population of this country. This relates to aspects of their “level of the living” including demographic and activity particulars, family expenditure etc. as well as to their entrepreneurial activities.

ID Number

IND-NSSO-EAT-1988-v1

Version

Version Description

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

Production Date

2012-06-03

Overview

Abstract

The 44th round started from July 1988. The survey period of this round was July 1988 to June 1989. This round has been devoted to mainly three enquiries. First and foremost, there has been an enquiry on the living condition of the tribal population. Of the other two, one is concerned with the housing condition of the general population and the other is a survey on current building construction activity. For the purpose of this enquiry, “tribal population” mean the members of the Scheduled Tribes declared under the Article 342 of the Constitution of India. They are known to be the descendants of the earliest inhabitants of India (hence called “Adivasis”). At present, in most parts of India, they form one of the economically weakest sections of the society. So far there has not been any systematic study of their living conditions covering the whole country. Whatever data are available are derived from the decennial censuses, apart from some micro studies carried out by social anthropologists. In the NSS the tribal population has always been covered as part of the general population. In NSS 32nd and 33rd rounds special surveys had been carried out through an integrated schedule (schedule 16.4) in the North-Eastern region. The survey was conducted in the rural areas of the following States:- 32nd round : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam (N. Cachar and Karbi Anglong districts only), Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura; 33rd round : In addition to the above States, Mizoram also. Even though this covered many aspects specially related to the life of the people of this region (who are mostly tribals), no such survey has so far been undertaken about the life of the tribals living in the main tribal belt stretching from West Bengal through Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh to Gujarat and Rajasthan. The scope of the enquiry is to understand the living condition of the tribals living in the main tribal belt stretching from West Bengal through Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh to Gujarat and Rajasthan.) The object of the enquiry in the this round is to throw light on as many aspects as possible of the tribal population of this country. This relates to aspects of their “level of the living” including demographic and activity particulars, family expenditure etc. as well as to their entrepreneurial activities.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

Household

Scope

Notes

NSS Round 44 Schedule 29.2 has been designed to collect information on enterprise accounts, economic activity, land particulars and other related aspects of the tribal households. The major items include in this schedule are ownership particulars of land, alienation of land during last five years, input and output of the enterprises run by the household, materials collected from the forest, inventory of assets owned and indebtedness of the household. The schedule consists of 17 blocks as enumerated below:

Block 1: identification of sample household

Block 2: particulars of field operations

Block 3: remarks by investigator

Block 4: remarks by supervisory officer (s)

Block 5: household characteristics

Block 6: demographic particulars of household members

Block 7: particulars of assistance received by the household during last 3 years

Block 8: particulars of land owned and possessed

Block 9: particulars of disposal of land during last 5 years

Block 10: information on input items for cultivation during 1987-88

Block 11: particulars of crops produced during 1987-88

Block 12: particulars of wage employment in forest and forestry operation

Block 13: particulars of forest produce collected, consumed at home and sold by household members during last 30 days as self-employed

Block 14: particulars of household enterprise (other than cultivation) during last 30 days

Block 15: particulars of products (other than forest products) marketed during last 30 days

Block 16 : inventory of assets owned on the date of survey

Block 17 : cash dues and grain & other commodity dues payable by the household as on the date of survey and particulars of transaction of loans during last 365 days

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey covered the whole of Indian Union except Ladakh and Kargil districts of Jammu and Kashmir state. The rural areas of Nagaland, so far outside NSS coverage up to the 43rd round, have also been brought in this round.

Universe

All households of Indian Union except Ladakh and Kargil districts of Jammu and Kashmir state. The rural areas of Nagaland, so far outside NSS coverage up to the 43rd round, have also been brought in this round.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
National Sample Survey Office	Ministry of 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

2012-06-03

DDI Document Version

Version 1.0 (June 2012)

DDI Document ID

DDI-IND-NSSO-EAT-1988-v1