India - Survey on Literacy and Culture July-December 1991, NSS 47nd Round

Reference ID

IND-NSSO-SLC-1991-v1.0

Year

Country

India

Producer(s)

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

Sponsor(s)

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

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Jan 16, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Overview

Identification

Country

India

Title

Survey on Literacy and Culture July-December 1991

Subtitle

NSS 47nd Round

Translated Title

Saksharata Tatha Sanskritik Bishayak Surveykhsyan July-December 1991

Study Type

Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey

ID Number

IND-NSSO-SLC-1991-v1.0

Version

Version Description

v1.0 : Re-organised anonymised dataset for public distribution.

Production Date

2012-07-23

Overview

Abstract

In the 47th round ,data on literacy was collected and a test was carried out to test literacy for the persons who claim to be literate. This literacy test was undertaken only for those who claim to be literate in any of the 30 languages (including the languages listed in the constitution) in which instructions at the primary level are imparted in various states/U.T's. For the conduct of test separate forms were framed.

Duration of the 47th round was of 6 months from 1st July 1991 to 31st December 1991.

In the absence of an electronic/hard copy of 'manual of instructions to the filed staff', more details could not be furnished.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

Households, Indivisuals

Scope

Notes

For this survey , a literate person was defined as one who could read and write a simple message in any language with understanding. Besides this, a test was introduced to access the literacy status of a person. In a sub-sample of household a verification test for literacy was conducted for those who claimed to be literate but had less than five years of schooling and whose age exceeded 14 years. The test was conducted with the aid of a set of simple passage in any one of the 31 languages of the country. The respondents were required to read the passage to test their comprehension. Information was also collected on persons who lapsed into illeteracy and level of their schooling, reading habits and knowledge of number system i.e certain aspects of numeracy. Also, questions were asked about counting,reading writing of numbers and ability to perform simple arithmetic operations.

In the absence of an electronic/hard copy of the manual of instructions to the filed staff more details could not be provided

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National, State, Urban, Rural

Universe

All Households and indivisuals who claimed to be literate but had less than five years of schooling and whose age exceeded 14 years.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
National Sample Survey Office	Ministry of Statistcs 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
Field Operations Division	National Sample Survey Office	Field Work
Data Processing Division	National Sample Survey Office	Data Processing
Computer Centre	Ministry of Statistcs and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI)	Data processing & Dissemination

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI	MOSPI

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
Governing council and Working Group	Government of India	Finalisation of survey study and Questionnaire

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

2012-07-22

DDI Document Version

Version 1.0 (July 2012)

DDI Document ID

DDI-IND-NSSO-SLC-1991-v1.0