India - Participation in Education, July 1995 - July 1996, NSS 52nd Round

Reference ID

IND-MOSPI-NSSO-NSS-52-25.2-1995-V2.

Year

1995 - 1996

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - NSSO

Sponsor(s)

Govt. Of India - -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

Created on

Jan 17, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Distance to nearest primary school (DIST_PRIMARY_SCHOOL)
File: BLOCK 1 & 2 Identification & household particulars

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 72883
Invalid: 0

Definition

distance from the primary school

Questions and instructions

Universe

a block of variables on education related to the population aged 5 to 24 year

Literal question

Distance to nearest primary school

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		242	0.3%
1	< 1 km	61123	83.9%
2	1 - 2 kms	8471	11.6%
3	2 - 5 kms	2398	3.3%
4	3.5 kms and above	649	0.9%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

To find the availability of a primary school within a reasonable distance from the household, the convenient distance to the nearest such school from the hh is to be ascertained. The distance to be covered by the usual way of transport in the normal course. The following codes are to be used for recording the distance :

less than 1 kilometer - 1
1 to less than 2 kilometer - 2
2 to less than 5 kilometer - 3
5 kilometers and above - 4