Employment and Unemployment, July 2004 - June 2005
NSS 61st Round

India, 2004 - 2005

Get Microdata

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-61-12-2011

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Collections

Employment and Unemployment

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Jan 18, 2018

Last modified

Mar 20, 2026

Page views

383909

Downloads

25610

General education (General_education)

Data file: Block_4_level_03

Overview

Valid: 602833

Invalid: 0

Minimum: None

Maximum: None

Mean: None

Standard deviation: None

Type: Discrete

Width: 2

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Educational level : General (code )

Interviewer instructions

Information on the highest level of education successfully completed by each member of the household considering his/ her all general/ technical/ vocational educational level will be recorded in terms of codes in column (7), whereas in column (8), the highest level of technical education successfully completed will be recorded. A person who has studied up to say, first year B.A. or has failed in the final B.A. Examination, his educational attainment will be considered only as 'higher secondary', for the purpose of column (7).
In column (7), the highest level of education successfully completed by the members of the household considering general/ technical/ vocational education will be recorded in codes which are given below:

not literate .......................................................…. 01
literate without formal schooling:
EGS/NFEC/AEC……………. 02
TLC………………………… 03
others………………………. 04
literate but below primary ................................... 05
primary ................................................................ 06
middle ................................................................... 07
secondary............................................................... 08
higher secondary ................................................. 10
diploma/certificate course .................................... 11
graduate................................................................ 12
postgraduate and above......................................... 13

A person who can both read and write a simple message with understanding in at least one language is to be considered literate. Those who are not able to do so, are to be considered not literate and will be assigned code 01. Some persons achieve literacy by attending Non-formal Education Courses (NFEC) or Adult Education Centres (AEC) or by attending primary schools created under Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS). Such persons will be given code 02. Persons who have become literate through attending Total Literacy Campaign (TLC) will be given code 03. Persons who are literate through means other than formal schooling or the two enumerated above will be given code 04. Those, who are by definition literate through formal schooling but are yet to pass primary standard examination will be assigned code 05. Similarly codes 06, 07, 08, and 10 to 13 will be assigned to those who have passed the appropriate levels. The criteria for deciding primary, middle, secondary, etc. levels will be that followed in the concerned states/union territories. Persons who have attained proficiency in Oriental languages (e.g., Sanskrit, Persian, etc.) through formal but not through the general type of education will be classified appropriately at the equivalent level of general education standard. For them who have completed some diploma or certificate course in general or technical education, which is equivalent to below graduation level, code 11 will be assigned. Whereas, code 12 will be recorded for them who have obtained degree or diploma or certificate in general or technical education, which is equivalent to graduation level. Similarly, code 13 will be assigned for them who have obtained degree or diploma or certificate in general or technical education, which is equivalent to post-graduation level and above.

Back to Catalog

Employment and Unemployment, July 2004 - June 2005 NSS 61st Round