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

India, 2004 - 2005
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Reference ID
DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-61-12-2011
Producer(s)
National Sample Survey Office
Collections
Employment and Unemployment
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Jan 18, 2018
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Purpose (Purpose)

Data file: Block_3pt1_level_02

Overview

Valid: 22065
Invalid: 0
Minimum: None
Maximum: None
Mean: None
Standard deviation: None
Type: Discrete
Width: 1
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
purpose (code)
Interviewer instructions
The purpose for which the loan has been contracted, irrespective of the actual use of the loan, by the household will be recorded in this column in terms of codes. If a particular loan is taken to meet more than one purpose, the purpose for which large part of the loan is intended to be utilised will be considered for recording entries in this column. The relevant codes are:

household consumption :
medical expenses ......................................... 1
Educational expenses .................................. 2
legal expenses ............................................. 3
other consumption expenses ........................ 4
marriage and other ceremonial expenses ........... 5
purchase of land / construction of building........ 6
productive purpose .......................................... 7
repayment of debt .......................................... 8
others ............................................................. 9

The purpose of loan taken for legal expenses for the enterprise will get code 7. Code 4 will cover for loans taken for the purpose of food consumption, consumption of clothing, purchase of durable goods, etc.
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