Employment and Unemployment, July 2009 - June 2010
66th Round

India, 2009 - 2010

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-66-10-2011

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National Sample Survey Office

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Employment and Unemployment

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(Spend_Time_on_Domestic_Duties)

Data file: Block_8_Follow-up questions for persons with usual principal activity status code 92 or 93 in col_3 of block_5_1

Overview

Valid: 97141

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 45

End: 45

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Follow-up questions for persons with usual principal activity status code 92 or 93 in col. 3 of bl. 5.1

Literal question

were you required to spend most of your time on domestic duties almost throughout the last 365 days? (yes-1, no-2) ?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	NR / NA	65	0.1%
1	Yes	85452	88%
2	No	11624	12%

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

Item 3 to 5: It will be ascertained whether the members are “required to spend most of their time on domestic duties during 365 days preceding the date of survey”. If the answer is in the affirmative, code 1 and if the answer is in the negative, code 2 will be recorded against item 3 for each of the members. If the answer is 'yes', i.e., if the entry against item 3 is code 1 for a member, the reason for his/her participation in the household duties will be ascertained and recorded in terms of the specified codes against item 4.

The relevant codes to be used for item 4 are:
no other member to carry out the domestic duties ..... 1 cannot afford hired help ......................................…... 2
for social and/or religious constraints ............................3
others ............................................................…....... 9
For persons with code 1 in item 3, item 5 will be left blank. On the other hand, if the entry against item 3 is 2 for a person, (i.e., such participation was not required but still the he/she participated in the household chores) the reason for his/her voluntary participation in household chores will be ascertained and the code relevant to the answer obtained will be recorded against item 5. In such a case, item 4 will be left blank.

The codes to be used for making entries against item 5 are:

non-availability of work ..........….…1
by preference ...........................….. 2
others .....................................…… 9

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Employment and Unemployment, July 2009 - June 2010 66th Round