Household Consumer Expenditure, July 1993 - June 1994
NSS 50th Round

India, 1993 - 1994

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-50Rnd-Sch1.0-1993-94

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Lighting Code (B3_1_q22)

Data file: Blocks 1,2,3,10,11,12,13_Household characteristics

Overview

Valid: 115354

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 130

End: 130

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the primary source of energy that is being used by the household for lighting?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Invalid	96	0.1%
1	kerosene	45004	39%
2	other oil	308	0.3%
3	gas	77	0.1%
4	candle	74	0.1%
5	electricity	69132	59.9%
8	others	195	0.2%
9	No lighting arrangement	468	0.4%

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

Against these two items, the appropriate codes for the primary source of energy that is being use by the household for the purposes of cooking and lighting respectively will be recorded. If more than one type of energy is utilised, the primary or principal one on the basis of its use will have to be identified and the corresponding code will be noted in the appropriate box.

lighting
kerosene ................... 1 candle .............................. 4
other oil ................... 2 electricity ......................... 5
gas ........................... 3 others ............................... 8
no lighting arrangement…. 9

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Household Consumer Expenditure, July 1993 - June 1994 NSS 50th Round