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Household Consumer Expenditure, July 1999 - June 2000
NSS 55th Round

India, 1999 - 2000
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Reference ID
DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-55Rnd-Sch1-July1999-June2000
Producer(s)
National Sample Survey Office
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Household Consumption Expenditure
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Jan 17, 2018
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Social Group (B3_q6)

Data file: Blocks 1,3,12_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 120309
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 81
End: 81
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Which social group does the household belong to?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Invalid 220
0.2%
1 Scheduled Tribe 13326
11.1%
2 Scheduled Caste 18740
15.6%
3 Other backward castes 38389
31.9%
9 Others 49634
41.3%
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
Whether or not the household belongs to scheduled tribe, scheduled caste or other backward class will be indicated against this item in terms of the specified codes which are:

scheduled tribe - 1, scheduled caste - 2, other backward class - 3, others - 9.

Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9 meant to cover all other categories. In case different members belong to different social groups, the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the 'social group' of the household.
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