India - Household Consumer Expenditure, Jan 2003 - Dec 2003, NSS 59th Round

Face-to-face [f2f]
Summary description of the schedule 1.0 on consumer expenditure is given below.

Blocks 0, 1 and 2 - are similar to the ones used in usual NSS rounds. These are used to record identification of sample households and particulars of field operations.

Block-3: Household characteristics like, household size, principal industry-occupation, social group, land possessed and cultivated, type of dwelling etc. are recorded in this block.

Block-4: In this Block the detailed demographic particulars including age, sex, educational level, marital status, number of meals usually taken in a day etc. are recorded.

Block-5: In this block cash purchase and consumption of food, pan, tobacco and intoxicants during the last 30 days are recorded.

Block-5.1: In this block consumption of fuel & light during the last 30 days is recorded.

Block-6: Consumption of clothing, bedding, etc. during the last 365 days is recorded in this block.

Block-7 : Consumption of footwear during the last 365 days is recorded in this block.

Block-8.1 : Expenditure on education and medical (institutional) goods and services during the last 365 days is recorded in Block 9.

Block-8.2 : Expenditure on miscellaneous goods and services including medical (non-institutional), rents and taxes during the last 30 days has been recorded in this block.

Block-9 : Expenditure for purchase and construction (including repair and maintenance) of durable goods for domestic use during the last 365 days has been recorded in this block.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
NSSO(FOD)	NSS(FOD)	MOSPI