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

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-55Rnd-Sch1-July1999-June2000

Year

1999 - 2000

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - M/o Statistics and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI)

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

Household Consumer Expenditure

Created on

Jan 17, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Lighting code (B3_q18)
File: Blocks 1,3,12_Household Characteristics

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 119998
Invalid: 0

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
1	kerosene	36975	30.8%
2	other oil	258	0.2%
3	gas	129	0.1%
4	candle	111	0.1%
5	electricity	81819	68.2%
6	others	185	0.2%
7	no lighting arrangement	521	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 code corresponding to the primary source of energy that is used by the household for cooking and lighting during last 30 days preceding the date of survey, 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.