India - Household Consumer Expenditure, July 2000 - June 2001, NSS 56th Round

Start	End	Cycle
2000-07-01	2000-09-30	Sub round 1
2000-10-01	2000-12-31	Sub round 2
2001-01-01	2001-03-31	Sub round 3
2001-04-01	2001-06-30	Sub round 4

Face-to-face [f2f]
Schedule 1.0 of the 56th NSS round consists of the following blocks:

Block 0: Descriptive identification of sample household: This block is meant for recording descriptive identification particulars of a sample household.

Block 1: Identification of sample household

Block 2: Particulars of field operation: The identity of the Investigator, Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent associated, date of survey/inspection/scrutiny of schedules, despatch, etc., has been recorded in this block against the appropriate items in the relevant columns.

Block 3: Household characteristics:
Characteristics which are mainly intended to be used to classify the households for tabulation has been recorded in this block.

Block 4: Demographic and other particulars of household members: All members of the sample household will be listed in this block. Demographic particulars (viz., relation to head, sex, age, marital status and general education), working status, type of income received and number of meals taken will be recorded for each member using one line for one member.
Block 5: Consumption of food, pan, tobacco and intoxicants. Information on an item has been recorded only if it is consumed.
Block 5.1: Consumption of fuel and light. Information on an item has been recorded only if it is consumed.
Block 6: Consumption of clothing, bedding, etc. Value of an item has been recorded only if it is brought into first-use during the reference period.
Block 7: Consumption of footwear. Value of an item has been recorded only if it is brought into first-use during the reference period.
Block 8.1: Expenditure on education & medical (institutional) goods and services. Expenditure has been recorded if it is incurred on any item during the reference period.
Block 8.2: Expenditure on miscellaneous goods and services including medical (non-institutional), rents and taxes. Expenditure has been recorded if it is incurred on any item during the reference period.
Block 9: Expenditure for purchase and construction (including repair and maintenance) of durable goods for domestic use. Expenditure has been recorded if it is incurred on any item during the reference period.
Block 10: Perception of household regarding sufficiency of food
Block 11: Summary of consumer expenditure: This block is meant to derive the value of household per capita consumption expenditure for a period of 30 days. Most entries in this block are transfer entries from blocks 5 to 9.