India - Housing Condition Survey, July - December 2002, NSS 58th Round

India Housing Condition Survey, July - December 2002

NSS 58th Round

Socio-Economic/Household Survey Housing condition of the people is one of the very important indicators of the socio-economic development of the country. Statistical data on housing condition in qualitative and quantitative terms are needed periodically for an assessment of housing stock and formulation of housing policies and programmes. NSS therefore, started collecting data on housing condition of the dwelling units and basic housing amenities available to them from its 7th round (October 1953 - march 1954) to the 23rd round ( July 1968 - June 1969 ) with the exception in the 13th and 14th rounds.With bigger sample size, comprehensive surveys were carried out prior to the current one during t he NSS 28th round (1973-74), 44th round (1988-89) and 49th round (January-June 1993). After a gap of nearly ten years, the fourth survey in the series was conducted in the 58th round during July–December 2002.

ID Number DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-58Rnd-Sch1dot2-2002

The survey on housing condition was aimed to portray several aspects of housing condition. On the one hand, the condition of the residential dwellings with respect to its micro environment like the area where the house was located, plinth area, plinth level, period

since built, condition of the structure, type of ownership, number of rooms, etc., infrastructural facilities like electricity, drinking water, sewerage, drainage, garbage disposal, ventilation, etc. was collected. On the other hand, detailed information on the structure type of the dwelling where the household was residing, constructions and repairs carried out by the households during the last five years including cost and source of finance, and particulars of dwellings and land owned elsewhere by the households inside the country was also collected through the same schedule of enquiry. This apart, data on household characteristics, land possessed, principal industry and occupation of the household, average monthly consumer expenditure of the household, distance to the place of work normally

travelled by any member of the household, possession of some durable goods and some migration related information were also collected.

Housing condition, Building, Flood risk, Approach Road, Dwelling, Living facilities, Building construction The survey covered whole of the Indian Union except (i) Leh and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir, (ii) villages situated beyond 5 kms. of bus route in the state of Nagaland, and (iii) inaccessible villages of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Thus the corresponding State/UT level estimates and the all-India results presented in this report are based on the areas falling under the coverage of the survey.

The survey used the interview method of data collection from a sample of randomly selected households and members of the household

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Computer Centre	MOSPI, CC	M/O Statistics & Programme Implementation	Documentation of the study

2012-05-02 Version 1.0 (May 2012)

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-58Rnd-Sch1dot2-2002