India National Sample Survey Round 54 1998
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 1998 - June, 1998
Data type
Survey:
Community - Cross-sectional - Household - Interview - Nationally representative - Sample registration - Subnationally representative - Urban-rural representative
Summary
The National Sample Survey (NSS) is a socioeconomic survey conducted in annual rounds with a cycle of rotating topics. The 54th Round (January 1998 to June 1998) included surveys on household consumer expenditure, common property resources in villages, and sanitation and hygiene facilities.
Sample sizes were as follows: 19,936 rural and 6,983 urban households for the consumer expenditure survey, 78,990 rural and 31,323 urban for the sanitation and hygiene survey, and 78,990 rural households for the common property resources survey. The surveys were representative at national and state levels, but select areas were excluded due to geographic remoteness.
Keywords
Agriculture, Alcohol use, Assets, Cooking fuels, Crops, Diet, Education, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fertilizers, Food expenditures, Household expenditures, Household water treatment, Housing, Housing conditions, Hygiene, Land ownership, Literacy, Livestock, Marital status, Mass media, Occupations, Personal health expenditures, Pesticides, Public social assistance, Roads, Sanitation, Schools, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Waste disposal, Water supply
Citation
Suggested citation
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India). India National Sample Survey Round 54 1998. New Delhi, India: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India).