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India National Sample Survey Round 59 2003

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General Info
Provider 
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India)
Microdata access: Request
Geography 
India (IND)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2003 - 12/2003
Series or system 
India National Sample Survey (NSS)
Data type
Survey:
  • 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 59th Round (January to December 2003) focused on agriculture and farmers. Special surveys included land and livestock holdings (visit 1 and visit 2), debt and investment, and a situation assessment of farmers in India.

Samples were as follows: 26,143 rural and 14,870 urban households for the consumer expenditure survey, 52,265 rural and 29,893 urban for the land and livestock survey, 91,192 rural and 52,093 urban for the debt survey, and 51,770 rural households for the farmers' situation assessment. The surveys were representative at the national and state levels, excluding select areas due to geographic remoteness.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Alcohol use, Assets, Cooking fuels, Crops, Diet, Education, Education degrees, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fertilizers, Food expenditures, Health care access, Health care use, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Housing, Housing conditions, Land ownership, Literacy, Livestock, Loans, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Occupations, Personal health expenditures, Pesticides, Poverty, Religion, Taxes, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Unemployment, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Jul 21, 2022