NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India)Microdata access: Request Geography India (IND) Coverage type Country Time period covered 01/2004 - 06/2004 Series or system India National Sample Survey (NSS) Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdInterviewNationally representativeSample registrationSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The National Sample Survey (NSS) is a socioeconomic sample survey conducted in annual rounds with a cycle of rotating topics. The 60th Round (January to June 2004) included surveys of household consumer expenditure, employment and unemployment, and morbidity and health care. Samples were as follows: 18,975 rural and 10,656 urban households for the consumer expenditure survey, 59,159 households for the employment survey, and 47,302 rural and 26,566 urban households for the morbidity survey. The surveys were constructed to be representative at the national and state levels, excluding select areas due to geographic remoteness. Health topics included morbidity and hospitalization, immunization, maternal health, and health of the elderly. Keywords Aged adults, Alcohol use, Amoebiasis, Anemia, Antenatal care, Assets, Asthma, Cancers, Cataracts, Cooking fuels, Diabetes, Diarrheal diseases, Diet, Diphtheria, Education, Education degrees, Education expenditures, Family composition, Family size, Food expenditures, Glaucoma, Goiter, Gynecological diseases, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Household expenditures, Housing, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Immunization, Income, Intestinal nematode infections, Land ownership, Length of stay, Limited mobility, Literacy, Lymphatic filariasis, Malaria, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Measles, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mumps, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neurological conditions, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral conditions, Personal health expenditures, Place of delivery, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Private social assistance, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Religion, STDs, Sanitation, Sense organ diseases, Skin diseases, Tetanus, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unemployment, Unintentional injuries, Vision loss, Water supply, Whooping cough Citation Contributors Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India) Publisher Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India) Suggested citation Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India). India National Sample Survey Round 60 2004. New Delhi, India: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (India). GHDx Entry last modified on: Jul 20, 2022