India - Survey of Disabled Persons, NSS 58th Round, Schedule 26, July 2002 - Dec 2002

MoSPI-NSS
Reference ID DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-58Rnd-Sch26-July2002-Dec2002
Year 2002
Country India
Producer(s) National Sample Survey Office
Sponsor(s) M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -
Collection(s)
National Sample Survey
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Social group (B3_q2)
File: Blocks 1,3_Household characteristics
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1
Valid cases: 70281
Invalid: 0
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Which social group do you belong to?
Do you come under scheduled caste or scheduled tribe or other backward class or others category?
Categories
ValueCategoryCases
1 scheduled tribe 6035 8.6%
2 scheduled caste 14492 20.6%
3 other backward class 26876 38.2%
9 others 22878 32.6%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
Whether or not the household belongs to scheduled tribe (ST), scheduled caste (SC) or other backward class (OBC) will be indicated against this item. The codes for social-group are:

scheduled tribe ……….. 1
scheduled caste ………. 2
other backward class …. 3
others ………………… 9

Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9. In case different members belong to different social groups, the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the 'social group' of the household.

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