National Sample Survey 2007-2008 (64th round) - Schedule 1.0 - Consumer Expenditure - India

Geographic coverage
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The survey covered the whole of the Indian Union except (i) Leh (Ladakh) and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir (for central sample), (ii) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (iii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year.

Analysis unit
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Household, Individual

Universe
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The following rules regarding the population to be covered were applied in listing of households and persons:

1. Under-trial prisoners in jails and indoor patients of hospitals, nursing homes etc., are to be excluded, but residential staff therein will be listed while listing is done in such institutions. The persons of the first category will be considered as normal members of their parent households and will be counted there. Convicted prisoners undergoing sentence will be outside the coverage of the survey.

2. Floating population, i.e., persons without any normal residence will not be listed. But households residing in open space, roadside shelter, under a bridge, etc., more or less regularly in the same place, will be listed.

3. Foreign nationals will not be listed, nor their domestic servants, if by definition the latter belong to the foreign national's household. If, however, a foreign national becomes an Indian citizen for all practical purposes, he or she will be covered.

4. Persons residing in barracks of military and paramilitary forces (like police, BSF, etc.) will be kept outside the survey coverage due to difficulty in conduct of survey therein. However, civilian population residing in their neighbourhood, including the family quarters of service personnel, are to be covered. Permission for this may have to be obtained from appropriate authorities.

5. Orphanages, rescue homes, ashrams and vagrant houses are outside the survey coverage. However, persons staying in old age homes, students staying in ashrams/ hostels and the residential staff (other than monks/ nuns) of these ashrams may be listed. For orphanages, although orphans are not to be listed, the persons looking after them and staying there may be considered for listing.

DEFINITION OF A HOUSEHOLD:

A group of persons normally living together and taking food from a common kitchen will constitute a household. It will include temporary stay-aways (those whose total period of absence from the household is expected to be less than 6 months) but exclude temporary visitors and guests (expected total period of stay less than 6 months). Even though the determination of the actual composition of a household will be left to the judgment of the head of the household, the following procedures will be adopted as guidelines.

(i) Each inmate (including residential staff) of a hostel, mess, hotel, boarding and lodging house, etc., will constitute a single-member household. If, however, a group of persons among them normally pool their income for spending, they will together be treated as forming a single household. For example, a family living in a hotel will be treated as a single household.

(ii) In deciding the composition of a household, more emphasis is to be placed on 'normally living together' than on 'ordinarily taking food from a common kitchen'. In case the place of residence of a person is different from the place of boarding, he or she will be treated as a member of the household with whom he or she resides.

(iii) A resident employee, or domestic servant, or a paying guest (but not just a tenant in the household) will be considered as a member of the household with whom he or she resides even though he or she is not a member of the same family.

(iv) When a person sleeps in one place (say, in a shop or in a room in another house because of space shortage) but usually takes food with his or her family, he or she should be treated not as a single member household but as a member of the household in which other members of his or her family stay.

(v) If a member of a family (say, a son or a daughter of the head of the family) stays elsewhere (say, in hostel for studies or for any other reason), he/ she will not be considered as a member of his/ her parent's household. However, he/ she will be listed as a single member household if the hostel is listed.

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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Outline of sample design:
A stratified multi-stage design has been adopted for the 64th round survey. The first stage units (FSU) was the 2001 census villages (Panchayat wards in case of Kerala) in the rural sector and Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks in the urban sector. However, for the newly declared towns and out growths (OGs) in census 2001 for which UFS had not yet been done, each individual town/ OG was considered as an FSU. The ultimate stage units (USU) was be households in both the sectors. In case of large FSUs i.e. villages/ towns/ blocks requiring hamlet-group (hg)/ sub-block (sb) formation, one intermediate stage was the selection of two hgs/ sbs from each FSU.

Sampling Frame for First Stage Units:
For the rural sector, the list of 2001 census villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) constitute the sampling frame. For the urban sector, the list of latest available Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks and for non-UFS towns list of such towns/ OGs was considered as the sampling frame.

Stratification:
Within each district of a State/ UT, generally speaking, two basic strata were formed: i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, within the urban areas of a district, if there were one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2001 in a district, each of them formed a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district was considered as another basic stratum. For a few districts, particularly in case of Tamil Nadu, if total number of towns in the district for which UFS was not yet done exceeds certain number, all such towns taken together formed another basic stratum. Otherwise, they were merged with the UFS towns for stratification.

Sub-stratification in the Rural sector:
If "r" be the sample size allocated for a rural stratum, the number of sub-strata formed is "r/4?. The villages within a district as per frame were first arranged in ascending order of population. Then sub-strata 1 to "r/4" were demarcated in such a way that each sub-stratum comprised a group of villages of the arranged frame and have more or less equal population.

Sub-stratification in the Urban sector:
If "u" be the sample size for a urban stratum, "u/4" number of sub-strata were formed. The towns within a district, except those with population 10 lakhs or more and also the non-UFS towns, were first arranged in ascending order of population. Next, UFS blocks of each town were arranged by IV unit no. × block no. in ascending order. From this arranged frame of UFS blocks of all the towns, "u/4? number of sub-strata were formed in such a way that each sub-stratum had more or less equal number of FSUs. For towns with population 10 lakhs or more, the urban blocks were first arranged by IV unit no. × block no. in ascending order. Then "u/4? number of sub-strata were formed in such a way that each sub-stratum had more or less equal number of blocks. All non-UFS towns taken together within the district formed one sub-stratum.

Total sample size (FSUs):
12688 FSUs for central sample and 13624 FSUs for state sample have been allocated at all-India level.

Allocation of total sample to States and UTs:
The total number of sample FSUs is allocated to the States and UTs in proportion to population as per census 2001 subject to a minimum sample allocation to each State/ UT. While doing so, the resource availability in terms of number of field investigators had been kept in view.

Allocation of State/ UT level sample to rural and urban sectors:
State/ UT level sample was allocated between two sectors in proportion to population as per census 2001 with 1.5 weightage to urban sector subject to the restriction that urban sample size for bigger states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc. should not exceed the rural sample size. A minimum of 8 FSUs was allocated to each state/ UT separately for rural and urban areas. Further the State level allocation for both rural and urban have been adjusted marginally in a few cases to ensure that each stratum gets a minimum allocation of 4 FSUs.

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More information on the sampling methodology is available in the document " Instructions to Field Staff - Volume-I"

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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SCHEDULE 0.0:

Schedule 0.0 is meant for listing all the houses and households residing in the sample first stage unit (FSU) or sample hamlet-groups/ sub-blocks in case of large FSUs. Some household information like household size, relative affluence, occurrences of migration, whether any household member in the age-group of 5 - 29 years enrolled at primary and above level, MPCE etc. is also be collected in this schedule. These auxiliary information will be used for grouping the households into different second-stage-strata (SSS).

SCHEDULE 1.0:

Schedule 1.0 consists of several blocks to obtain detailed information on the expenditure incurred on domestic consumption and other particulars of the sample household. There are 15 blocks numbered 0 to 14.

The 64th round survey is the nineteenth in the annual series of surveys of household consumer expenditure.

What is new in the schedule:

- Columns for recording particulars of participation in public works have been dropped from Block 4 of the schedule.
- Covered area (Block 3, item 11) will not be recorded in square metres. It will be recorded in square feet, as was the practice before the 59th round.
- An item (174) for sunflower/soyabean oil and an item (175) for rice bran oil have been introduced in the edible oil sub-group of Block 5.
- An item (302) has been introduced in Block 5 to record number and imputed value of (i) meals received as assistance from Government, charitable organization, etc. and (ii) meals received as perquisites or as payment in kind. The item (303) for cooked meals purchased will have its usual meaning.
- Separate items for petrol (353) and diesel (354) have been introduced in Block 6 (fuel for cooking, lighting and other purposes excluding conveyance). In Block 10, petrol for vehicle (508) has been made a
separate item in the conveyance sub-group.
- The item (400) for books and journals and the item (401) for newspapers and periodicals (Block 9) will include second-hand purchases.
- An item (480) "insurance premium: other" has been introduced in the "consumer services excluding conveyance" sub-group of Block 10. It will cover non-life insurance premium other than medical insurance.
- If payments for education and accommodation enjoyed by a household are regularly made by a person belonging to another household, they will be accounted in the household using the educational facilities and/or lodgings, and not the household making the payment.

地理覆盖范围
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本调查涵盖了整个印度联邦，但以下地区除外：（i）查谟克什米尔邦的列城（拉达克）和卡吉尔地区（针对中央样本），（ii）纳加兰邦内五公里以外的内陆村庄，以及（iii）全年无法到达的安达曼和尼科巴群岛的村庄。
分析单位
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家庭，个人
总体
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在编制家庭和人员名单时，应用了以下关于应涵盖人口的规定：
1. 监狱中的未决犯和医院、养老院等机构的室内病人应予以排除，但在这些机构编制名单时，其中的居住工作人员将被列入。第一类人员将被视为其父/母家庭的正常成员，并将在那里进行计数。正在服刑的囚犯将不包括在调查范围内。
2. 流动人口，即无正常居住地的人员，不予列入。但对于在开放空间、路边庇护所、桥下等地方相对固定居住的家庭，应予以列入。
3. 外国公民及其家庭佣人不予列入，如果后者根据定义属于外国公民的家庭成员。然而，如果外国公民成为实际上的印度公民，则他/她将被包括在内。
4. 居住在军事和准军事部队（如警察、边防部队等）营房内的人员将不包括在调查范围内，因为在此处进行调查存在困难。然而，居住在附近的平民人口，包括服务人员的家属宿舍，应予以涵盖。可能需要从相关部门获得许可。
5. 孤儿院、救助站、修行院和流浪者收容所不包括在调查范围内。然而，居住在养老院的老人、居住在修行院/宿舍的学生以及这些修行院的居住工作人员（除僧侣/修女外）可能被列入。对于孤儿院，尽管孤儿不予列入，但照顾他们并居住在那里的人员可以考虑列入。
家庭定义：
一群通常共同居住并从同一厨房取食的人员构成一个家庭。它将包括临时外出者（那些预期从家庭中缺席的总期限少于6个月的人），但排除临时访客和客人（预期总停留期限少于6个月）。尽管家庭实际组成的确定将留给户主判断，但以下程序将被采用作为指导方针。
（i）宿舍、食堂、酒店、寄宿和膳宿房屋等机构中的每个居住者（包括居住工作人员）将构成一个单成员家庭。然而，如果其中的一群人通常共同 pooling（共同）他们的收入用于消费，他们将共同被视为形成一个单一的家庭。例如，住在酒店的家庭将被视为一个单一的家庭。
（ii）在决定家庭组成时，应更加重视‘通常共同居住’而非‘通常从同一厨房取食’。如果一个人的居住地与寄宿地不同，他/她将被视为与居住在一起的家庭成员。
（iii）居住员工、家庭佣人或付费客人（但不仅限于家庭中的房客）将被视为与居住在一起的家庭成员，即使他/她不是同一家庭成员。
（iv）当一个人在一个地方（例如，由于空间短缺在商店或另一所房子的房间里睡觉）但通常与家人共同用餐时，他/她不应被视为单成员家庭，而应被视为与其家人共同居住的家庭成员。
（v）如果一个家庭成员（例如，家庭首脑的儿子或女儿）在其他地方（例如，寄宿学校学习或出于其他原因）居住，他/她不应被视为其父/母家庭的成员。然而，如果寄宿学校被列入，他/她将被列为单成员家庭。
数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]
抽样程序
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抽样设计概述：
第64轮调查采用了分层多阶段设计。第一阶段单位（FSU）是农村部门的2001年人口普查村庄（在喀拉拉邦的情况下为潘查亚特选区），以及城市部门的城市框架调查（UFS）区块。然而，对于2001年人口普查中新宣布的城镇和扩展区域（OGs），每个城镇/ OG 都被视为一个 FSU。最终阶段单位（USU）是两个部门的家庭。对于需要形成村群组（hg）/子区块（sb）的大型 FSU，即村庄/城镇/区块，从中选择每个 FSU 的两个 hg/sb 作为中间阶段。
第一阶段单位的抽样框架：
对于农村部门，2001年人口普查村庄名单（在喀拉拉邦为潘查亚特选区）构成抽样框架。对于城市部门，最新的城市框架调查（UFS）区块名单以及非-UFS城镇的此类城镇/ OGs 列表被视为抽样框架。
分层：
在省/自治区的每个地区内，通常形成两个基本层：i) 由该地区所有农村地区组成的农村层，以及 ii) 由该地区所有城市地区组成的城市层。然而，在地区的城市地区内，如果有一个或多个城镇的人口根据2001年人口普查为100万或更多，则每个城镇都形成一个单独的基本层，该地区的其余城市地区被视为另一个基本层。对于一些地区，特别是在泰米尔纳德邦的情况下，如果该地区未进行 UFS 的城镇总数超过一定数量，则所有此类城镇合并形成一个另一个基本层。否则，它们将与 UFS 城镇合并进行分层。
农村部门的次分层：
如果“r”是分配给农村层的样本量，则形成的子层数量为“r/4”。根据框架排列的该地区内的村庄首先按人口升序排列。然后以这种方式划分子层 1 到“r/4”，以便每个子层包含按人口排列的框架中一组村庄，人口大致相等。
城市部门的次分层：
如果“u”是城市层的样本量，则形成“u/4”个子层。首先按人口升序排列该地区内的城镇，除了人口超过100万的城市和未进行 UFS 的城镇。然后按 IV 单元号 × 区块号升序排列每个城镇的 UFS 区块。从所有城镇的 UFS 区块排列框架中，形成“u/4”个子层，以便每个子层大致包含相同数量的 FSU。对于人口超过100万的城镇，城市区块首先按 IV 单元号 × 区块号升序排列。然后以这种方式形成“u/4”个子层，以便每个子层大致包含相同数量的区块。该地区内的所有非-UFS 城镇合并形成一个子层。
总样本量（FSU）：
中央样本分配了12688个 FSU，州样本分配了13624个 FSU。
分配总样本到省/自治区：
总样本 FSU 的数量按2001年人口普查的人口比例分配到省/自治区，但每个省/自治区分配的样本量不得低于最低样本量。在此过程中，已考虑了资源可用性，即调查人员数量。
省/自治区层面样本的分配：
省/自治区层面的样本按2001年人口普查的人口比例分配到两个部门，城市部门权重为1.5，但受制于对较大州（如马哈拉施特拉邦、泰米尔纳德邦等）的城市样本量不应超过农村样本量的限制。每个省/自治区分别分配了至少8个 FSU 用于农村和城市地区。此外，在少数情况下，对农村和城市都进行了微调，以确保每个层至少分配了4个 FSU。
更多关于抽样方法的信息可在“现场工作人员指示 - 第一卷”文档中找到。
数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]
研究工具
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SCHEDULE 0.0:
SCHEDULE 0.0 的目的是列出所有居住在样本第一阶段单位（FSU）或大型 FSU 的情况下的样本村群组/子区块的房屋和家庭。在本计划中还将收集一些家庭信息，如家庭规模、相对富裕程度、移民发生情况、5-29岁年龄段的家庭成员是否在小学及以上水平注册，以及MPCE等。这些辅助信息将用于将家庭分组到不同的第二阶段层（SSS）。
SCHEDULE 1.0:
SCHEDULE 1.0 由多个区块组成，用于获取关于样本家庭在家庭消费和其他细节方面的详细支出信息。共有15个区块，编号为0至14。
第64轮调查是家庭消费者支出年度调查系列的第19次。
计划中的新内容：
- 已从计划的第4块中删除了记录参与公共工程细节的列。
- 覆盖面积（第3块，项目11）将不按平方米记录，而将按平方英尺记录，这与第59轮的做法一致。
- 在第5块的食用油子组中引入了向日葵/大豆油的项目（174）和米糠油的项目（175）。
- 在第5块中引入了项目（302），用于记录（i）从政府、慈善组织等获得的餐食援助以及（ii）作为津贴或实物支付的餐食。烹饪餐食购买的项目（303）具有其通常的含义。
- 在第6块（用于烹饪、照明和其他目的的燃料，不包括运输）中引入了汽油（353）和柴油（354）的单独项目。在第10块中，汽车用汽油（508）已成为运输子组中的单独项目。
- 第9块（书籍和期刊）的项目（400）和报纸和期刊的项目（401）将包括二手购买。
- 在第10块（不包括运输的消费者服务）的“其他保险费”子组中引入了项目（480）。它将涵盖除医疗保险以外的非人寿保险费。
- 如果由另一个家庭中的人定期支付家庭的教育和住宿费用，则这些费用将计入使用教育设施和/或住宿的家庭，而不是支付费用的家庭。