Multiple Indicator Survey

The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) conducted the Multiple Indicator Survey (MIS) in its 78th round (2020-21), covering the entire country. The objectives of the MIS were to collect information for developing estimates of some important Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators. The MIS also collect information Purchase/Construction of house(s)/ flat(s) by the household for residential purpose after 31.03.2014 and information on Migration. Therefore, the survey contains a large number of information on household assets and amenities, such as drinking water, latrine, energy, housing etc.
The MIS survey covers whole of the Indian Union except for some villages of Andaman and Nicobar Islands which were difficult to access. A two Stage Stratified Sampling was used, where First Stage Unit (FSU) were villages/sub-units (SUs) in rural areas, Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks/SUs in urban areas. The FSUs were allocated to States and UTs in proportion to the population as per Census 2011. The Second Stage Units (SSUs) were households in both rural and urban areas. The selection of FSUs and SSUs were done by Simple Random Sampling without Replacement (SRSWOR).
Out of the total number of 14,516 FSUs allocated for the survey at the all-India level, a total of 14,266 FSUs (8,469 rural and 5,797 urban) were surveyed for MIS. The total number of households surveyed was 2,76,409 (1,64,529 in rural areas and 1,11,880 in urban areas) and total number of persons enumerated was 11,63,416 (7,13,501 in rural areas and 4,49,915 in urban areas), at the all-India level.