India - Common Property Resources, Sanitation Hygiene Services: NSS 54th Round, Schedule 31, January 1998 - June 1998

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-54Rnd-Sch31-Jan1998-June1998

Year

1998

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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Distance one way (code) (B4_q9)
File: Block 4_Particulars of commuting done by household members

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 122555
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How much total distance is travelled from residence to place of work / education?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than 1 km	35969	29.3%
2	1-2 km	32999	26.9%
3	2-4 km	22231	18.1%
4	4-8 km	15139	12.4%
5	8 - 15 km	9189	7.5%
6	15 - 40 km	5277	4.3%
7	40 - 100 km	1273	1.0%
8	More than 100 km	361	0.3%
9	Invalid	117	0.1%

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

This refers to the total distance traveled from residence to place of work education. The codes are:

Less than 1 km ............1 8 - 15 km ................5
1-2 km ................2 15 - 40 km ...............6
2-4 km ..................3 40 - 100 km ............7
4-8 km ..................4 More than 100 km ..8

(I) For those commuting to more than one spot, distance will be understood as distance travelled from residence to that work spot which is furthest from the residence.

(ii) For peddlers commuting to an area of work away from their homes, distance will be understood as distance from residence to (the nearest point of) the area of operation. (If there are two different areas of operation then the area which is further away will be considered).

(iii) for a person commuting to different places on different days, the place of work to which he goes most frequently will be considered for making entries in cols. 9, 10 & 11.