Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Survey of Living Conditions 1997-1998

India, 1997 - 1998

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Reference ID

IND_1997-1998_UBSLC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

Producer(s)

The World Bank

Collections

Agricultural Surveys

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PDS - past 30 days (v08a03)

Data file: SECT08A

Overview

Valid: 2251

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 24

End: 24

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Over the last 30 days, did you buy any items at a PDS shop?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	1945	86.4%
2	No	306	13.6%

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

Questions 3-8 assess whether the household purchased food through the Public Distribution System (PDS). Typically these purchases are made at the local Fair Price Shop.

Question post text

If code 2 , go to Q8.

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