Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Survey of Living Conditions 1997-1998

India, 1997 - 1998

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IND_1997-1998_UBSLC_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

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The World Bank

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Agricultural Surveys

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How were you paid? (v02b01)

Data file: SECT02AD

Overview

Valid: 5657

Invalid: 10432

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 99

End: 99

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How were you paid?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Piece rate	2113	37.4%
2	Daily wage	3544	62.6%
Sysmiss		10432

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 1 and 2. are used to provide estimates of the daily wage rate for casual laborers. If paid under a piece rate system, estimate the daily wage equivalent for the piece rate compensation. If a laborer has been paid different wages at different times of the year for similar kinds of work, record the wage rate most commonly received.

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All household memebrs 10 years and older

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