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Sociology 699J: Surveys in
Developing Countries
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Survey of Living Conditions, UP and Bihar
The Survey of Living Conditions, is the only Indian attempt at a World Bank
Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS).
The 1997-98 survey provides individual level
and household level data from 2,250 rural households in south
and eastern Uttar Pradesh, and north and central Bihar.
The household questionnaire (272K pdf)
is comprised of ten main sections:
- household demographics,
- economic activities,
- housing,
- education,
- health,
- marriage and maternity history,
- expenditures and durable goods,
- vulnerability,
- farming and livestock, and
- remittances and transfers.
The village questionnaire (135K pdf)
covers seven sections:
- village characteristics,
(e.g., size, caste composition and political structure),
- access to facilities and services,
- agriculture, irrigation and forestry,
- employment and migration,
- anti-poverty programs and organizations, and
- changes over time, and
- visits to facilities (e.g., the angawadi center, primary
schools, health posts, and the PDS fair price shop).
Besides the questionnaires referenced above, there is a
field manual (165K).
The web pages for the SLC are:
http://www.worldbank.org/html/prdph/lsms/country/india/upbhhome.html
Further documentation can be found there.
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