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Getting Better Gender Statistics from NSS* Surveys

Getting Better Gender Statistics from NSS* Surveys. *The Indian National Sample Survey. NSS Surveys : A Brief Introduction. Started in 1950 Yearly but on varying subjects A subject usually repeated every 5 years or so For each subject, time series data thus produced

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Getting Better Gender Statistics from NSS* Surveys

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  1. Getting Better Gender Statistics from NSS* Surveys *The Indian National Sample Survey

  2. NSS Surveys: A Brief Introduction Started in 1950 Yearly but on varying subjects A subject usually repeated every 5 years or so For each subject, time series data thus produced Aim of NSS - To fill data gaps in national income aggregates

  3. A Brief Introductionto NSS Surveys (contd.) • Till date, the NSS Organisation (NSSO) is the largest survey organisation in the world employing permanent survey staff who are trained in conduct of surveys in diverse areas • Because of its size, NSS is able to survey a sample of over 100,000 households in India for the main subject of enquiry in a particular year

  4. NSS surveys • Household surveys • Enterprise surveys • Other surveys

  5. Household surveys • Employment & unemployment • Consumer expenditure • Health • Education • Land holdings • Debt and investment

  6. Enterprise surveys • Unorganised manufacturing • Unorganised services • Unorganised trade

  7. Other surveys • Particulars of slums • Village facilities • Particulars of constructions

  8. Method of data collection Two-stage sampling 1st stage Select villages/ urban blocks randomly from complete list of villages/ urban blocks in India 2nd stage • Visit each selected village/block • Select households/enterprises randomly from list of hhs/enterprises prepared first • Interview the selected hhs/ enterprises to record data on the subject of enquiry

  9. Strengths of NSS surveys • Objective, fair and transparent • Because of large sample size, can generate State-level estimates and estimates for sub-populations such as cultivators, agricultural labourers, etc. • If some information on level of living of the surveyed households can be collected (by asking questions on household consumption), the survey results can be classified by economic level (e.g. health expenditure of bottom 20% population, next 20%, etc.)

  10. Weaknesses of NSS surveys • To collect all the information wanted, very long schedules of enquiry have to be used which strain the respondents’ patience and affect data quality • The household member capable of giving the information is often busy and the rest, though willing, are ignorant • Enterprise owners/managers tend to conceal information on the volume of business, and receipts in particular

  11. Gender statistics available from the NSS Employment & Unemployment Survey • Worker population ratio • Labour force participation rate • Employment rate • Break-up of workers by industry All available genderwise

  12. Enterprise Survey Gender-wise data collection is restricted on a few aspects of the survey Ownership of own account enterprise Workers Areas where such type of data not collected/generated Compensation to workers GVA Asset/liability

  13. Consumer Expenditure Survey • Except for demographic particulars data not collected gender-wise • Survey results are published on per capita basis • Data not generated gender-wise on certain important parameters viz. • food consumption of males/females • expenditure on education

  14. Thanks

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