Urban Slums Survey 2008-2009 - 65th Round
India, 2008 - 2009
Reference ID
IND_2008_USS_65Rnd_Sch_0dot21_MOSPI_NSSO
Producer(s)
National Sample Survey Office
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Identification
Survey ID Number
IND_2008_USS_65Rnd_Sch_0dot21_MOSPI_NSSO
Title
Urban Slums Survey 2008-2009 - 65th Round
Subtitle
July-June
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Series Name
Socio-Economic/Household Survey
Series Information
The first nationwide survey on the ‘economic condition of slum dwellers in urban cities’ was conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) in its 31st round enquiry (July 1976 - June 1977). The survey was restricted to (i) all the Class I towns having 1971 census population one lakh or more and (ii) two Class II towns, viz. Shillong and Pondicherry. Only the cities proper and not the urban
agglomerations were considered for the survey coverage. For identifying ‘undeclared slums’, a slum was defined as an areal unit having twenty five or more katcha structures mostly of temporary nature, or fifty or more households residing mostly in katcha structures, huddled together, or inhabited by persons with practically no private latrine and inadequate public latrine and water facilities. The
survey results were published in NSS Report No. 290: Condition of Slum Areas in Cities.
The second nationwide survey on particulars of slums was conducted by the NSSO in its 49th round enquiry (January - June 1993), which covered rural as well as urban areas. Two kinds of slums – ‘declared’ and ‘undeclared’ – were covered. Certain areas declared as ‘slums’ by the appropriate municipality, corporation, local body or development authorities were the ‘declared slums’. Outside the declared slums, any compact area with a collection of poorly built tenements, mostly of temporary nature, crowded together – usually with inadequate sanitary and drinking water facilities – in unhygienic conditions was considered an ‘undeclared slum’, if at least 20 households lived in that area.
After a gap of nearly ten years, the third survey in the series was conducted in the 58th round enquiry (July-December 2002). The concept of slum being basically urban, the Governing Council of the NSSO decided, on the recommendation of the Working Group on NSS 58th round, to cover only urban slums in the survey. It is worth mentioning that the results of both the 49th and the 58th round survey reflect only the availability and not the adequacy of the facilities available in the slums.
The present survey – carried out in the 65th round of NSS – was thus the fourth nationwide NSS survey of slums. It relates to the period July 2008 to June 2009. Like the 49th and 58th round surveys, this survey, too, dealt with the availibility and not the adequacy of facilities available in the slums. The aim was to collect information on the present condition of the slums and on the change in the condition of some facilities available therein. Like the 58th round survey, this survey was confined to the urban sector. Only slums found in the randomly selected urban blocks were surveyed.
agglomerations were considered for the survey coverage. For identifying ‘undeclared slums’, a slum was defined as an areal unit having twenty five or more katcha structures mostly of temporary nature, or fifty or more households residing mostly in katcha structures, huddled together, or inhabited by persons with practically no private latrine and inadequate public latrine and water facilities. The
survey results were published in NSS Report No. 290: Condition of Slum Areas in Cities.
The second nationwide survey on particulars of slums was conducted by the NSSO in its 49th round enquiry (January - June 1993), which covered rural as well as urban areas. Two kinds of slums – ‘declared’ and ‘undeclared’ – were covered. Certain areas declared as ‘slums’ by the appropriate municipality, corporation, local body or development authorities were the ‘declared slums’. Outside the declared slums, any compact area with a collection of poorly built tenements, mostly of temporary nature, crowded together – usually with inadequate sanitary and drinking water facilities – in unhygienic conditions was considered an ‘undeclared slum’, if at least 20 households lived in that area.
After a gap of nearly ten years, the third survey in the series was conducted in the 58th round enquiry (July-December 2002). The concept of slum being basically urban, the Governing Council of the NSSO decided, on the recommendation of the Working Group on NSS 58th round, to cover only urban slums in the survey. It is worth mentioning that the results of both the 49th and the 58th round survey reflect only the availability and not the adequacy of the facilities available in the slums.
The present survey – carried out in the 65th round of NSS – was thus the fourth nationwide NSS survey of slums. It relates to the period July 2008 to June 2009. Like the 49th and 58th round surveys, this survey, too, dealt with the availibility and not the adequacy of facilities available in the slums. The aim was to collect information on the present condition of the slums and on the change in the condition of some facilities available therein. Like the 58th round survey, this survey was confined to the urban sector. Only slums found in the randomly selected urban blocks were surveyed.
Abstract
The first nationwide survey on the 'economic condition of slum dwellers in urban cities' was conducted by the NSSO in its 31st round (July 1976 - June 1977). The survey was restricted to (i) all the 'Class I' towns having 1971 census population one lakh or more and (ii) two 'Class II' towns, viz. Shillong and Pondicherry. The next survey on slum dwellers was carried out in the 49th round (January - June 1993), which covered rural as well as urban areas. After a gap of nearly ten years, the third survey was conducted in the 58th round (July-December 2002), covering only the urban slums. In the present round also, the survey is restricted to urban slums only. For this survey, conducted during July 2008 to June 2009, urban areas notified as slums by respective municipalities, corporations, local bodies or development authorities were treated as “notified slums”. A “non-notified slum” was a compact urban area with a collection of poorly built tenements, mostly of temporary nature, crowded together usually with inadequate sanitary and drinking water facilities in unhygienic conditions. All such slums, notified or non-notified, were considered as ‘slum’ for the purpose of the survey, if at least 20 households lived in such a slum within the selected urban block.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Randomly selected urban slums based on sampling procedure.
Version
Version number
V1.0; Re-organised anonymised dataset for public distribution.
Version Date
2012-05-15
Scope
Study notes
Schedule 0.21 has been framed to collect information on the present condition of the slums and on the change in the condition of some facilities available therein. The schedule was canvassed for each surveyed urban block having slum(s). Thus the schedule was canvassed in the urban sector only.
Information on each slum, notified or non-notified, found in the entire selected first stage unit (FSU) was collected even if sub-block formation was resorted to. In some cases, the slum covered such a large area that it cuts across more than one FSU, and the selected FSU was part of the slum. In such cases, all the slum particulars recorded was related to only that part of the slum, which fell in the selected FSU. However, if the FSU contained a part of a notified slum with at least 20 households, then the part of the slum falling in the FSU was regarded as a notified slum and the schedule was canvassed accordingly
Schedule 0.21 consisted of eight blocks. Blocks 0 and 1 meant to record the identification particulars of the selected urban FSU. Blocks 2, 5, 6 and 7 contained particulars of field operations, remarks by the investigator/senior investigator, comments by superintendent/senior superintendent and comments by other supervisory officer(s). In Blocks 3 and 4, data were recorded for each slum inside the selected FSU.
Some general features about the slum were recorded in Block 3. Information relating to the area where the slum is located, condition of the road / lane / constructed path within and surrounding the slum, and basic amenities like electricity, drinking water, sewerage, drainage, garbage disposal, etc. were collected in this block. In Block 4, information was collected on improvement/change, if any, in the condition of some amenities of the slum during the last 5 years.
Information on each slum, notified or non-notified, found in the entire selected first stage unit (FSU) was collected even if sub-block formation was resorted to. In some cases, the slum covered such a large area that it cuts across more than one FSU, and the selected FSU was part of the slum. In such cases, all the slum particulars recorded was related to only that part of the slum, which fell in the selected FSU. However, if the FSU contained a part of a notified slum with at least 20 households, then the part of the slum falling in the FSU was regarded as a notified slum and the schedule was canvassed accordingly
Schedule 0.21 consisted of eight blocks. Blocks 0 and 1 meant to record the identification particulars of the selected urban FSU. Blocks 2, 5, 6 and 7 contained particulars of field operations, remarks by the investigator/senior investigator, comments by superintendent/senior superintendent and comments by other supervisory officer(s). In Blocks 3 and 4, data were recorded for each slum inside the selected FSU.
Some general features about the slum were recorded in Block 3. Information relating to the area where the slum is located, condition of the road / lane / constructed path within and surrounding the slum, and basic amenities like electricity, drinking water, sewerage, drainage, garbage disposal, etc. were collected in this block. In Block 4, information was collected on improvement/change, if any, in the condition of some amenities of the slum during the last 5 years.
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| Notified slum |
| Flood risk |
| Approach Road |
| Slum dwellers |
| Living facilities |
| Garbage disposal |
| Drainage |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The survey covered the whole URBAN area of the Indian Union.
Producers and sponsors
Authoring entity/Primary investigators
| Agency Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Sample Survey Office | M/o Statistcs and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI) |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Survey Design Reearch Division | National Sample Survey Office | Questionnaire Desgn, Sampling methodology,Survey Reports |
| Field Operations Division | National Sample Survey Office | Field Work |
| Data Processing Division | National Sample Survey Office | Data Processing |
| Computer Centre | M/o Statistcs and Programme Implementation(MOSPI),Government of India (GOI) | Dissemination |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI | MOSPI |
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Governing council and Working Group | GOI | Finalisation of survey study and Questionnaire |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
A stratified sampling design was adopted for selection of the sample first-stage units (FSUs). The FSUs for the survey on condition of slums were Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks in urban areas. Information was collected on each slum, notified or non-notified, found in the entire area of the selected first stage units. In some cases, the area of a slum was very large and extended beyond the selected FSU. In such cases, information was collected only for the part of the slum falling within the sample FSU. For a notified slum, too, only the part of the slum falling within the sample FSU was considered as one slum and surveyed as such. It may be noted that if a slum cut across more than one FSU, all the slum particulars recorded would relate to the part of the slum which fell in the selected FSU. A
detailed discussion on the sample design and estimation procedure followed in the survey is given as an attachment to external resources.
detailed discussion on the sample design and estimation procedure followed in the survey is given as an attachment to external resources.
Deviations from the Sample Design
There was no deviation from the original sample deviation.
Response Rate
A total of 4764 FSUs (i.e., UFS blocks) were selected for the Central sample in this survey, of which 4738 could be surveyed (a response rate of 99.5 percent). At the all-India level, a total of 730 slums were covered in these surveyed urban blocks.
Weighting
Sample weights were calculated and included in each of the data files.
Variable 'Wgt_SS' refers to Multiplier for each Subsample.
Variable 'Wgt_Combined' refers to Combined Multiplier.
Variable 'Wgt_SS' refers to Multiplier for each Subsample.
Variable 'Wgt_Combined' refers to Combined Multiplier.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | 2008-09-30 |
| 2008-10-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| 2009-01-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| 2009-04-04 | 2009-06-30 |
Mode of data collection
Focus Group [foc]
Characteristics of Data Collection Situation - Notes on data collection
The fieldwork of 65th round of NSSO started from 1st July, 2008 and continued till 30th June, 2009. As usual, the survey period of this round was divided into four sub-rounds, each with duration of three months, the 1st sub-round period ranging from July to September, 2008, the 2nd sub-round period from October to December, 2008, 3rd sub-round from January to March, 2009 and 4th
sub-round from April to June, 2009. An equal number of sample villages/blocks (FSUs), as far as possible, was allotted for survey
in each of these four sub-rounds.
Unlike household surveys where data are collected from a member of each household selected for the survey, data were collected
in this survey for the entire slum from knowledgeable persons as judged by survey officials.
sub-round from April to June, 2009. An equal number of sample villages/blocks (FSUs), as far as possible, was allotted for survey
in each of these four sub-rounds.
Unlike household surveys where data are collected from a member of each household selected for the survey, data were collected
in this survey for the entire slum from knowledgeable persons as judged by survey officials.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Field Operations Division of Naional Sample Survey Office | NSSO(FOD) | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
Questionnaires
Type of Research Instrument
Schedule 0.21 consists of 8 blocks including block 0. The blocks are:
Block 0: descriptive identification of sample FSU (Urban)
Block 1: identification of sample FSU (Urban)
Block 2: particulars of field operations
Block 3: particulars about the slum
Block 4: change in the condition of the slum during the last 5 years
Block 5: remarks by investigator/senior investigator
Block 6: comments by superintendent/senior superintendent
Block 7: comments by other supervisory officer(s)
Block 0: descriptive identification of sample FSU (Urban)
Block 1: identification of sample FSU (Urban)
Block 2: particulars of field operations
Block 3: particulars about the slum
Block 4: change in the condition of the slum during the last 5 years
Block 5: remarks by investigator/senior investigator
Block 6: comments by superintendent/senior superintendent
Block 7: comments by other supervisory officer(s)
Data Processing
Cleaning Operations
In external resources find attached as a document
Data access
Contact
Conditions
Validated unit level data relating to various survey rounds are available on CD-ROMS which can be obtained from the Deputy Director General, Computer Centre, M/O Statistics and PI, East Block No. 10 R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 by remitting the price along with packaging and postal charges as well as giving an undertaking duly signed in a specified format.The amount is to be remitted by way of demand draft drawn in favour of Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, payable at New Delhi.
Contact
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Centre | M/O Statistics and Programme Implementation | nssodata@gmail.com | Link |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Metadata production
Document ID
DDI_IND_2008_USS_65Rnd_Sch_0dot21_MOSPI_NSSO
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Centre | MOSPI, CC | M/O Statistics & Programme Implementation | Documentation of the study |
Date of Production
2012-05-15
Document version
Version 1.0 (May 2012)