How Indian households earn (occupation details, income details), spend (routine and non routine expenditure items and amount), save and invest (penetration and value share of different modes), live (access to amenities), think (financial optimism, satisfaction with current levels of income, confidence in the future etc.), access welfare (welfare benefits claimed as eligible and received) and access infrastructure (physical and financial).
Location | Sampling Units | Wave 1 – 2014 | Wave 2 – 2016 | Wave 3 – 2021 |
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Rural Urban | Districts | 72 | 165 | 105 |
Villages | 300 | 1,217 | 722 | |
Sampling Frame-Households | 30,048 | 1,20,000 | 77,699 | |
Main Survey-Households | 5,997 | 25,000 | 14,704 | |
Towns / Cities | 81 | 487 | 121 | |
Urban Blocks | 710 | 1,801 | 1,222 | |
Sampling Frame-Households | 71,486 | 1,80,000 | 1,24,201 | |
Main Survey-Households | 14,198 | 36,000 | 25,723 | |
ALL INDIA | Districts | 110 | 216 | 165 |
Villages / Urban Blocks | 1,010 | 3,018 | 1,944 | |
Sampling Frame-Households | 1,01,534 | 3,00,000 | 2,01,900 | |
Main Survey-Households | 20,195 | 61,000 | 40,427 |