Centre
1 = Mumbai (Bombay)
2 = Chennai (Madras)
3 = Delhi
4 = Kolkatta (Calcutta)
5 = Patna
6 = Kochi (Kerala)
7 = Ahmedabad
8 = Lucknow
9 = Bhubhneshwar
10 = Ludhiana
11 = Vijayawada

Job of Chief Wage Earner
-9 = missing/no answer/wild
-8 = too young to be employed
-2 = not disclosed
-1 = don't know
0 = retired
1 = unemployed: not seeking work
2 = unemployed: seeking work
3 = unemployed: no details
4 = unemployed: never employed
5 = unemployed: was employed
7 = housewife: never employed
8 = housewife: dk if ever employed
9 = housewife: was employed
15 = student
20 = farm worker
21 = manual: unskilled
24 = manual: semi-skilled
25 = manual: unspecified
27 = employed: unspecified
28 = farmer
29 = manual: skilled
35 = clerical/sales
40 = civil servant
45 = supervisory
51 = petty trader
59 = shop owner
65 = self-employed: unspecified
75 = professional (often self-employed)
82 = manager: 0 employees
83 = manager
84 = manager:1-9 employees
86 = manager: 10+ employees
92 = junior officer/executive
95 = officer/executive
98 = mid/senior officer/executive

Education
-3 = too young to be at school
-2 = not disclosed
0 = no school/illiterate
10 = school up to 4 years
20 = over 4 years primary school
30 = primary school completed, some secondary
40 = secondary school, incomplete
55 = matric/Secondary School Cert/O or A-level
59 = other
65 = college not graduate (eg technical)
72 = college: diploma/secretarial qual
75 = higher college diploma/degree (eg HND)
77 = incomplete degree
80 = graduate/above, general
90 = postgrad (e.g. MA); graduate professional

q2b_1 Sex
0 = male
1 = female

State or Union Territory
1 = Andaman & Nicobar
2 = Andhra Pradesh
3 = Arunchal Pradesh
4 = Assam
5 = Bihar / Jharkhand
6 = Chandigarh
7 = Dadra & Nagar Haveli
8 = Delhi
9 = Goa, Daman & Diu
10 = Gujarat
11 = Haryana
12 = Himachal Pradesh
13 = Jammu & Kashmir
14 = Karnataka
15 = Kerala
16 = Lakshadweep
17 = Madhya Pradesh / Chhattisgarh
18 = Maharashtra
19 = Manipur
20 = Meghalaya
21 = Mizoram
22 = Nagaland
23 = Orissa
24 = Pondicherry
25 = Punjab
26 = Rajasthan
27 = Sikkim
28 = Tamil Nadu
29 = Tripura
30 = Uttar Pradesh / Uttaranchal
31 = West Bengal
32 = Outside India

Born in village/small town or in a city
1 = city: popn over a million
2 = city
3 = large town or peri-urban
4 = small town
5 = village
6 = rural

Frequency of cutting meals in the last year
0 = never
1 = only 1 or 2 months
2 = some months, but not every month
3 = almost every month

Bank account of your own / or joint with your spouse
0 = no
1 = yes

Husband's earnings (Rupees per month)
1 = No income
2 = up to Rs. 500/-
3 = Rs. 501 - 750/-
4 = Rs. 751 - 1000/-
5 = Rs. 1001 - 1500/-
6 = Rs. 1501 - 2000/-
7 = Rs. 2001 - 2500/-
8 = Rs. 2501 - 3000/-
9 = Rs. 3001 - 4000/-
10 = Rs. 4001 - 5000/-
11 = Rs. 5001 - 6000/-
12 = Rs. 6001 - 8000/-
13 = Rs. 8001 - 10000/-
14 = Rs.10001 - 15000/-
15 = Rs.15001 - 20000/-
16 = Rs.20001 - 30000/-
17 = Rs.30001 - 40000/-
18 = Rs.40001 and above
99 = Not specified / not disclosed

q10 Are you allowed to go outside house without permission
0 = can't go out at all
30 = can go with another adult
50 = can go with children
100 = can go alone

q11a1 Refrigerator / Fridge
1 = Yes

Women should work before marriage
1 = Full time
2 = Part time
3 = Not at all
4 = DK/CS

A woman will always be happier if she goes out to work
1 = strongly agree
2 = agree
3 = neither agree or disagree
4 = disagree
5 = strongly disagree

Your control on household decisions
0 = no control
15 = little control
25 = some control
35 = some control
50 = equal control
65 = a lot of control
75 = most of the control
85 = most of the control
100 = complete control

Sufficient reson for divorce - too much drinking
-1 = DK/CS
0 = no
1 = yes

Which religions do you belong to?
0 = No religion/atheist
10 = Christian (unspecified)
11 = Protestant
12 = Presbyterian
13 = Evangelical/Wesleyan/Baptist
14 = Messianica
15 = Christa do reino de Deus
16 = 7th Day Adventist
18 = Orthodox
19 = Roman Catholic
20 = Christian-related
21 = Rosicrucian
22 = Mormon
23 = Jehovah's Witness
30 = Muslim
40 = Jewish
50 = Hindu/Vaisnavist
51 = Sikh
60 = Buddhist
61 = Jain
70 = Parsi/Zoroastrian
80 = Animist (unspecified)
81 = Traditional African
82 = Independent African
83 = Candomble
84 = Umbanda
89 = Spiritualist
90 = Other (unspecified)
91 = Soicho-Noye (Brazil)
92 = Teluja (India)
93 = Koli (India)
94 = Nepali (India)

TYPE OF HOUSE RESPONDENT LIVES IN
0 = pavement dweller
10 = kuchcha house
20 = pukka house
90 = flat
100 = bungalow/independent house

Gender of interviewer
0 = male interviewer
1 = female interviewer

WHAT LANGUAGE WAS USED IN THE INTERVIEW
-9 = other
60203011.01 = INDO-HITTITE {INDO-EUROPEAN} INDO-IRANIAN: Marathi
60203013.03 = INDO-HITTITE {INDO-EUROPEAN} INDO-IRANIAN: Panjabi
60203013.08 = INDO-HITTITE {INDO-EUROPEAN} INDO-IRANIAN: Gujarati
60203013.11 = INDO-HITTITE {INDO-EUROPEAN} INDO-IRANIAN: Hindi
60203016.01 = INDO-HITTITE {INDO-EUROPEAN} INDO-IRANIAN: Oriya
60203017.01 = INDO-HITTITE {INDO-EUROPEAN} INDO-IRANIAN: Bengali
60208009.02 = INDO-HITTITE {INDO-EUROPEAN} GERMANIC: English
110202013.01 = ELAMO-DRAVIDIAN {DRAVIDIAN} DRAVIDIAN PROPER: Telugu
110202022.01 = ELAMO-DRAVIDIAN {DRAVIDIAN} DRAVIDIAN PROPER: Tamil
110202022.02 = ELAMO-DRAVIDIAN {DRAVIDIAN} DRAVIDIAN PROPER: Malayalam

Marital status of respondent
1 = married

Type(s) of cooker the household owns
0 = none
1 = electric
2 = gas (or LPG)
3 = kerosene(/paraffin)
11 = electric & gas
12 = electric & kerosene
13 = gas & kerosene
14 = electric & gas & kerosene

If anyone except respondent present at interview, who?
1 = resp only
2 = spouse
3 = other adult(s)
4 = child(ren)
5 = spouse and other adult
6 = spouse & child(ren)
7 = children/other adult
8 = spouse/child/other