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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.The last survey on slums, which, too, covered only urban areas, was carried out in the 65th round (July 2008 - June 2009). In the present round also, the survey is restricted to urban slums only. This survey, conducted during July 2012 to December 2012.

Slums: The word "slum" will refer to both notified slums and non-notified slums.

Notified slums: These are areas notified as slums by the concerned State governments, municipalities, corporations, local bodies or development authorities.

Non-notified slums: Also, any compact settlement with a collection of poorly built tenements, mostly of temporary nature, crowded together, usually with inadequate sanitary and drinking water facilities in unhygienic conditions, is considered a slum by the survey, provided at least 20 households live there. If such a settlement is not notified as a slum, it will be called a “non-notified slum”.

Both notified slums and non-notified slums will be covered by the survey.

Geographic coverage

The survey will cover the whole of the Indian Union. The rural areas such as (i) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (ii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year were previously excluded from coverage. Henceforth, these areas will be covered in the survey after forming a State/UT level special stratum comprising these villages.

Analysis unit

Randomly selected urban slums based on sampling procedure.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The slum survey of the 69th round is a sample survey where the sampling units are urban blocks. There is no second stage of sampling. In case of each sample UFS block, any slum lying wholly or partly within the urban block is eligible for survey and has to be covered.

Sample Design

1.4.1 Outline of sample design: A stratified multi-stage design has been adopted for the 69th round survey. The first stage units (FSU) will be the census villages (Panchayat wards in case of Kerala) in the rural sector and Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks in the urban sector. The ultimate stage units (USU) will be households in both the sectors. In case of large FSUs, one intermediate stage of sampling will be the selection of two hamlet-groups (hgs)/ sub-blocks (sbs) from each rural/ urban FSU.

1.4.2 Sampling Frame for First Stage Units: For the rural sector, the list of 2001 census villages updated by excluding the villages urbanised and including the towns de-urbanised after 2001 census (henceforth the term 'village' would mean Panchayat wards for Kerala) will constitute the sampling frame. For the urban sector, the latest updated list of UFS blocks (2007-12) will be considered as the sampling frame.

1.4.3 Stratification: Within each district of a State/ UT, generally speaking, two basic strata will be formed: i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district. However, within the urban areas of a district, if there are one or more towns with population 10 lakhs or more as per population census 2011 in a district, each of them will form a separate basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district will be considered as another basic stratum.

In case of rural sectors of Nagaland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the coverage has been extended to the entire State/UT from this round. In these two State/UTs, one separate special stratum will be formed within the State/UT consisting of all the interior and inaccessible villages which were not covered in previous rounds.

1.4.4 Sub-stratification:

Rural sector r: If 'r' be the sample size allocated for a rural stratum, the number of sub-strata formed will be 'r/2'. The villages within a district as per frame will be first arranged in ascending order of population. Then sub-strata 1 to 'r/2' will be demarcated in such a way that each sub-stratum will comprise a group of villages of the arranged frame and have more or less equal population.

Urban sector: Each stratum will be divided into 2 sub-strata as follows:

sub-stratum 1: all UFS blocks having area type 'slum area' sub-stratum 2: remaining UFS blocks

1.4.5 Total sample size (FSUs): 8000 FSUs will be surveyed for the central sample at all-India level. For the state sample, there will be 9112 FSUs for all-India. In addition to this, some more sample FSUs (in the form of sub-sample 3) will be allocated exclusively for slum schedule. State wise allocation of sample FSUs is given in Table 1, page A-16.

1.4.6 Allocation of total sample to States and UTs: The total number of sample FSUs will be allocated to the States and UTs in proportion to population as per census 2011 subject to a minimum sample allocation to each State/ UT. While doing so, the resource availability in terms of number of field investigators as well as the comparability with previous round of survey on the same subjects will be kept in view.

1.4.7 Allocation of State/ UT level sample to rural and urban sectors: State/ UT level sample size will be allocated between two sectors in proportion to population as per census 2011 with double weightage to urban sector subject to the restriction that urban sample size for bigger states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc. should not exceed the rural sample size. A minimum of 16 FSUs (minimum 8 each for rural and urban sector separately) will be allocated to each state/ UT.

1.4.8 Allocation to strata: Within each sector of a State/ UT, the respective sample size will be allocated to the different strata in proportion to the population as per census 2011 wherever the information is available, failing which information on population as per census 2001 will be used. Allocations at stratum level will be adjusted to multiples of 2 with a minimum sample size of 2.

For special stratum in Nagaland and A & N Islands, 8 FSUs will be allocated to each.

1.4.9 Allocation to sub-strata:

1.4.9.1 Rural: Allocation will be 2 for each sub-stratum in rural.

1.4.9.2 Urban: Stratum allocations will be distributed among the two sub-strata in proportion to the number of FSUs in the sub-strata. Minimum allocation for each sub-stratum will be 2. Equal number of samples will be allocated among the two sub-rounds.

 Also, an additional sample of FSUs in the form of sub-sample 3, equal to number of sample FSUs in each of the sub-samples 1 & 2 in the sub-stratum 1 only, will be allocated. 

1.4.10 Selection of FSUs:

For the rural sector, from each stratum/ sub-stratum, required number of sample villages will be selected by probability proportional to size with replacement (PPSWR), size being the population of the village as per Census 2001.

For the urban sector, UFS 2007-12 phase will be used for all towns and cities and from each stratum/sub-stratum FSUs will be selected by using Simple Random Sampling Without Replacement (SRSWOR).

Both rural and urban samples are to be drawn in the form of two independent sub-samples and equal number of samples will be allocated among the two sub rounds. For urban sub-stratum 1, additional samples will be drawn in the form of sub-sample 3 independently.

1.4.11 Selection of hamlet-groups/ sub-blocks - important steps

1.4.11.1 Proper identification of the FSU boundaries: The first task of the field investigators is to ascertain the exact boundaries of the sample FSU as per its identification particulars given in the sample list. For urban samples, the boundaries of each FSU may be identified by referring to the map corresponding to the frame code specified in the sample list.

1.4.11.2 Criterion for hamlet-group/ sub-block formation: After identification of the boundaries of the FSU, it is to be determined whether listing will be done in the whole sample FSU or not. In case the approximate present population of the selected FSU is found to be 1200 or more, it will be divided into a suitable number (say, D) of 'hamlet-groups' in the rural sector and 'sub-blocks' in the urban sector by more or less equalising the population as stated below.

approximate present population of the sample FSU no. of hg's/sb's to be formed

less than 1200 (no hamlet-groups/sub-blocks) 1
1200 to 1799 3
1800 to 2399 4
2400 to 2999 5
3000 to 3599 6

…………..and so on .

For rural areas of Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand (except four districts Dehradun (P), Nainital (P), Hardwar and Udham Singh Nagar), Poonch, Rajouri,

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