National Sample Census of Agriculture 2001-2002
Nepal, 2002
Central Bureau of Statistics
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Household Head (q11hhead)
Data file: geninf_final
Overview
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Questions and instructions
Literal question
Who is the head of this household?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Holder |
| 2 | Other (Specify name) |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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Note: Encircle the code number corresponding to the appropriate answer. For example, if the head of the household himself is the holder in question 1.1, encircle code number 1 corresponding to the answer "Holder" as:
1 Holder
2. Other
1 Holder
2. Other
Description
Definition
Household Head: The head of the household is the person in the household acknowledged as such by the other members. The head has primary authority and responsibility for household affairs. The head of the household may or may not be the same person as the holder.
Holding. For purposes of the census, an agricultural holding is defined as an economic unit of agricultural production under single management comprising all livestock and poultry kept and all land used wholly or partly for agricultural production purposes. A holding was considered to be an agricultural unit of production if it satisfies any of the following conditions:
1) having an area under crops of at least a quarter of ropani (or four annas) or one matomuri in Hill or Mountain districts (0.01272 hectares) or at least eight dhur (0.01355 hectares) in Tarai; or,
2) keeping at least two heads of cattle or buffaloes; or,
3) keeping at least five heads of sheep or goats; or,
4) keeping at least 20 heads of poultry; or,
5) keeping any combination of livestock and poultry equivalent to 2 animal units, 1 animal unit is equal to 1 big livestock, i.e. cattle or buffalo; 3 heads of sheep or goats; or 10 heads of poultry, e.g. 1 cattle and 10 chicken or 1 buffalo and 2 goats and 1 sheep.
Holding. For purposes of the census, an agricultural holding is defined as an economic unit of agricultural production under single management comprising all livestock and poultry kept and all land used wholly or partly for agricultural production purposes. A holding was considered to be an agricultural unit of production if it satisfies any of the following conditions:
1) having an area under crops of at least a quarter of ropani (or four annas) or one matomuri in Hill or Mountain districts (0.01272 hectares) or at least eight dhur (0.01355 hectares) in Tarai; or,
2) keeping at least two heads of cattle or buffaloes; or,
3) keeping at least five heads of sheep or goats; or,
4) keeping at least 20 heads of poultry; or,
5) keeping any combination of livestock and poultry equivalent to 2 animal units, 1 animal unit is equal to 1 big livestock, i.e. cattle or buffalo; 3 heads of sheep or goats; or 10 heads of poultry, e.g. 1 cattle and 10 chicken or 1 buffalo and 2 goats and 1 sheep.
Source of information
Agricultural holder if applicable or any members of holding who know the sufficient informatin about holding and holding operation.