NSSO & IHDS UNIT-LEVEL DATA UTILIZATION

NSSO & IHDS Data Utilization Using STATA

This focused workshop teaches researchers and students the step-by-step process of working with complex microdata from India’s largest official surveys. You’ll learn everything — from downloading raw data, understanding documentation, preparing extraction commands, merging files, applying weights, and computing research-specific indicators.

Whether you’re an MPhil/PhD scholar, economist, development researcher, or data analyst, this program helps you build the technical skills needed to confidently work with NSSO and IHDS unit-level data.

Course Overview

Duration: 16–20 Hours | Mode: Instructor-led Workshop (Live)
Schedule:
📅 Dates: 8th March – 30th March 2025
🕘 Saturday: 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
🕥 Sunday: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Fee: ₹5,999 INR (All Inclusive)

Contact:
📧 instructor@stats2econo.com
📱 WhatsApp / Telegram: +91 9815008268

Course Highlights

• Survey Data Expertise – Learn from real national surveys like PLFS, HCES, Time Use, Health, Education, Tourism, Agriculture, etc.

• STATA Practical Training – Execute all steps in STATA including extraction, merging, reshaping, weighting, and analysis.

• Multi-Round Coverage – Covers major NSSO & IHDS rounds from 1990s to 2023-24.

• Document Handling – Learn how to read, interpret, and apply layout files, readme files, and instructions.

Rounds Covered in Workshops

• PLFS (2017 to 2023)

• HCES (2022–23)

• Time Use Survey

• NSS Rounds:

  • 78th (Socio-Economic)

  • 77th (Agriculture and AIDIS)

  • 76th (Disabilities, Drinking Water, Housing)

  • 75th (Health and Education)

  • 72nd (Domestic Tourism)

  • 70th (Agriculture)

  • 68th, 66th, 61st, 59th, 55th, 50th (Employment & Consumption)

• IHDS I & II

• Consumer Pyramid Data

🧠 What You’ll Learn

• Where and how to download NSSO/IHDS raw data

• Preparing layout files, readme references, dct files

• Extracting .dta files from raw .txt using Do-file

• Merging files: 1:1, 1:m, m:1, m:m using household/individual IDs

• Calculating weights, indicators, and constructing variables

• Verifying data accuracy with official reports

• Constructing employment, health, education, and consumption indicators

• Using reshape, filters, substrings and more in STATA

Our Impact

• 14+ National Workshops Completed

• 15+ NSS Rounds Trained

• 500+ Students and Scholars from India Trained

• NSSO + IHDS datasets from 1990s to 2023 covered

Required Resources for Participants

• STATA Software

• Internet connection

• NSSO/IHDS datasets (shared/linked)

• Basic knowledge of STATA or willingness to learn