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Before the survey:

The class needs to discuss and arrive at a common meaning for all the terms used in the survey form. Otherwise there will be confusion in the actual survey and we would not be able to compare the result of one group with another. With the help of your teacher, discuss the following

How would a “household” be defined? Whom all would you include in a household?
For “Education”, what are the categories that you would use?
Examples: child below six; studying in school/ college, class….; should be in school but not enrolled; studied up to class ..; did not attend school
What categories would you use for occupation?
Examples: Homemaker, Student, self-employed as…, Unemployed, retired, non-employed, senior citizen

Each group would construct a table to show number of people in the surveyed families:

Male	Female	Total Population

What is the female/ male ratio for your group? Are the ratios very different among the groups? Discuss.

For all children 6-14 years
Children	Boys	Girls	Total
At school
Dropped out
Never enrolled

What is the percentage of dropouts & never enrolled children as a whole- for all groups? What are the reasons for this?
For those above 20 years, what is the average time they have spent at school? Find this for your group. Is this data useful?
For all the people in the age group 15-59

Occupation	No	%
Agriculture
Agricultural Labourer
Self-employed
Homemaker
Job
Unemployed
Student
Total

How do you classify those who are “working” and those who are “dependent” in your sample?

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