Government of Federal Bureau of Statistics Sample Design Section Islamabad

Subject: CODING SCHEME FOR ASSIGNING PROCESSING CODES FOR PAKISTAN SOCIAL & LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT SURVEY 2011-12 ROUND-VII (PROVINCIAL LEVEL SURVEY)

A 10-digit coding scheme for providing processing codes to the sample villages/enumeration blocks (PSUs) and households selected for PSLM Survey 2011-12 is as under:

STRUCTURE OF THE CODE POSITION

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Position-I

First digit code at position-I has been assigned to the four provinces of Pakistan, AJ & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, as under:

Province Code Punjab 1 2 K.P.K 3 4 AJ & Kashmir 5 Gilgit-Baltistian 6

Position-II & III

A two-digit code at positions II and III for other urban areas of a region comprising all urban areas excluding large size city of Ex-administrative division has been assigned to indicate stratum within a province. In rural areas ,districts have been taken as strata in Punjab, Sindh,KPK Provinces and an administartive division in Balochistan province.All urban and rural areas in case of AJ & Kashmir, Gilgit/Biltistan have been treated as independent stratum.Similarly a two-digit code at position II & III has been assigned to show the stratum of large size cities within each province.

Position-IV

One-digit code at position-IV has been assigned to sub-universe comprising urban and rural areas of each province of Pakistan as shown below:

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Sub-Universes Code Urban 1 Rural 2

Position-V

One digit code at position V has been assigned to indicate sub-stratum formed in urban domain of a district. In big cities one digit code at position V has been assigned to show sub-stratum i.e. income groups (low, middle and high) as shown in annexure-B. Similarly zero (0) processing code in respect of other urban and rural areas has been assigned as shown in Annexure-A and C. This code at position-V has been given to make the coding scheme compatible for both urban and rural areas respectively

Position-VI

A one-digit code at position-VI has been assigned to a quarter of the year with detail as under: Quarter of Year 2010-11 Code 1st Quarter 1 2nd Quarter 2 3rd Quarter 3 4th Quarter 4

Position-VII, VIII

A two-digit code at position VII to VIII has been assigned to sample primary sampling units (PSUs) i.e. Enumeration Blocks/Villages within stratum/sub-stratum of each province, AJ & Kashmir and Gilgit/Biltistan.

Position IX & X

A two-digit code at position IX and X will be given to sample secondary sampling units (SSUs) i.e. households within each primary sampling unit (PSU) of a stratum/sub- stratum in each province, AJ & Kashmir and Gilgit/Biltistan.

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Annexure-A

CODING SCHEME FOR OTHER URBAN AREAS

Name of Stratum Processing Area code at Processing Code (Division) Code at position IV upto Position IV position II & III PUNJAB Rawalpindi 01 1 10110 Sargodha 02 1 10210 Faisalabad 03 1 10310 Gujranwala 04 1 10410 Lahore 05 1 10510 Multan 06 1 10610 D. G. Khan 07 1 10710 Bahawalpur 08 1 10810 Sahiwal 09 1 10910 SINDH Sukkur 01 1 20110 Larkana 02 1 20210 Hyderabad 03 1 20310 Mir Pur Khas 04 1 20410 KHYBER PK Malakand 01 1 30110 Peshawar 02 1 30210 Kohat 03 1 30310 D. I. Khan 04 1 30410 Hazara 05 1 30510 Bannu 06 1 30610 Mardan 07 1 30710 BALOCHISTAN 01 1 40110 Sibbi 02 1 40210 Kalat 03 1 40310 Mekran 04 1 40410 Zhob 05 1 40510 Nasirabad 06 1 40610 AJ & KASHMIR/GILGIT/BILTISTAN AJ& Kashmir 00 1 50010 Gilgit/Baltistan 00 1 60010

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Annexure-B

CODING SCHEME FOR LARGE SIZED CITIES

S. Province Name of Code From Area Code P. Code No. Income Position II & at osition upto Group III IV position V PUNJAB 1 Rawalpindi i Low 10 1 11011 ii Middle 10 1 11012 iii High 10 1 11013 2 Sargodha i Low 11 1 11111 ii Middle 11 1 11112 iii High 11 1 11113 3 Faisalabad i Low 12 1 11211 ii Middle 12 1 11212 iii High 12 1 11213 4 Gujranwala i Low 13 1 11311 ii Middle 13 1 11312 iii High 13 1 11313 5 Sialkot i Low 14 1 11411 ii Middle 14 1 11412 iii High 14 1 11413 6 Lahore i Low 15 1 11511 ii Middle 15 1 11512 iii High 15 1 11513 7 Multan i Low 16 1 11611 ii Middle 16 1 11612 iii High 16 1 11613 8 Bahawalpur i Low 17 1 11711 ii Middle 17 1 11712 iii High 17 1 11713 9 Islamabad i Low 18 1 11811 ii Middle 18 1 11812 iii High 18 1 11813 SINDH 10 Sukkur i Low 05 1 20511 ii Middle 05 1 20512 11 Hyderabad i Low 06 1 20611 ii Middle 06 1 20612 iii High 06 1 20613 12 Karachi i Low 07 1 20711 ii Middle 07 1 20712 iii High 07 1 20713 KHYBER/P.K 13 Peshawar i Low 08 1 30811 ii Middle 08 1 30812 iii High 08 1 30813

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BALOCHISTAN 14 Quetta i Low 07 1 40711 ii Middle 07 1 40712 iii High 07 1 40713

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Annexure-C

CODING SCHEME FOR RURAL AREAS

Name of Stratum (District) Processing Area code at Processing Code Code at position IV upto Position IV position II & III PUNJAB Attock 01 2 10120 Rawalpindi 02 2 10220 Jehlum 03 2 10320 Chakwal 04 2 10420 Sargodha 05 2 10520 Bhakhar 06 2 10620 Khushab 07 2 10720 Mianwali 08 2 10820 Faisalabad 09 2 10920 Jhang 10 2 11020 T.T. Singh 11 2 11120 Chiniot 12 2 11220 Gujranwala 13 2 11320 Gujrat 14 2 11420 Sialkot 15 2 11520 Hafizabad 16 2 11620 Mandi Bahuddin 17 2 11720 Narowal 18 2 11820 Lahore 19 2 11920 Kasur 20 2 12020 Sheikhupura 21 2 12120 Nankana Sahib 22 2 12220 Vehari 23 2 12320 Multan 24 2 12420 Khanewal 25 2 12520 Lodhran 26 2 12620 D. G. Khan 27 2 12720 Rajanpur 28 2 12820 Layyah 29 2 12920 Muzaffar Garh 30 2 13020 Bahawalpur 31 2 13120 Bahawalnagar 32 2 13220 Rahim Yar Khan 33 2 13320 Sahiwal 34 2 13420 Pakpatten 35 2 13520 Okara 36 2 13620 Islamabad 37 2 13720 SINDH Khairpur 01 2 20120 Sukkur 02 2 20220 Nawabshah 03 2 20320 Nowshero Feroze 04 2 20420

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Ghotki 05 2 20520 Jaccobabad 06 2 20620 Kashmore 07 2 20720 Shikarpur 08 2 20820 Larkana 09 2 20920 Shahdadkot 10 2 21020 Dadu 11 2 21120 Jamshoro 12 2 21220 Hyderabad 13 2 21320 Matiari 14 2 21420 Tando Allah Yar 15 2 21520 Tando Muhd Khan 16 2 21620 Badin 17 2 21720 Thatta 18 2 21820 Sanghar 19 2 21920 Mir Pur Khas 20 2 22020 Umer Kot 21 2 22120 Tharparkar 22 2 22220 Karachi 23 2 22320 KHYBER PK Swat 01 2 30120 Upper Dir 02 2 30220 Lower Dir 03 2 30320 Chitral 04 2 30420 Shangla 05 2 30520 Malakand 06 2 30620 Bonair 07 2 30720 Peshawar 08 2 30820 Charsada 09 2 30920 Nowsehra 10 2 31020 Kohat 11 2 31120 Karak 12 2 31220 Hangu 13 2 31320 D. I. Khan 14 2 31420 Tank 15 2 31520 Manshera 16 2 31620 Tor Garh 17 2 31720 Abbottabad 18 2 31820 Batagram 19 2 31920 Kohistan 20 2 32020 Haripur 21 2 32120 Bannu 22 2 32220 Lakki Marwat 23 2 32320 Mardan 24 2 32420 Swabi 25 2 32520 BALOCHISTAN Quetta (Division) 01 2 40120 Sibbi (Division) 02 2 40220 Kalat (Division) 03 2 40320 Mekran (Division) 04 2 40420

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Zhob (Division) 05 2 40520 Nasirabad (Division) 06 2 40620 AJ & KASHMIR/GILGIT/BILTISTAN All districts of AJ & Kashmir 00 2 50020 All districts of Gilgit/Biltistan 00 2 60020

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