Government of Pakistan Federal Bureau of Statistics Sample Design Section Islamabad Subject: CODING SCHEME FOR ASSI GNING PROCESSING CODES FOR PA KI ST A N SOCI AL & LI VI NG ST A NDARDS MEASUREMENT SURVEY 2010-11 ROUND-IV (DISTRICT/HIES SURVEY) A 11 digit coding sc!eme for providin g process ing codes to t!e sample villages"enumeration blocks #PS$s% and !ouse!olds selected for PS&' Surve( )*1*11 is as under: STRUCTURE OF THE CODE POSITION I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 1 ) + , - . / 0 1* 11 Po!"!o#-I First digit code at positionI !as been assigned to t!e four provinces of Pakistan2 A3 4 5a s!mir 2 Gilg itBaltist an2 F A 6 A and Isla mabad as under: P$o%!#' Co' Punjab 1 Sind! ) 57P75 + Baloc!istan , A3 4 5a s!mir - GilgitBaltistian . FA6A / Po!"!o#-II & III * D!"$!" L'%'+ S,$%' A t8odigi t code at position s II and III !as been assigne d to indicate district #stratum% in eac! province7 In urban subuniverse2 big cit( and ot!er urban areas of an admn district !as been considered as independent strata as per anne9ureA 4 B7 All rural areas an admn district !as been grouped to constitute a separate strata 8it!in an admn district of t!e four provinces7 ntire A3 4 5as!mir2 GilgitBaltistan2 FA6A and Islamabad #I7;76% !as been treated as a stratum separatel(7 .* ,$"'$+ P$o%!#!+ L'%'+ S,$%' (HIES P$") A t8odigit code at position s II and III !as been assigne d to s!o8 a stratum in urban areas of t!e four provinces2 A3 4 5as!mir2 GilgitBaltistan2 and FA6A7 Big cities and ot!er urban areas of an admn7 Division !as been considered as stratum7 In rural areas2 eac! district in Punjab2 Sind! and 5!(ber"P75 provinces !as been treated as