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Survey of Living Conditions 1989(1)

Jamaica, 1989
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Reference ID
JAM_1989_SLC1_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
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Jun 18, 2015
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SFQ01: CODE OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENSE (hhexpcd)

Data file: SECTF

Overview

Valid: 2463
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 250
Maximum: 258
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 7
End: 9
Width: 3
Range: 250 - 258
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
250 Life & fire insurance 187
7.6%
251 Car insurance 147
6%
252 Health insurance 254
10.3%
253 Taxes (WEC) 196
8%
254 Weddings, funerals 146
5.9%
255 Donations and gifts (church or union dues, gifts, charities,...) 1031
41.9%
256 Repayment of loans, interest payments 87
3.5%
257 Maintenance of relatives outside the home 364
14.8%
258 Other non-consumption expenditures (legal services, anything else,...) 51
2.1%
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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