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Survey of Living Conditions 1989(2)

Jamaica, 1989 - 1990
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Reference ID
JAM_1989_SLC2_v01_M
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
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SGQ01: CODE OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES (hhexpcd)

Data file: SECTG

Overview

Valid: 4360
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 7
End: 9
Width: 3
Range: 250 - 259
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
250 Life & fire insurance 433
9.9%
251 Car insurance 295
6.8%
252 Health insurance 444
10.2%
253 Taxes (NEC) Vehicles taxes and duties 158
3.6%
254 Weddings, funerals 213
4.9%
255 Donations and gifts (church or union dues, gifts, charities,...) 1775
40.7%
256 Repayment of loans, interest payments 155
3.6%
257 Maintenance of relatives outside the home 442
10.1%
258 Other non-consumption expenditures (legal services, anything else,...) 403
9.2%
259 Other non consumption expenditures (legal services, anything else,..) 42
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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