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Survey of Living Conditions 1996

Jamaica, 1996
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JAM_1996_SLC_v01_M
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica
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Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
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Reason not living with Mother? (d09)

Data file: REC015

Overview

Valid: 449
Invalid: 2010
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 23
End: 24
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 10
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 So child can attend school 21
4.7%
2 So child can obtain medical care 4
0.9%
3 Child is unruly 2
0.4%
4 Mother too sick to care for child 5
1.1%
5 Child lives with parent who has custody 7
1.6%
6 Mother lives abroad 88
19.6%
7 Mother's job 97
21.6%
8 Break up of parental union 134
29.8%
9 Child Abuse 3
0.7%
10 Other 88
19.6%
Sysmiss 2010
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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