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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 Father? (d19)

Data file: REC016

Overview

Valid: 1212
Invalid: 1242
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 22
End: 23
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 11
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 So child can attend school 17
1.4%
2 So child can obtain medical care 2
0.2%
3 Child is unruly 1
0.1%
4 Father too sick to care for child 3
0.2%
5 Child lives with parent who has custody 109
9%
6 Father lives abroad 167
13.8%
7 Father's job 64
5.3%
8 Break up of parental union 618
51%
9 Child Abuse 7
0.6%
10 Other 223
18.4%
11 1
0.1%
Sysmiss 1242
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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