Survey of Living Conditions 1996

Jamaica, 1996

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Reference ID

JAM_1996_SLC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Sep 24, 2015

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Jan 30, 2020

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REASON FOR NOT WORKING L WK (q25)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 279

Invalid: 8001

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 25

End: 25

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Nothing, would accept	147	52.7%
2	A waiting promised job	3	1.1%
3	Pregnancy	8	2.9%
4	Have/has to stay with children/relative	71	25.4%
5	Home duties	9	3.2%
6	Do/does not need job	3	1.1%
7	Illness	30	10.8%
8	Attending school	3	1.1%
9	Other (specify)	5	1.8%
Sysmiss		8001

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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