Survey of Living Conditions 1998

Jamaica, 1998

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Reference ID

JAM_1998_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

Study website

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Sep 24, 2015

Last modified

Jan 30, 2020

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Food Stamp Situation (d01)

Data file: FSTAMPS

Overview

Valid: 26440

Invalid: 866

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 10

End: 10

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Receiving food stamps	2350	8.9%
2	Received food stamps earlier but now not receiving	1601	6.1%
3	Applied within past 12 months but not receiving	303	1.1%
4	Applied more than 12 months ago but not receiving	899	3.4%
5	Never applied	21287	80.5%
Sysmiss		866

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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