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

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Sep 24, 2015

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Jan 30, 2020

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CURRENT MEANS OF SUPPORT (q510)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 4950

Invalid: 18752

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 173

End: 173

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Overseas remittance	181	3.7%
2	Parent/guardian	2185	44.1%
3	Spouse/partner	950	19.2%
4	Other relatives	926	18.7%
5	Friend	124	2.5%
6	Savings	321	6.5%
8	Other	190	3.8%
9	Not stated	73	1.5%
Sysmiss		18752

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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