Survey of Living Conditions 1998
Jamaica, 1998
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JAM_1998_SLC_v01_M
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica
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- REC001
- REC002
- REC003
- REC004
- REC005
- REC006
- REC007
- REC008
- REC009
- REC010
- REC011
- REC013
- REC014
- REC016
- REC017
- REC018
- rec019
- REC020
- REC021
- REC022
- REC023
- REC024
- ANNUAL
- ANTHRO
- ANTHRO98
- EDTOTALS
- EXP98
- FOOD
- FSTAMPS
- GIFTS
- HEADS
- HHSIZE
- HOMEGIFT
- HOUSEXP
- HOUSING
- LABORF
- MEALS
- NONCONS
- NOTFOOD
- PARWGHTS
- POVLINE
- THOMFOOD
- THOUSEXP
- TNONCONS
- TNOTFOOD
- TOTFOOD
- TOTGIFTS
- TOTMEALS
Number of times abssent(2) (b07d)
Data file: REC005
Overview
Valid:
117
Invalid:
24686
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
28
End:
29
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 9 |
7.7%
|
|
| 1 | Illness | 41 |
35%
|
| 2 | Truancy | 23 |
19.7%
|
| 3 | Working outside the home | 10 |
8.5%
|
| 4 | Needed at home | 10 |
8.5%
|
| 5 | Market day | 4 |
3.4%
|
| 6 | Transport problems due to poor roads | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | Other transport problems | 1 |
0.9%
|
| 8 | School closed | 5 |
4.3%
|
| 9 | Shoes/ uniform missing/dirty/wet | 2 |
1.7%
|
| 10 | Rain | 2 |
1.7%
|
| 11 | Money problems | 3 |
2.6%
|
| 12 | Had to run an errand | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Other (specify) | 2 |
1.7%
|
| 14 | 4 |
3.4%
|
|
| 15 | 1 |
0.9%
|
|
| Sysmiss | 24686 |
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.