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Survey of Living Conditions 2000

Jamaica, 2000
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Reference ID
JAM_2000_SLC_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
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Sep 25, 2015
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  • ANNUAL
  • ANTHRO00
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  • EXP00
  • FOOD
  • GIFTS
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  • HOMEGIFT
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  • TOTMEALS

Item Code Number (item_cd)

Data file: REC019

Overview

Valid: 4020
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 401
Maximum: 413
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 7
End: 9
Width: 3
Range: 401 - 413
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
401 Life & general insurance 156
3.9%
402 Horse racing 88
2.2%
403 Other gambling expenses 488
12.1%
404 Weddings, funerals 139
3.5%
405 Donations and gifts (church or union dues, gifts, charities...) 972
24.2%
406 Repayment of loans, interest payments 73
1.8%
407 Support for children who live elsewhere 216
5.4%
408 Other maintensnce of relatives outside the home 153
3.8%
409 NHT 501
12.5%
410 NIS 507
12.6%
411 Pension 179
4.5%
412 Other non-consumption expenditures (legal services, anything else) 68
1.7%
413 Direct taxes (Income tax and Education tax) 480
11.9%
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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