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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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Item code Number (item_cd)

Data file: REC024

Overview

Valid: 3153
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 701
Maximum: 710
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 9
End: 11
Width: 3
Range: 701 - 710
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
701 Support for children from parents who live elsewhere? 659
20.9%
702 Other relatives or friends who live in Jamaica? 687
21.8%
703 Other relatives or friends who live abroad? 864
27.4%
704 Rental payments for use of land or other property owned by household members? 54
1.7%
705 Social Security (NIS)? 46
1.5%
706 Private, Government or other pension fund? 128
4.1%
707 Public Assistance, Poor Relief and Food Stamps? 344
10.9%
708 Interest from loans made by household members of from money deposited in a bank or other financial institutions? 332
10.5%
709 Dividends? 8
0.3%
710 Windfall Receipts? (lotteries, gambling, inheritances etc.) 31
1%
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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