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Survey of Living Conditions 1997

Jamaica, 1997
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JAM_1997_SLC_v01_M
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica
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Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
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Why usually work 32 hours or less per week? (Q34)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 233
Invalid: 7849
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 30
End: 30
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Only part-time work available 93
39.9%
2 Illness 21
9%
3 Do/does not want to work more hours 66
28.3%
4 Have/has to care for children/relative 22
9.4%
5 Other (specify) 31
13.3%
Sysmiss 7849
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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