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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 did you work 32 hours or less during week ending? (Q36)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 277
Invalid: 7805
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 32
End: 32
Width: 1
Range: 3 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Started new job 0
0%
2 Job terminated 0
0%
3 Only part-time work available 85
30.7%
4 Illnes 26
9.4%
5 Did not want to work more hours 81
29.2%
6 Labour dispute 1
0.4%
7 Holidays 6
2.2%
8 Bad weather 4
1.4%
9 Other 74
26.7%
Sysmiss 7805
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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