Survey of Living Conditions 1999

Jamaica, 1999

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Reference ID

JAM_1999_SLC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Oct 08, 2015

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Jan 30, 2020

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Employment Status (l03)

Data file: REC024

Overview

Valid: 2517

Invalid: 3973

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 17

End: 17

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Employee of central/local government	196	7.8%
2	Other government agencies	85	3.4%
3	Private sector business	1101	43.7%
4	Unpaid worker	26	1%
5	Employer	31	1.2%
6	Own account worker	1070	42.5%
7	Unemployed	2	0.1%
8	Not stated	2	0.1%
9	Other	4	0.2%
Sysmiss		3973

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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