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)

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Oct 08, 2015

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Why have you never applied for food stamps? (d19)

Data file: FSTAMPS

Overview

Valid: 5320

Invalid: 1230

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 49

End: 49

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Does not see self as eligible	3121	58.7%
2	Benefits too small, can't be bothered	799	15%
3	Does not want stigma	189	3.6%
4	Ignorance/Don't know how to obtain	861	16.2%
5	Other	350	6.6%
Sysmiss		1230

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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