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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Why did you change job? (Q316)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 369

Invalid: 7387

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 63

End: 63

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Job completed	40	10.8%
2	Resigned- personal reasons	151	40.9%
3	Resigned- job conditions	35	9.5%
4	Lost job/dismissed	15	4.1%
5	Laid off/ redundant	43	11.7%
6	Business failed	27	7.3%
7	Retired	5	1.4%
8	Moved to new area	14	3.8%
9	Other (specify)	39	10.6%
Sysmiss		7387

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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