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 stop working? (Q55)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 622

Invalid: 7134

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 159

End: 159

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Job completed	19	3.1%
2	Resigned, Personal reasons	208	33.4%
3	Resigned, Job conditions	21	3.4%
4	Lost job, Dismissed	7	1.1%
5	Laid off/ redundant	55	8.8%
6	Business failed	47	7.6%
7	Retired	129	20.7%
8	Moved to new area	11	1.8%
9	Other	125	20.1%
Sysmiss		7134

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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