Survey of Living Conditions 1988

Jamaica, 1988

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Reference ID

JAM_1988_SLC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

Metadata

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Jun 18, 2015

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Activity individual engaged in during the survey week (act_type)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 9029

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 13

End: 13

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		3237	35.9%
1	Working (for himself or others)	3193	35.4%
2	With job but not working(leave/ill etc)	55	0.6%
3	Looking for work - actively seeking work during the week	324	3.6%
4	Doing home duties	1425	15.8%
5	At school full time	674	7.5%
6	Crippled or disabled	69	0.8%
9	Other	52	0.6%

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.

Question post text

If the answer is 'With job not working', 'Looking for work', 'At home' or 'Other', go to Q2.2
If the answer is 'working' then proceed to Q3.2
If the answer is 'School full time' proceed to Q5.1

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