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)

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Jun 18, 2015

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Employment status of individual in present job (q322)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 3248

Invalid: 5781

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 7

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 130

End: 130

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Employee of Central or Local Govt	239	7.4%
2	Employee of other Government Agencies	89	2.7%
3	Employee of Private Sector Business	1450	44.6%
4	Unpaid worker	116	3.6%
5	Employer	20	0.6%
6	Own Account Worker	1328	40.9%
7	Never worked	6	0.2%
8	Not reported	0	0%
Sysmiss		5781

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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