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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Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 734

Invalid: 8295

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 160

End: 160

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 6

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0		312	42.5%
1	less than 1 week	8	1.1%
2	1 week but less than 1 month	20	2.7%
3	1 month but less than 3 months	35	4.8%
4	3 months but less than 6 months	71	9.7%
5	6 months but less than 12 months	82	11.2%
6	12 months or over	206	28.1%
Sysmiss		8295

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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