Survey of Living Conditions 1996

Jamaica, 1996

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Reference ID

JAM_1996_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

Study website

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Sep 24, 2015

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Jan 30, 2020

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Food Stamp Situations (i01)

Data file: REC028

Overview

Valid: 6883

Invalid: 119

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 9

End: 9

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Receiving food stamps	424	6.2%
2	Received food stamps earlier but now not receiving	295	4.3%
3	Applied within past 12 months but not receiving	140	2%
4	Applied more than 12 months ago but not receiving	203	2.9%
5	Never applied	5821	84.6%
Sysmiss		119

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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