Survey of Living Conditions 1996

Jamaica, 1996

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Reference ID

JAM_1996_SLC_v01_M

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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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Sep 24, 2015

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EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN LAST JOB (q424)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 314

Invalid: 7966

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 132

End: 132

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Employee of central or local government	7	2.2%
2	Employee of other government agencies	3	1%
3	Employee of private sector	162	51.6%
4	Unpaid family worker	1	0.3%
5	Employer	1	0.3%
6	Own account worker	23	7.3%
7	Never worked	111	35.4%
9	Not stated	6	1.9%
Sysmiss		7966

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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