Survey of Living Conditions 1998

Jamaica, 1998

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Reference ID

JAM_1998_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

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Sep 24, 2015

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Jan 30, 2020

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REASON FOR NOT WORKING L WK (q25)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 677

Invalid: 23025

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 26

End: 26

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Nothing, would accept	347	51.3%
2	A waiting promised job	6	0.9%
3	Pregnancy	23	3.4%
4	Have/has to stay with children/relative	129	19.1%
5	Home duties	28	4.1%
6	Do/does not need job	4	0.6%
7	Illness	115	17%
8	Attending school	12	1.8%
9	Other (specify)	13	1.9%
Sysmiss		23025

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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