Survey of Living Conditions 1991

Jamaica, 1991

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Reference ID

JAM_1991_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 25, 2015

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Jan 30, 2020

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Reason 2 from prev dwelling (dwl_fr2)

Data file: REC014

Overview

Valid: 425

Invalid: 1361

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 7

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 18

End: 18

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	High cost of rent	29	6.8%
2	Insufficient number of rooms	53	12.5%
3	Poor security of dwelling	21	4.9%
4	Acquired own house	72	16.9%
5	Problem with landlord	47	11.1%
6	Result of natural disaster	9	2.1%
7	Other	194	45.6%
Sysmiss		1361

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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