Survey of Living Conditions 1993

Jamaica, 1993

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Reference ID

JAM_1993_SLC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Oct 08, 2015

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What would prevent (NAME) from taking a job if one were available during the past 7 days? (m06)

Data file: REC023

Overview

Valid: 1965

Invalid: 2908

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 13

End: 13

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Nothing, would accept	374	19%
2	Not prepared	46	2.3%
3	Pregnancy	33	1.7%
4	Have to stay with children or relative	202	10.3%
5	Home duties	149	7.6%
6	Do not need job	215	10.9%
7	Illness	312	15.9%
8	Attend school	507	25.8%
9	Other	127	6.5%
Sysmiss		2908

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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