Survey of Living Conditions 1997
Jamaica, 1997
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JAM_1997_SLC_v01_M
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica
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- REC001
- REC002
- REC003
- REC004
- REC005
- REC006
- REC007
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- REC009
- REC010
- REC011
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- REC041
- REC043
- REC044
- REC045
- REC046
- REC047
- ANNUAL
- EDTOTALS
- EXP97
- FOOD
- GIFTS
- HEADS
- HHSIZE
- HOMEGIFT
- HOUSEXP
- HOUSING
- LABORF
- MEALS
- NONCONS
- NOTFOOD
- NUTR97
- THOMFOOD
- THOUSEXP
- TNONCONS
- TNOTFOOD
- TOTFOOD
- TOTGIFTS
- TOTMEALS
Main reason for absence from school - Second (b07b)
Data file: REC005
Overview
Valid:
122
Invalid:
6666
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
23
End:
24
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 13
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 |
1.6%
|
|
| 1 | Illness | 24 |
19.7%
|
| 2 | Truancy | 2 |
1.6%
|
| 3 | Working outside the home | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Needed at home | 7 |
5.7%
|
| 5 | Market day | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Transport problems due to poor roads | 4 |
3.3%
|
| 7 | Other transport problems | 4 |
3.3%
|
| 8 | School closed | 6 |
4.9%
|
| 9 | Shoes/uniform missing/dirty/wet | 10 |
8.2%
|
| 10 | Rain | 4 |
3.3%
|
| 11 | Money problems | 40 |
32.8%
|
| 12 | Had to run an errand | 6 |
4.9%
|
| 13 | Other (specify) | 13 |
10.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 6666 |
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.