Survey of Living Conditions 1997

Jamaica, 1997

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Reference ID

JAM_1997_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

Study website

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Oct 08, 2015

Last modified

Jan 30, 2020

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Reason for absence on Fridays? (b09)

Data file: REC005

Overview

Valid: 180

Invalid: 6608

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 28

End: 28

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Truancy	6	3.3%
2	Working outside the home	0	0%
3	Needed at home	6	3.3%
4	Market day	9	5%
5	Shoes/uniform missing/dirty/wet	6	3.3%
6	Money problems	135	75%
7	Other (specify)	18	10%
Sysmiss		6608

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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