Survey of Living Conditions 1999

Jamaica, 1999

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Reference ID

JAM_1999_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 not working last week (Q25)

Data file: LABORF

Overview

Valid: 239

Invalid: 7517

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 25

End: 25

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Nothing, would accept	119	49.8%
2	Not prepared	1	0.4%
3	Pregnancy	10	4.2%
4	Have to stay with children or relative	52	21.8%
5	Home duties	9	3.8%
6	Do not need job	0	0%
7	Illness	38	15.9%
8	Attending school	2	0.8%
9	Other	8	3.3%
Sysmiss		7517

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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