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

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Jan 30, 2020

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Food Stamp Situation (d01)

Data file: REC009

Overview

Valid: 6531

Invalid: 19

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 8

End: 8

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Receiving food stamps	451	6.9%
2	Received food stamps earlier but not now receiving	408	6.2%
3	Applied within past 12 months but not receiving	67	1%
4	Applied more than 12 months ago but not receiving	224	3.4%
5	Never applied	5381	82.4%
Sysmiss		19

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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