Global Health Data Exchange - Discover the World's Health Data

Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 1988

Nav

General Info
Original or alternative title 
Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (SLC Round 1)
Provider 
World Bank
Microdata access: Request
Geography 
Jamaica (JAM)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
08/1988 - 09/1998
Series or system 
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

The purpose of this survey was to gather data to determine the impact of national programs on nutrition, population health, and education. This survey also sought to collect more information on the labor force. The 1988 round was the first time this survey was conducted in Jamaica.

The data were collected through multiple in-person interviews in the home. The interviewers first approached households with the household questionnaire. Then, approximately one month later, a subset of these households participated in a second interview on employment. This second survey is also known as the Labor Force Survey (LFS).

The sample size for this survey was 1,909 households.

Keywords 
Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, DTP vaccines, Dairy products, Diarrhea, Disability, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Family size, Fish, Food expenditures, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Height, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household expenditures, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Income, Length of stay, Living conditions, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Meat, Milk, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Starchy vegetables, Symptoms, Taxes, Tobacco, Transportation, Unemployment, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Jun 6, 2023