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Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 2003

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General Info
Provider 
Derek Gordon Databank, University of the West Indies
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Geography 
Jamaica (JAM)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
05/2003 - 07/2003
Series or system 
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) - World Bank
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The 2003 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) collected data to provide information for policy development for the Jamaican government. A total of 2,037 non-institutional dwellings participated. The sample was a randomized sub-set of approximately one-third of the previous Labour Force survey (LFS) in an effort to data linkage between survey series. The questionnaire covered topics such as demographics, education, housing, social welfare, health, and expenditures. The survey instrument for the JSLC is a household questionnaire the core of which is basically the same each year. This ensures continuity and comparability. For every year, a different focus module used to capture basic data on a particular topic. The 2003 focus module collected data on a Jamaica living conditions index.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Assets, Cooking fuels, Dairy products, Education, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fruits, Health insurance, Health status, Household expenditures, Housing conditions, Hygiene, Immunization, Leisure activities, Lighting, Literacy, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Meat, Medicines, Oral hygiene, Prescriptions, Private social assistance, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, School enrollment, Starchy vegetables, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Taxes, Telephones, Transportation, Vegetables, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 25, 2024