NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 2008 Provider Derek Gordon Databank, University of the West IndiesTabulations only Geography Jamaica (JAM) Coverage type Country Time period covered 08/2008 - 02/2009 Series or system Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) - World Bank Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The 2008-2009 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) collected data to provide information for policy development for the Jamaican government. This JSLC collection effort was unusual as it began later than planned, lasted longer than the usual JSLC survey period, and extended into another year. A total of 6,513 individuals from 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 2008-2009 effort included additional modulea on adult literacy and childhood development. Keywords Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth place, Birth weight, Child anthropometry, DTP vaccines, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Diet, Disability, Domestic violence, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing loss, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hib vaccines, Hospitals, Household deaths, Household expenditures, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, Immunization, Injuries, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Length of stay, Limited mobility, Literacy, MMR vaccines, Marital status, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Musculoskeletal diseases, Occupational injuries, Occupations, Personal health expenditures, Polio vaccines, Private health facilities, Private social assistance, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, School enrollment, Skilled birth attendants, Taxes, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Training programs, Transportation, Vaccination cards, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply Citation Contributors Statistical Institute of Jamaica Planning Institute of Jamaica Funders Government of Jamaica Suggested citation Planning Institute of Jamaica, Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 2008-2009. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 13, 2024