Survey of Living Conditions and Household Budgets 2005-2006

St. Lucia, 2005 - 2006

Reference ID

LCA_2005_SLC-HBS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office for Saint Lucia

Metadata

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Apr 12, 2012

Last modified

Mar 29, 2019

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Expenditure on repair/maintenance (s2p4_1)

Data file: Household

Overview

Valid: 1222

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 2

Mean: 1.649

Standard deviation: 0.503

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 224

End: 224

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

During the past 12 months have you incurred any expenditure on any of the following items for the purpose of repairing and maintaining the accommodation occupied by your household.

Categories

Value	Category
0	0
1	Yes
2	No

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.

Interviewer instructions

Quest 4.1 Read the note on the questionnaire to obtain a full understanding of what is required to answer this question. Please note that the skip instruction at the top of this section will determine whether it is to be answered, if it is not to be answered go to Quest 4.2. Note: what is required is cost of maintenance and minor repairs Expenditures on major additions and improvements which add to the value of the property should be excluded.

Question post text

Note: Exclude any expenditures on major additions and improvements which add to the value of the property, e.g. built a new wall, built a retaining wall, etc. Also, exclude expenditure on damages caused by extraordinary events, e.g. hurricane, fire, etc.
Even if rented, probe for repair and maintenance expenses.

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