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Population Census 1982, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1982
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JAM_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Unit, Department of Statistics, IPUMS
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Data file: JAM1982_PHC-P-H

Person records

Cases: 223667
Variables: 106

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
RESIDENT
Residence status: de facto, de jure
MOMLOC
Mother's location in household
POPLOC
Father's location in household
SPLOC
Spouse's location in household
PARRULE
Rule for linking parent
SPRULE
Rule for linking spouse
STEPMOM
Probable stepmother
STEPPOP
Probable stepfather
POLYMAL
Man with more than one wife linked
POLY2ND
Woman is second or higher order wife
FAMUNIT
Family unit membership
FAMSIZE
Number of own family members in household
NCHILD
Number of own children in household
NCHLT5
Number of own children under age 5 in household
ELDCH
Age of eldest own child in household
YNGCH
Age of youngest own child in household
RELATE
Relationship to household head [general version]
RELATED
Relationship to household head [detailed version]
AGE
Age
AGE2
Age, grouped into intervals
SEX
Sex
MARST
Marital status [general version]
MARSTD
Marital status [detailed version]
CHBORN
Children ever born
CHSURV
Children surviving
BIRTHSLYR
Number of births last year
NATIVITY
Nativity status
BPLCOUNTRY
Country of birth
YRIMM
Year of immigration
YRSIMM
Years since immigrated
YRSIMM2
Years since immigrated, categorized
BPLJM
Parish of birth, Jamaica
RELIGION
Religion [general version]
RELIGIOND
Religion [detailed version]
RACE
Race or color
SCHOOL
School attendance
EDATTAIN
Educational attainment, international recode [general version]
EDATTAIND
Educational attainment, international recode [detailed version]
YRSCHOOL
Years of schooling
EDUCJM
Educational attainment, Jamaica
EMPSTAT
Activity status (employment status) [general version]
EMPSTATD
Activity status (employment status) [detailed version]
LABFORCE
Labor force participation
OCCISCO
Occupation, ISCO general
OCC
Occupation, unrecoded
INDGEN
Industry, general recode
IND
Industry, unrecoded
CLASSWK
Status in employment (class of worker) [general version]
CLASSWKD
Status in employment (class of worker) [detailed version]
WRKMTHS
Months worked last year
HRSWORK1
Hours worked per week
HRSWORK2
Hours worked per week, categorized
HRSACTUAL1
Actual hours worked per week
HRSACTUAL2
Actual hours worked per week, categorized
INCWAGE
Wage and salary income
MIGRATEP
Migration status, previous residence
GEOMIG1_P
1st subnational geographic level of previous residence, world [consistent boundaries over time]
MIGYRS1
Years residing in current locality
MIG1_P_JM
Parish of previous residence, Jamaica; consistent boundaries, GIS
DISEMP
Employment disability
JM1982A_PERNUM
Person number (within household)
JM1982A_RELATE
Relationship to the head of household
JM1982A_SEX
Sex
JM1982A_AGE
Age
JM1982A_MARST
Marital status
JM1982A_URES
Usual residence (local or foreign)
JM1982A_URESPAR
Usual residence (parish in Jamaica)
JM1982A_BPLPAR
Birth place (parish in Jamaica)
JM1982A_BPLCNTRY
Birth place (foreign country)
JM1982A_RACE
Race
JM1982A_RELIG
Religion
JM1982A_YRSPAR
Number of years lived in this parish
JM1982A_PREVPAR
Last parish of residence
JM1982A_PARISHN
Number of parishes ever lived in
JM1982A_YRMIG
Year of immigration
JM1982A_SCHLTYP
Type of school or university currently attended
JM1982A_SCHOOL
Type of current attendance at school or university
JM1982A_SPECSCHL
Type of special school currently attended
JM1982A_HGHSTED
Highest level of educational attainment
JM1982A_YRSCH
Years of schooling
JM1982A_EXAM
Highest examination passed
JM1982A_OCCTRAIN
Occupation for which trained or being trained
JM1982A_METHTRAI
Method by which vocational training acquired
JM1982A_VOCTRAIN
Status of vocational training
JM1982A_TRAINPER
Period of training
JM1982A_EMPSTAT
Economic situation during the past week
JM1982A_HRSWORK
Hours worked during past week
JM1982A_CLASSWK
Occupational status during past week
JM1982A_OCC
Occupation during past week / in last job
JM1982A_IND
Industry or type of business during past week / in last job
JM1982A_WORKMTHS
Number of months worked during the past 12 months
JM1982A_ACTIVYR
Main activity during the past 12 months
JM1982A_CHBORN
Number of children ever born alive
JM1982A_CHSURV
Number of children still alive
JM1982A_AGE1STB
Age of mother at birth of first live-born child
JM1982A_AGELSTB
Age of mother at birth of last live-born child
JM1982A_BTHLSTYR
Number of live births during past 12 months
JM1982A_STILLBTH
Number of stillbirths during past 12 months
JM1982A_UNION
Marital union status - at birth of child in past year, at age 45, or at present
JM1982A_DURUNION
Duration of union - at present or at age 45
JM1982A_LOCCENS
Location during Census night
JM1982A_PARCENS
Location during Census night (parish in Jamaica)
JM1982A_PAYPER
Pay period
JM1982A_INCOME
Income (per pay period)
Total: 106
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