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Population Census 2001, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 2001
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JAM_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS
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Data file: JAM2001_PHC-P-H

Person records

Cases: 205179
Variables: 163

Variables

PERNUM
Person number
PERWT
Person weight
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]
CONSENS
Consensual union
BIRTHYR
Year of birth
BIRTHMO
Month of birth
CHBORN
Children ever born
CHSURV
Children surviving
CHBORNF
Number of female children ever born
CHBORNM
Number of male children ever born
CHSURVF
Number of female children surviving
CHSURVM
Number of male 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
LEFTSCH
Reason for leaving school
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]
ESTABSZ
Size of work establishment
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
PENSION
Receives pension or similar benefit
MIGRATEP
Migration status, previous residence
MIGCTRYP
Country of 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
DISABLED
Disability status
DISEMP
Employment disability
DISBLND
Blind or vision-impaired
DISDEAF
Deaf or hearing-impaired
DISMUTE
Mute or speech impaired
DISMNTL
Mental disability
DISPSYC
Psychological disability
JM2001A_PERNUM
Person number (within household)
JM2001A_SEX
Sex
JM2001A_BIRTHYR
Year of birth
JM2001A_BIRTHMO
Month of birth
JM2001A_AGE
Age
JM2001A_RELATE
Relationship to the head of the household
JM2001A_RACE
Race/ethnicity
JM2001A_RELIG
Religion
JM2001A_MARST
Marital status
JM2001A_SPOUSE
Currently living with spouse
JM2001A_PARTNER
Currently living with common law partner
JM2001A_ILLNESS
Long standing illness
JM2001A_ILLTYPE
Main illness
JM2001A_DISAB
Disability
JM2001A_LIMIT
Limitation of daily activities
JM2001A_DISTYPE
Type of disability
JM2001A_SCHOOL
School attendance
JM2001A_REASSCH
Reasons for not attending school
JM2001A_EDATTAIN
Highest level of education attained
JM2001A_BPLPAR
Parish or country of birth
JM2001A_YRIMMIG
Year migrated to Jamaica
JM2001A_YRPAR
Year moved to live in parish of residence
JM2001A_PREVPAR
Parish of last residence
JM2001A_AWAY5YR
Residence outside of Jamaica for 5 years or more
JM2001A_PREVCTRY
Country of last residence
JM2001A_YRRETURN
Year returned to Jamaica
JM2001A_REASRET
Reason for returning to Jamaica
JM2001A_EXAM
Highest exam passed
JM2001A_YRSCHOOL
Years of schooling
JM2001A_INTRAIN
Currently in training for job/occupation
JM2001A_OCCT2
Occupation of training 2-digit
JM2001A_METHTRAI
Place of training
JM2001A_LENGTRAI
Length of training
JM2001A_QUALTRAI
Qualification post-training completion
JM2001A_PASTTRAI
Past training
JM2001A_OCCPT2
Occupation of past training 2-digit
JM2001A_OCCPT1
Occupation of past training
JM2001A_METHPTRA
Place of past training
JM2001A_LENGPTRA
Length of past training
JM2001A_QUALPTRA
Qualification received from past training
JM2001A_WORKTRAI
Working in occupation of training
JM2001A_WORK1HR
Worked for at least an hour last week
JM2001A_FARMING
Farming, buying or selling last week
JM2001A_ODDJOB
Odd job/hustling last week
JM2001A_ACTIVITY
Activity last week
JM2001A_HRSWORK
Number of hours worked last week
JM2001A_CLASSWK
Type of economic activity
JM2001A_OCC3
Occupation 3-digit
JM2001A_OCC2
Occupation 2-digit
JM2001A_OCC1
Occupation, 1 digit
JM2001A_IND3
Industry 3-digit
JM2001A_IND2
Industry-2 digit
JM2001A_IND1
Industry, 1 digit
JM2001A_WORKLOC
Location of place of work
JM2001A_WORKPAR
Parish of work
JM2001A_EMPSIZE
Number of persons at workplace (including respondent)
JM2001A_INCWORK
Gross income from all employment ($JA)
JM2001A_YRLASTWK
Last year worked
JM2001A_MOLASTWK
Last month worked
JM2001A_ACTIVYR
Activity last 12 months
JM2001A_WKMONTHS
Number of months worked
JM2001A_LAYOFF
Ever laid off in the past 5 years
JM2001A_LAYOFFI1
Industry laid off from, 1-digit
JM2001A_PENSION
Receives social welfare or pension
JM2001A_TYPPEN
Type of benefits or pension
JM2001A_EVERBORN
Ever had liveborn children
JM2001A_CHBORN
Total number of children ever born
JM2001A_CHBORNM
Number of male children ever born
JM2001A_CHBORNF
Number of female children even born
JM2001A_CHSURV
Total number of chidren surviving
JM2001A_CHSURVM
Total number of male children surviving
JM2001A_CHSURVF
Number of female children surviving
JM2001A_AGE1STB
Age at first live birth
JM2001A_AGELSTB
Age at last live birth
JM2001A_BIRTHS
Live births past 12 months
JM2001A_BIRTHSN
Number of live births past 12 months
JM2001A_PARITY
Parity past 12 months
JM2001A_BTH1SEX
Sex of first child born in the past 12 months
JM2001A_BTH1REG
Birth of first child registered
JM2001A_BTH2REG
Birth of second child registered
JM2001A_CHDEATH
Death of a child born in the past 12 months
JM2001A_DETH1SEX
Sex of the first child who died
JM2001A_DETH1AGE
Age (in months) of the first child who died
JM2001A_DETH1REG
Death of first child registered
JM2001A_PERWT
Person weight
Total: 163
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