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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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Reason for not reporting (JM2001A_NOREPREA)

Data file: JAM2001_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="JM01A071"><span class="em">4.3 Why was/were the crime(s) not reported?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 No confidence in the administration of justice<br />[] 2 Afraid of perpetrator<br />[] 3 Perpetrator was household member/relative/friend<br />[] 4 Not serious enough<br />[] 5 Other<br />[] 9 Not stated</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No confidence in the administration of justice
2 Afraid of perpetrator
3 Perpetrator was household member/friend
4 Not serious enough
5 Other
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for not reporting the crime that was committed against a member of the household.
Universe
Jamaica 2001: Private households whose member was a victim of either murder, shooting, rape, robbery, assault, or larceny and the crime was not reported to the police [discrepancies: type I 0.4%; type II none]

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