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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Industry laid off from, 1-digit (JM2001A_LAYOFFI1)

Data file: JAM2001_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 324

End: 325

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="JM01A469 JM01A470 JM01A471 JM01A472 JM01A473">[Questions 4.15 - 4.18 for persons age 14 and older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM01A472 JM01A473"><span class="em">4.18 In what industry were you/was [the respondent] working at the time of lay-off or redundancy?</span><br /><div class="i1">________<br />_ _ _ _<br />[] Not stated</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
00	Agriculture (including hunting, forestry and fishing)
01	Mining
02	Manufacturing excluding metal products, machinery and equipment
03	Manufacture of metal products, machinery and equipment
04	Electricity, gas and water
05	Construction
06	Wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants
07	Transport, storage and communication
08	Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
09	Community, social and personal services
98	Unknown
99	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 industry the respondent was laid off from in the last 5 years (1-digit).

Universe

Jamaica 2001: Persons age 14+ who have been laid off in the past 5 years [discrepancies: type I trace; type II trace]

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