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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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Parish of work (JM2001A_WORKPAR)

Data file: JAM2001_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 308
End: 309
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM01A463 JM01A464 JM01A465 JM01A466">[Questions 4.9 - 4.13 were asked of persons who were <span class="em">employed</span> at the time of the interview, and were age 14 and older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM01A464"><span class="em">4.10 In which parish do you/does [the respondent] work?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Kingston<br />[] 2 St. Andrew<br />[] 3 St. Thomas<br />[] 4 Portland<br />[] 5 St. Mary<br />[] 6 St. Ann<br />[] 7 Trelawny<br />[] 8 St. James<br />[] 9 Hanover<br />[] 10 Westmoreland<br />[] 11 St. Elizabeth<br />[] 12 Manchester<br />[] 13 Clarendon<br />[] 14 St. Catherine<br />[] 15 More than one parish<br />[] 99 Not stated</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
01 Kingston
02 St. Andrew
03 St. Thomas
04 Portland
05 St. Mary
06 St. Ann
07 Trelawny
08 St. James
09 Hanover
10 Westmoreland
11 St. Elizabeth
12 Manchester
13 Clarendon
14 St. Catherine
15 More than one parish
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 respondent’s parish of work.
Universe
Jamaica 2001: Persons age 14+ who either worked at least one hour, with or without pay, or had a job but did not work during the previous week [discrepancies: type I 1.2%; type II none]

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