Survey of Living Conditions 2000

Jamaica, 2000

Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica

Identification

Survey ID Number

JAM_2000_SLC_v01_M

Title

Survey of Living Conditions 2000

Country

Name	Country code
Jamaica	JAM

Study type

Living Standards Measurement Study [hh/lsms]

Series Information

As of 2002, Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household surveys have been conducted in over 30 countries. The purpose of these surveys is to provide household level data for evaluating the effect of a variety of government policies on the living conditions of the population.The Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) was first conducted in 1988. The JSLC was originally conceived to be a semi-annual survey. Early on the schedule was interrupted by Hurricane Gilbert and national elections. In 1990, an annual survey was deemed to be sufficient and an annual schedule was adopted. Fourteen rounds of the survey were completed from August 1988 to July 2000: 1988, 1989-1, 1989-2, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.

Abstract

The Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) was implemented to establish baseline measures of household welfare and then to monitor the impact of Jamaica's Human Resources Development Program on health, education and nutrition. The JSLC differs from other LSMS surveys in its relatively narrow focus and greater emphasis on immediate policy impact.The JSLC is linked to the ongoing quarterly Labor Force Survey (LFS). The households are visited once for the standard LFS. Then a subset of households are revisited about a month later for the SLC.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

- Households
- Individuals

Scope

Notes

- Health
- Education
- Housing
- Anthropometrics
- Daily Expenses
- Non-Consumption Expenditures
- Consumption Expenditures
- Food Expenses
- Inventory of Durable Goods
- Miscellaneous Income
- Food Stamps
- Housing and related expenses

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
Planning Institute of Jamaica

Producers

Name	Role
The World Bank	Technical assistance

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The sample design used for the JSLC was derived from the Labor Force Survey. The LFS sampling strategy is a two stage stratified process designed to select approximately one and a half percent of the dwellings in Jamaica. In the first stage, enumeration districts are selected from a geographic frame. In the second, households are selected from the frame of dwellings in the enumeration district. The sample is self-weighted, that is each household in Jamaica is equally likely to be included in the survey sample. From 1988 through 2000, there have been four versions of the LFS sample design which have been used as the basis of the JSLC sample.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2000-05	2000-07

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Supervision

Four senior supervisors are located in Kingston, High Gate, Linstead and Black River (in the south, north, center and west of the country, respectively). Their responsibilities are largely administrative. The supervisor is responsible for: 1) the review of each completed questionnaire for inconsistencies; 2) observation of some interviews; 3) field checks of some completed questionnaires; 4) verification of dwellings recorded as vacant or closed; 5) visiting nonresponding households to encourage cooperation; and 6) taking the anthropometric measurements.

Data Collection Notes

Questionnaires

Unlike many LSMS surveys, the JSLC does not include price and community questionnaires. Because Jamaica is small and has a good transport network, regional price variation was expected to be small and, for this reason, price data were not collected. Much of the distance to, and availability of, services and infrastructure that is usually gathered in the LSMS community questionnaire is collected in the JSLC’s household, health services and school questionnaires described below.

Core Questionnaire : For each round of the JSLC, the household questionnaire has included modules covering health, education, anthropometric measurements for all children less than five years old, daily expenses, consumption expenditures, non-consumption expenditures, food expenses, consumption of home production, housing, an inventory of durable goods, other household income, and food stamps. Employment and job search information for all adults age 14 or older is available from the Labor Force Survey. The JSLC household questionnaire was completed in one interview approximately one month after the Labor Force Survey. The JSLC questionnaire has undergone substantial revision since 1988, reflecting accumulated experience and changing demands for data. For example, the food stamps and other income modules were added after the 1988 survey, in which these subjects were addressed only briefly in the housing module.

Data Processing

Data Editing

Data entry is done in The Surveys and Computer Systems Divisions in the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) by its own data entry operators. The cleaning process (after the questionnaires have left the field) has been standardized since 1989-2. Before data entry, the questionnaires are edited and coded, where necessary, by the Editors-Coders at STATIN. The number of questions that require coding in the office is intentionally kept very low. Clerical errors are removed, where possible, and checks are made for consistency using the data entry program. The area classification is then checked using a computer program.

Access policy

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Easton Williams, Director	Social and Manpower Planning and Research Division, Planning Institute of Jamaica	Easton_Williams@pioj.gov.jm	http://www.pioj.gov.jm/

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
LSMS Data Manager	The World Bank	lsms@worldbank.org	http://go.worldbank.org/QJVDZDKJ60

Access conditions

In order to use the data from the Jamaica Surveys of Living Conditions, users must get permission from the Jamaican government. Interested users should send a brief description of the proposed research to:

Easton Williams, Director
Social and Manpower Planning and Research Division
Planning Institute of Jamaica
8 Ocean Boulevard
Kingston
Jamaica
tel (876-906-4463-4, ext. 2105/4207)
fax (876-906-5031)
e-mail to: Easton_Williams@pioj.gov.jm

Citation requirements

Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download

Example:
Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica, and The World Bank. Survey of Living Conditions (SLC) 2000. Ref. JAM_2000_SLC_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://microdata.worldbank.org on [date].

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_JAM_2000_SLC_v01_M

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Development Economics Data Group	DECDG	The World Bank	Generation of DDI documentation

Date of Metadata Production

2010-06-24

DDI Document version

Version 0.2 (June 2015). Version 0.1 (June 2010).