Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions


IDENTIFICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  1. Title of Study
 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC)
  1. Local Archive(s) Where Study is Stored
a) Derek Gordon Databank, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, UWI, Jamaica
b) Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)
c) Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)
  1. Number of studies (data sets)
JSLC 1988 JSLC 1989  JSLC 1990 JSLC 1991 JSLC 1992 JSLC 1993 JSLC 1994
JSLC 1995 JSLC 1996 JSLC 1997 JSLC 1998 JSLC 1999 JSLC 2000 JSLC 2001
JSLC 2002 JSLC 2003 JSLC 2004 JSLC 2005  JSLC 2006 JSLC 2007 JSLC 2008 JSLC 2009
  1. Depositor
Planning Institute of Jamaica 
  1. Date (s) of deposit
1995 - 2011 
  1. Principal Investigator(s)
Planning Institute of Jamaica 
  1. Data collector
Statistical Institute of Jamaica 
  1. Funding Agency
Government of Jamaica, World Bank, Dutch Government 

ANALYSIS CONDITIONS
  1. Research Topic (Abstract)
The JSLC gleans household and individual data  from a subset of the population covered by the Labour force  Survey. Information is collected on consumption, health, education,  nutrition, housing, demographic characteristics, and the Food  Stamp Programme. The main purpose of the survey is to provide the government with information for policy development and planning. Although modeled of the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household surveys, it has a narrower focus and greater emphasis on policy impact. 

  1. Subject Categories (main topics)

Core modules

    • General health of all householders 
    • Education of all household members 3 years and older 
    • Anthropometric measurements and immunisation data for all children 0-59 months 
    • Receipt of social assistance 
    • Daily expenses 
    • Food expenses including home production and food received as gifts 
    • Non-food consumption expenditure 
    • Non-consumption expenditure e.g. insurance, gifts, donations 
    • Housing conditions and related expenditure 
    • Inventory of durable goods owned by household 
    • Miscellaneous income received by household 
    • Household roster of all members
Special modules
1989 - Activities of daily living, maternal health and fertility 
1990 - Expanded education 
1991 - Expanded Housing 
1992 - Consumption, larger sample size to provide parish data 
1993 - Employment & Time use 
1994 - Social mobility 
1995 - The elderly 
1996 - Client satisfaction with health services, and fostering 
1997 - Employment and earnings, adequacy of income, savings, money borrowed and money lent. 
1998 - No special focus but larger sample size to provide parish data 
1999 - Poverty & Coping strategies
2000 - No focus Topic
2001 - Youth 17 - 29 years
2002 - Environmental issues; Social Safety Net, Crime & Victimisation
2003 - Jamaica living conditions index
2004 - Parenting Module
2005 - Coping Strategies (Head of Household)
2006 - Remittances
2007 - No focus Topic
2008 - Early Childhood Development and Adult Literacy
2009 - Coping strategies
  1. Sampling Procedure
Stratified random sample 
  1. Method of Data Collection
Interviews, anthropometric measurements 

ACCESSIBILITY
A copy of the User Undertaking Form must be signed before data may be accessed from the DATABANK. Alternatively, you many contact the Planning Institute of Jamaica 

PUBLICATIONS

 Main document - Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions a joint publication of the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Survey documentations available on the Worldbank Website.

Codes for JSLC
 (not given in questionnaire)