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Labour Force Survey 2019

Jamaica, 2019
Reference ID
JAM_2019_LFS_v01_M_ILO_VAR
Producer(s)
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
Collections
Labour force surveys
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
May 05, 2025
Last modified
May 05, 2025
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  • Study Description
  • Data Description
  • Documentation
  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
JAM_2019_LFS_v01_M_ILO_VAR
Title
Labour Force Survey 2019
Abbreviation or Acronym
LFS 2019
Country
Name Country code
Jamaica JAM
Series Information
Quarterly
Kind of Data
survey
Unit of Analysis
households/individuals

Version

Version number
1.0

Scope

Topic Classification
Topic Vocabulary
Geographical coverage ILO
Sex ILO
Age ILO
Education (ISCED 97) ILO
Education (Aggregate levels) ILO
Education (Attendance) ILO
Household relationship (Details) ILO
Household relationship (Aggregate) ILO
Working age population ILO
Labour Force Status ILO
Multiple job holders ILO
Status in employment (ICSE-93) ILO
Status in employment (Aggregate) ILO
Economic activity (ISIC Rev. 4) ILO
Economic activity (Aggregate) ILO
Economic activity (Broad sector) ILO
Economic activity (Agriculture, Non-agriculture) ILO
Institutional sector (private/public) of economic activities ILO
Weekly hours usually worked in main job ILO
Weekly hours actually worked in main job ILO
Job (Working time arrangement) ILO
Job (Type of contract) ILO
Length of contract (Details) ILO
Length of contract (Aggregate) ILO
Social Security Contribution ILO
Paid leave ILO
Sick leave ILO
Parental leave ILO
Registration ILO
Place of work ILO
Size of the establishment (Aggregate) ILO
Informal / Formal Economy (Unit of production) ILO
Informal / Formal Economy (Nature of job) ILO
Multiple job holders (Looking for another job) ILO
Category of unemployment ILO
Duration of unemployment (Details) ILO
Duration of unemployment (Aggregate) ILO
Discouraged job-seekers ILO
Youth not in education, employment or training ILO
Stages of transition ILO
Forms of transition ILO

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National coverage

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity/Primary investigators
Agency Name
Statistical Institute of Jamaica

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Sample size:

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
Start date End date
2019 2019
Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly

Metadata production

Document ID
JAM_2019_LFS_v01_M_ILO_VAR
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Department of Statistics ILO International Labour Organisation Producer of DDI (via API)
Date of Production
2025-04-21
Document version
1.0
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