IDENTIFICATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  1. Title of Study

Barbados Continuous Labour Force Sample survey and Poverty & Living Conditions, 1997
  1. Local Archive(s) Where Study is Stored

Derek Gordon Databank, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, UWI, Jamaica
  1. Number of study (data set)

One
  1. Depositor

Prof. Andrew Downes
  1. Date of deposit

1998
  1. Principal Investigator(s)

Government of Barbados
  1. Data collector

Government of Barbados
  1. Funding Agency

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

ANALYSIS CONDITIONS
  1. Research Topic (Abstract)

Labour force, economic and social welfare of the Barbadian population
  1. Subject Categories (main topics)

a)      Household characteristics

b)       Household income

c)      Household expenditure

d)      Housing characteristics

e)      Individual socio-demographic characteristics

f)        Employment status and characteristics

g)      Access to social benefits
  1. Kind of Data

Survey
  1. Time Dimensions

Cross-sectional in 1997
  1. Definition of Total Universe (Universe Sampled)

Person 5 years and older
  1. Sampling Procedure

Stratified random sample
  1. Number of Units (Cases)

The sample included 1428 households and 4134 individuals.

  1. Dates of Data Collection

June 1997
  1. Method of Data Collection

Interviewing using pre-tested questionnaire
  1. Actions to Minimise Losses

Repeat visits to household

ACCESSIBILITY

A copy of the User Undertaking Form must be signed before data may be accessed.

PUBLICATIONS

Poverty and income distribution in Barbados, 1996-1997. IDB