Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Kingston, Jamaica metro area from 1950 to 2025.

This statistic shows the biggest cities in Jamaica in 2011. In 2011, approximately *** thousand people lived in Kingston, making it the biggest city in Jamaica.

Comprehensive socio-economic dataset for Jamaica including population demographics, economic indicators, geographic data, and social statistics. This dataset covers key metrics such as GDP, population density, area, capital city, and regional classifications.

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Abstract

The Jamaica Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is a household survey programme carried out in 2011 by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Financial and technical support was provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other UN partners.

The survey is designed to collect statistically sound, internationally comparable estimates of key indicators that are used to assess the situation of children and women in the areas of health, education, child protection and HIV/AIDS. The MICS survey also provides a tool to monitor the progress towards national goals and global commitments aimed at promoting the welfare of children, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Jamaica participated in the second, third and fourth round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in 2000, 2005 and 2011 respectively. As a signatory to the Millennium Declaration (MDG) and the World Fit for Children Declaration and Plan of Action, Jamaica participated in the MICS with the following objectives: - To assess the situation of women and children. - To contribute to the improvement of data and monitoring systems in Jamaica and to strengthen technical expertise in the design, implementation, and analysis of such systems. - To assist with monitoring the progress towards the GOJ-UNICEF Country Programme Action Plan.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

• Individuals
• Households

Universe

The survey covered all de jure household members (usual residents), all women aged between 15-49 years and all children under 5 living in the household.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The primary objective of the sample design for the Jamaica Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was to produce statistically reliable estimates of most indicators, at the national level, and for three regions of Jamaica: (a) the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA), comprising the whole of Kingston, St. Andrew urban, Spanish Town, and Portmore; (b) other towns; and (c) rural areas. A multi-stage, stratified cluster sampling approach was used for the selection of the survey sample.

The target sample size for the Jamaica MICS was determined as 7,200 households. For the calculation of the sample size, two key indicators were chosen: neonatal tetanus protection and father's support for learning.

A stratified two-stage sample design was used for the Jamaica MICS4, although the primary sampling units (PSUs) for the survey were selected in two steps. The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) developed a master sample for their household survey program based on the 2001 Jamaica Census data and cartographic materials. The PSUs were defined as enumeration districts (EDs), although a very small ED (with less than 25 households) was combined with a neighbouring ED to form a PSU. The master sampling frame had a total of 254 sampling strata, and 3 sample PSUs were selected per stratum, for a total of 762 sample PSUs. These master sample PSUs were then further grouped into 180 new sampling regions (within parish and urban/rural strata), and two sample PSUs were selected in each new sampling region for the MICS4, for a total sample of 360 PSUs or clusters. At each step the PSUs were selected systematically with probability proportional to size, based on the number of households in the 2001 Census.

Since the sampling frame (based on the 2001 Jamaica Census) was not up-to-date, a new listing of households was conducted in all the sample EDs prior to the selection of households. For this purpose, listing teams were formed, who visited each ED, and listed the occupied dwelling units.

Lists of households were prepared by the listing teams in the field for each ED. The households were then sequentially numbered from 1 to n (the total number of households in the ED), and the selection of 20 households in each ED was carried out using random systematic sampling procedures.

The sampling procedures are more fully described in "Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010 - Final Report" pp.136-138.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The questionnaires for the Generic MICS were structured questionnaires based on the MICS4 model questionnaire with some modifications and additions. Household questionnaires were administered in each household, which collected various information on household members including sex, age and relationship. The household questionnaire includes household listing form, education, water and sanitation, household characteristics, child labour, child discipline, hand washing, insecticide treated nets, indoor residual spraying and salt iodization.

In addition to a household questionnaire, questionnaires were administered in each household for women age 15-49, and children under age five. For children, the questionnaire was administered to the mother or primary caretaker of the child.

The women's questionnaire includes woman's background, child mortality, desire for last birth, maternal and newborn health, attitudes toward domestic violence, marriage/union, life satisfaction, female genital mutilation/cutting, illness symptoms, contraception, unmet need, sexual behavior and HIV/AIDS.

The children's questionnaire includes child's age, birth registration, early childhood development, breastfeeding, care of illness, immunization, malaria, vitamin A and anthropometry.

The modules included were first decided on by the Technical Committee from STATIN. These were later presented to the Steering Committee for approval. The questionnaires were further refined based on the results of the pre-test and again submitted to and approved by the Steering Committee.

Cleaning operations

The MICS4 data processing system was designed to deliver the first results of the survey within a few weeks of the completion of the field work, since the data was processed in tandem with the fieldwork.

The questionnaires from the field were first manually edited/coded by four clerks who, based on predetermined standards, checked the questionnaires for completeness and thoroughness and, where necessary, inserted codes.

After this process was completed, the questionnaires were sent to the data processing unit where the information was transferred to microcomputers by four data entry operators, supervised by two programmers using the software package CSPro. This process was started on January 31, 2011 and ended on April 4, 2011. In order to ensure accuracy and minimize data entry errors, the questionnaires were entered separately by two data clerks and the programme highlighted any inconsistency in the data entered. These inconsistencies were eliminated by checking with the original questionnaire and the clerk whose data was incorrect made the necessary correction(s). This process continued until both sets of data were identical. Internal consistency checks were then followed to ensure that the quality of the data was maintained. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software program, Version 18, and the model syntax and tabulation plans developed by UNICEF were used for this purpose.

Response rate

Of the 7,289 households selected for the sample, 6,300 were found to be occupied. Of these, 5,960 were successfully interviewed yielding a household response rate of 94.6 percent. In the interviewed households, 5,143 women (age 15-49 years) were identified. Of these 5,032 were successfully interviewed, yielding a response rate of 97.8 percent. In addition, 1,651 children under age five were listed in the household questionnaire. Questionnaires were completed for 1,639 of these children, which corresponds to a response rate of 99.3 percent. Overall response rates of 92.6 and 93.9 were calculated for the women’s and under-5’s interviews respectively.

Data appraisal

A series of data quality tables are available to review the quality of the data and include the following:

• Age distribution of the household population
• Age distribution of eligible and interviewed women
• Age distribution of children under 5 in household and children under 5 questionnaires
• Observation of places for hand washing
• Observation of women's health cards
• Observation of vaccination cards
• Presence of mother in the household and the person interviewed for the under-5 questionnaire
• Selection of children age 2-14 years for the child discipline module
• School attendance by single age

The results of each of these data quality tables are shown in appendix D in document "Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010 - Final Report" pp.158-164.

Abstract

The 2008 Reproductive Health Survey is part of the continuing series of periodic enquiries aimed at providing information on fertility levels and related factors which affect contraceptive use, unintended pregnancies and reproductive health among women 15-49 years and young adult males 15-24 years. It also aimed to provide information about knowledge, attitudes and proctices related to family planning and fertility of these population groups. The main objectives were: - to assess the current situation in Jamaica concerning fertility, unintended pregnancies, contraception, sexual behaviors, and various other reproductive health issues; - to assess knowledge, attitudes, use, and source of contraception, including a special module that provides estimates of contraceptive continuation and failure rates; - to document changes in fertility and contraceptive prevalence rates and study factors that affect these changes, such as geographic and socio-demographic factors, reproductive norms, and access to and availability of family planning services; - to assess health risk behaviors and utilization of preventive health services; - to obtain data about knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of young adults 15-24 years of age, including teen pregnancy and its risk factors; - to provide data on the level of knowledge about transmission and prevention of HIV; - to document gender norms and prevalence of gender-based violence, identify risk factors, and examine correlates with other reproductive health issues.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

• Individual;
• Household.

Universe

All non-institution dwellings All females 15-49 years and males 15-24 years living in non-institutional dwellings in Jamaica

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The Jamaica Reproductive Health Survey 2008 was a population-based probability survey consisting of in-person, face-to-face interviews with women (15-49 years) and men (15-24 years) at their homes. The survey was designed to collect information from a representative sample of approximately 8,200 women of reproductive age and 2,500 young adult men throughout Jamaica. The universe from which the respondents were selected included all females between the ages of 15 and 49 years and all males aged 15-24 years, regardless of marital status, who were living in households in Jamaica when the survey was carried out. The female and male samples were selected independently.

The household survey employed a stratified multistage sampling design using the 2001 census as the sampling frame. The household selection for the male sample was independent from the selection of households for the female sample. To better assist the key stakeholders in assessing the baseline situation at a sub-national level, the female sample was designed to produce estimates for all of the 14 parishes and the 4 health regions in Jamaica. The smaller male sample was designed to produce sub-national estimates for health regions only. The samples for both women and men are also designed to produce estimates for urban and rural populations at the national level.

The first stage of the three-stage sample design was the selection of census sectors, also known as Enumeration Districts (EDs). The 14 parishes of Jamaica are further subdivided into 307 "sampling regions" of approximately equal size, which constitute the strata for the JRHS sample. Within each sampling region 2, 3 or 4 EDs were selected with probability proportional to the size (PPS) of the ED, which is measured by the number of households in the ED, according to the 2001 census. All 307 sampling regions are represented in the male and female samples. The number of sampling regions in a parish varies as a function of population size and ranges from 14-22 in the smaller parishes-14 in Trelawny, Hanover, Westmorland, and St. Elizabeth, 15 in St. Ann, 16 in Portland, 17 in St James, 18 in Manchester, 20 in Kingston and St. Thomas, 22 in Clarendon and St. Mary-to a high of 46 in St. Catherine and 50 in St. Andrew. In the first stage selection, a total of 628 EDs were selected as primary sampling units (PSUs).

The target number of completed interviews in each sample (8,200 and 2,500, respectively for females and males) was divided among the 14 parishes and the minimum acceptable number of interviews per parish was set at 500 for the female sample and 176 for the male sample, equally distributed among the sampling regions within each parish. The average number of women aged 15-49 years and men 15-24 years per household identified in the 2002 Jamaica Reproductive Health Survey was used to provide an estimate of the number of households to be visited in each parish to produce the required number of completed female and male interviews in each parish. With these criteria, the number of dwellings to be interviewed in each PSU was generally equal within each parish but varied between parishes.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Two structured questionnaires - one for females, the other for males. Control forms include 1. Form CSDS 6 - List of hh to be enumerated 2. Form CSDS 14 - Interviewers daily progress report 3. Form CSDS 62 - Record of completed work assignment

Cleaning operations

CDC/DRH was responsible for data-entry set up, as well as data cleaning and management, preparation of the survey data sets. Editor/coder manuals were prepared and persons trained. Before data entry, all the questionnaires are edited and coded. The procedure demanded that all required fields were completed correctly and that the skips were adhered to.

Response rate

Of the 18,841 households selected in the female sample and 14,729 households selected in the male sample, 8,542 and 2,941 included at least one eligible respondent (a woman aged 15-49 years or a man aged 15-24 years). Of these, 8,259 women and 2,775 men were successfully interviewed, yielding response rates of 96.7% and 94.4%, respectively. As many as four visits were placed to each household with eligible respondents who were not at home during the initial household approach.

Almost all respondents who were selected to participate and who could be reached agreed to be interviewed. Less than one percent of eligible women and 2.5% of eligible men refused to be interviewed, and 2.5% of women and 3.2% of men could not be located. Response rates were not significantly different by residence, except for Kingston Metropolitan Area, where the participation rate among young men was slightly lower (89.8%).

Even though the overall response rate was similar in urban and rural areas, eligible respondents in urban areas were somewhat more likely to refuse to be interviewed.

Data appraisal

Detailed consistency checks were performed