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  2. Census in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The census in Jamaica is an approximately decennial process recording information about the population of Jamaica. Conducting the census is the responsibility of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), founded in 1946 and known as the Central Bureau of Statistics until 1955, and then as the Department of Statistics until 1984. [1]

  3. Science and technology in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Institute of Jamaica, founded in 1879 "For the Encouragement of Literature, Science and Art in Jamaica". The Jamaica Institution of Engineers, founded in the 1940s to promote and encourage the general advancement of engineering. The University of the West Indies, founded in 1948, has faculties of medical sciences and natural sciences.

  4. Demographics of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of Jamaica. Pop. Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean. The country had a population of 2,825,352 in 2023, the fourth largest in the region . Jamaica's annual population growth rate stood at 0.08% in 2022. As of 2023, Jamaicans of African descent represent 92.1% of the population, followed by 6.1% Afro-European or Brown, 0. ...

  5. Economy of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica, which had seen its poverty rate drop almost 20 percent over two decades, saw it increase by eight percent in a few years. The unemployment rate in Jamaica is approximately 6.0% (April 2022, Statistical Institute of Jamaica), with youth unemployment more than twice the national rate, albeit trending downwards (15%).

  6. List of national and international statistical services ...

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    Jamaica: Statistical Institute of Jamaica: statinja.gov.jm Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informatica (INEGI) inegi.org.mx Nicaragua: National Institute of Information Development: inide.gob.ni Panama: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo – Panamá: inec.gob.pa Paraguay: Instituto Nacional de Estadística: ine ...

  7. Institute of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Institute of Jamaica ( IOJ ), founded in 1879, is the country's most significant cultural, artistic and scientific organisation: [1] a patron and promoter of the arts in Jamaica, sponsoring exhibitions and awards. It is also the country's museums authority, as well as administering other national arts and cultural outlets including the ...

  8. Ministries and agencies of the Jamaican government - Wikipedia

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    Ministries of Jamaica. Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport [1] Jamaica Cultural Development Commission. Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation. Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission. The Institute of Jamaica. Jamaica National Heritage Trust. National Library of Jamaica. Sports Development Foundation.

  9. Donald Richards (statistician) - Wikipedia

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    Donald St. P. Richards (born 1955, in Mandeville, Jamaica) is an American statistician conducting research on multivariate statistics, zonal polynomials, distance correlation, total positivity, and hypergeometric functions of matrix argument. He currently serves as a distinguished professor [1] of statistics at the Pennsylvania State University ...