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How Jamaicans are beating the rising cost of living

This survey asks how the rising cost of living is affecting monthly expenses in Jamaica. It covers which costs have gone up, how people stretch their money, and whether they started a side hustle. It also asks how often they worry about money and what they would change.

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Survey at a glance
Responses
365 published
Questions
15
Time
About 2 minutes
Fielded
Since May 2026
Coverage
Jamaica
Mode
myVoice online panel
Unlock
200 pts a question
What this survey asks

15 questions in 5 themes

The full questionnaire, grouped by theme. Answers stay anonymous, and respondents may skip any question.

Pressure on monthly expensesQ1–Q2 · 2 questions
  1. The rising cost of living has made it harder for me to cover my basic monthly expenses.
  2. Which everyday expense has gone up the most for you recently?
Stretching moneyQ3 · 1 question
  1. What are you doing to stretch your money these days?
Side hustlesQ4–Q5 · 2 questions
  1. Have you started a side hustle or extra income stream in the past year?
  2. Tell us about your side hustle and how it's been working out for you.
Worry, saving and what should changeQ6–Q8 · 3 questions
  1. How often do you find yourself worrying about money?
  2. How satisfied are you with your ability to save money right now?
  3. If you could change one thing to ease the cost of living in Jamaica, what would it be?
About the respondentQ9–Q15 · 7 questions
  1. Which parish are you from?
  2. What is your age group?
  3. What is your gender?
  4. What is the highest level of education you have completed?
  5. What is your main activity?
  6. Which industry do you work in?
  7. What is your household income range (per year)?
What you can learn

Questions this data can answer

Which everyday expense people say has risen the most
What people are doing to stretch their money
Whether they started a side hustle in the past year
How often they worry about money
How satisfied they are with their ability to save
How this differs by parish, age and household income

Answers can be cut by the demographic questions the survey asks, such as parish, age group and gender.

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Method

Online survey of myVoice members across Jamaica, open since May 2026. Members choose to take part and are rewarded in points, so this is not a probability sample. Published counts leave out flagged and duplicate accounts (365 of 424 responses are published). Results are anonymised.

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