Early Grade Reading Study I 2015-2021 Secure Data
Waves 1-5 Merged

South Africa, 2015 - 2021

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zaf-dbe-egrssd-1-2015-2021-v1

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Stephen Taylor, Brahm Fleisch

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Department of Basic Education Secure Remote Access Data Enclave

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Feb 25, 2025

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Feb 26, 2025

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b2.2.1 why not?? (w5_lw_norotatehw_why)

Data file: egrs-1-2015-2021-panel-w1-5-with-emis

Overview

Valid: 1013

Invalid: 3525

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 10

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

loc_start_pos: 6669

loc_end_pos: 6670

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. my teacher didnâ€™t give schoolwork to do at home.	114	11.3%
2	2. i didnâ€™t have books or stationery.	11	1.1%
3	3. it was hard to know what to do.	38	3.8%
4	4. there was no one who could help with my homework.	30	3%
5	5. i wasnâ€™t at home.	3	0.3%
6	6. i had to watch my younger siblings .	3	0.3%
7	7. i did not feel like doing it.	4	0.4%
8	8. i canâ€™t remember / donâ€™t know	27	2.7%
9	9. other, please specify	15	1.5%
10	10. not applicable	768	75.8%
Sysmiss		3525

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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