Survey of Activities of Young People 2010
South Africa, 2010
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zaf-statssa-sayp-2010-v1.1
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Main reason absent (Q26Miss_Rsn)
Data file: sayp-2010-v1.1
Overview
Valid:
6153
Invalid:
11219
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
2
Width:
5
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illness | 1232 |
20%
|
| 2 | Injury | 59 |
1%
|
| 3 | School too far | 38 |
0.6%
|
| 4 | Teacher was absent | 1273 |
20.7%
|
| 5 | No transport | 39 |
0.6%
|
| 6 | Bad weather conditions | 59 |
1%
|
| 7 | Working in household business | 13 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Working in non-household business | 14 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | To help at home with household tasks | 27 |
0.4%
|
| 10 | To look after siblings | 26 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | Looking after a sick household member | 34 |
0.6%
|
| 12 | Looking after own children | 13 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | School vacation period | 469 |
7.6%
|
| 14 | Did not want to/feel like going to school | 150 |
2.4%
|
| 15 | Other, specify | 2707 |
44%
|
| 16 | Working in household business | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 11219 |
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.