National Income Dynamics Study 2008
Wave 1

South Africa, 2008

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zaf-saldru-nids-2008-v7.0.0

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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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National Income Dynamics Study African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

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c12 - Main reason child was not enrolled in 2007 (w1_c_ed07ex)

Data file: Child_W1_Anon_V7.0.0

Overview

Valid: 691

Invalid: 8913

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 52

Range: -9 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know	5	0.7%
-3	Missing	369	53.4%
1	Was too young to attend school	286	41.4%
2	Was working	1	0.1%
3	Could not afford to stay at school	12	1.7%
4	Wanted to look for a job	0	0%
5	Was pregnant/had a baby	2	0.3%
6	Was needed at home	2	0.3%
7	Was ill/sick	3	0.4%
8	Grades were very poor/was not allowed to continue	4	0.6%
9	Was suspended/expelled	0	0%
10	Other (specify)	7	1%
Sysmiss		8913

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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