Survey of Activities of Young People 2015
South Africa, 2015
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zaf-statssa-sayp-2015-v1
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Main reason absent (Q26Miss_Rsn)
Data file: sayp-2015-v1
Overview
Valid:
2446
Invalid:
11194
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
2
Width:
5
Range:
1 - 15
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illness | 1209 |
49.4%
|
| 2 | Injury | 54 |
2.2%
|
| 3 | School too far | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Teacher was absent | 111 |
4.5%
|
| 5 | No transport | 33 |
1.3%
|
| 6 | Bad weather conditions | 179 |
7.3%
|
| 8 | Working in non-household business | 1 |
0%
|
| 9 | To help at home with household tasks | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 10 | To look after siblings | 10 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | Looking after a sick household member | 7 |
0.3%
|
| 12 | Looking after own children | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | School vacation period | 575 |
23.5%
|
| 14 | Did not want to/feel like going to school | 79 |
3.2%
|
| 15 | Other, specify | 170 |
7%
|
| Sysmiss | 11194 |
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.