General Household Survey 2008
South Africa, 2008
Statistics South Africa
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Reason not attending school (Q117Rsnn)
Data file: zaf-statssa-ghs-2008-person-v1.4
Overview
Valid:
998
Invalid:
0
Type:
discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_width:
2
var_range:
1 - 99
var_format:
numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too old/young | 286 |
28.7%
|
| 2 | Has completed school/education | 78 |
7.8%
|
| 3 | School/education institution is too far away | 7 |
0.7%
|
| 4 | No money for fees | 52 |
5.2%
|
| 5 | He/she is working (at home or job) | 184 |
18.4%
|
| 6 | Education is useless or uninteresting | 56 |
5.6%
|
| 7 | Illness | 9 |
0.9%
|
| 8 | Pregnancy | 5 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Failed exams | 17 |
1.7%
|
| 10 | Got married | 6 |
0.6%
|
| 11 | Family commitment (child minding, etc.) | 22 |
2.2%
|
| 12 | Other | 7 |
0.7%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 263 |
26.4%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 6 |
0.6%
|
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.