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STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2013 (Wave 2)

Ghana, 2013
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Reference ID
GHA_2013_STEP-HH_v02_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/6m7b-0k59
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The STEP Skills Measurement Program
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Jun 30, 2014
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Apr 19, 2016
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Reason dropped-out (1) (m2_q23_1)

Data file: STEP Ghana_working

Overview

Valid: 622
Invalid: 2365
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 632
End: 633
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 19
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Module 2: Education

23) What was the reason/ reasons you dropped out? (main)
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 No money for fees / uniform / books 331
53.2%
2 Poor quality of schools / education 5
0.8%
3 Schools unsafe 3
0.5%
4 Illness 16
2.6%
5 Disability 0
0%
6 Parents / elders did not let me 48
7.7%
7 Had to work outside or for household business 16
2.6%
8 Had to help in home / look after children 14
2.3%
9 School too far from home 4
0.6%
10 School conflicts with beliefs 2
0.3%
11 No female teachers 0
0%
12 Pregnancy 40
6.4%
13 Marriage 5
0.8%
14 School work too difficult / poor grades 60
9.6%
15 Additional schooling wan't worth it 13
2.1%
16 Social unrest/insecurity 1
0.2%
19 Others 64
10.3%
Sysmiss 2365
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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DO NOT READ RESPONSES. RECORD UP TO TWO REASONS.
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