Living Conditions Survey 2014-2015
South Africa, 2014 - 2015
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Reference ID
ZAF_2014_LCS_v02_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Aug 15, 2017
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Reason for not attending school (Q211REASON)
Data file: lcs-2014-2015-persons-final-v1
Overview
Valid:
88906
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
89
End:
90
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too old/young | 20285 |
22.8%
|
| 2 | Has completed education/satisfied with his/her level of education/ do not want to study | 4091 |
4.6%
|
| 3 | School/educational institution is too far away | 224 |
0.3%
|
| 4 | Difficulties to get to school (transport) | 194 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | No money for fees/text books/school uniform | 10504 |
11.8%
|
| 6 | He or she is working at home or business/job | 7991 |
9%
|
| 7 | Do not have time/too busy | 1972 |
2.2%
|
| 8 | Family commitment (e.g. child minding) | 3469 |
3.9%
|
| 9 | Education is useless or not interesting | 973 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | Unable to perform at school | 1424 |
1.6%
|
| 11 | Illness | 1009 |
1.1%
|
| 12 | Injury | 60 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Pregnancy | 522 |
0.6%
|
| 14 | Failed exam | 717 |
0.8%
|
| 15 | got married | 167 |
0.2%
|
| 16 | Disability | 597 |
0.7%
|
| 17 | Violence in school | 40 |
0%
|
| 18 | Not accepted for enrolment | 197 |
0.2%
|
| 19 | Expelled/suspended | 69 |
0.1%
|
| 20 | other, specify | 525 |
0.6%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 32044 |
36%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 1832 |
2.1%
|
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.