General Household Survey 2005
South Africa, 2005
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Reference ID
ZAF_2005_GHS_v02_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Reason not attending (q117rsnn)
Data file: GHS 2005 Person_v1
Overview
Valid:
107889
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
73
End:
74
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
1.17 What is the main reason why …… is currently not attending school or any other education institution?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too old/young | 29993 |
27.8%
|
| 2 | Has completed school/education | 4304 |
4%
|
| 3 | School/education institution is too far away | 408 |
0.4%
|
| 4 | No money for fees | 9178 |
8.5%
|
| 5 | He/she is working (at home or job) | 13422 |
12.4%
|
| 6 | Education is useless or uninteresting | 1760 |
1.6%
|
| 7 | Illness | 1906 |
1.8%
|
| 8 | Pregnancy | 757 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | Failed exams | 1286 |
1.2%
|
| 10 | Got married | 751 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Family commitment (child minding, etc.) | 4651 |
4.3%
|
| 12 | Other, specify in column underneath | 426 |
0.4%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 38224 |
35.4%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 823 |
0.8%
|
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.