General Household Survey 2006
South Africa, 2006
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Reference ID
ZAF_2006_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Reason not attending school (q117rsnn)
Data file: GHS 2006 Person_v1
Overview
Valid:
105708
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
67
End:
68
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 | 27255 |
25.8%
|
| 2 | Has completed school/education | 5233 |
5%
|
| 3 | School/education institution is too far away | 433 |
0.4%
|
| 4 | No money for fees | 9986 |
9.4%
|
| 5 | He/she is working (at home or job) | 12437 |
11.8%
|
| 6 | Education is useless or uninteresting | 2531 |
2.4%
|
| 7 | Illness | 1788 |
1.7%
|
| 8 | Pregnancy | 892 |
0.8%
|
| 9 | Failed exams | 1194 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | Got married | 733 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Family commitment (child minding, etc.) | 5312 |
5%
|
| 12 | Other | 350 |
0.3%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 36592 |
34.6%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 972 |
0.9%
|
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.