General Household Survey 2008
South Africa, 2008
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ZAF_2008_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Jan 27, 2012
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Reason not attending school (q117rsnn)
Data file: GHS 2008 Person_v1
Overview
Valid:
94744
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
84
End:
85
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 | 24071 |
25.4%
|
| 2 | Has completed school/education | 3536 |
3.7%
|
| 3 | School/education institution is too far away | 444 |
0.5%
|
| 4 | No money for fees | 7799 |
8.2%
|
| 5 | He/she is working (at home or job) | 11475 |
12.1%
|
| 6 | Education is useless or uninteresting | 3615 |
3.8%
|
| 7 | Illness | 2039 |
2.2%
|
| 8 | Pregnancy | 889 |
0.9%
|
| 9 | Failed exams | 1546 |
1.6%
|
| 10 | Got married | 686 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Family commitment (child minding, etc.) | 3971 |
4.2%
|
| 12 | Other | 548 |
0.6%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 32816 |
34.6%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 1309 |
1.4%
|
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.