Microenterprise Survey 2005-2010
Sri Lanka, 2005 - 2010
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Reference ID
LKA_2005_SLMS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
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What is the main reason you stopped your education when you did? (d5_2)
Data file: SLMSround4
Overview
Valid:
568
Invalid:
17
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1341
End:
1342
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Completion of education | 35 |
6.2%
|
| 2 | Did not get selected or qualified for university | 47 |
8.3%
|
| 3 | Didn't have the money to continue | 210 |
37%
|
| 4 | I was tired of studying | 57 |
10%
|
| 5 | It was no longer necessary to continue | 84 |
14.8%
|
| 6 | There was no school nearby to continue | 4 |
0.7%
|
| 7 | My parents decided that I should leave school | 16 |
2.8%
|
| 8 | Got married/had a family | 22 |
3.9%
|
| 9 | Own or family illness or accident | 30 |
5.3%
|
| 10 | Death of a parent | 22 |
3.9%
|
| 11 | Other reason | 41 |
7.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 17 |
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.