STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1)
Sri Lanka, 2012
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Reference ID
LKA_2012_STEP-HH_v02_M
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Jun 30, 2014
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Reason not attended school (2) (m2_q03_2)
Data file: STEP Sri_Lanka_working
Overview
Valid:
22
Invalid:
2967
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
436
End:
437
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 20
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Module 2: Education
Q3. What were the reasons you never attended school?
Q3. What were the reasons you never attended school?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no money for fees / uniform / books | 4 |
18.2%
|
| 2 | poor quality of schools/education | 2 |
9.1%
|
| 3 | schools unsafe | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | illness | 1 |
4.5%
|
| 5 | disability | 1 |
4.5%
|
| 6 | parents/ elders did not let me | 8 |
36.4%
|
| 7 | had to work outside home or for household business | 2 |
9.1%
|
| 8 | had to help in home/ look after children | 4 |
18.2%
|
| 9 | school too far from home | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | school conflicts with beliefs | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | no female teachers | 0 |
0%
|
| 19 | other (specify____________) | 0 |
0%
|
| 20 | Not having the birth certificate) | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 2967 |
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.
Interviewer instructions
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