Labor Force Survey 2014
Sierra Leone, 2014
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SLE_2014_LFS_v01_M
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B.3. What is the main reason you never attended school? (B_3)
Data file: merged A to J de-ID
Overview
Valid:
7267
Invalid:
18378
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
207
End:
208
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 13
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is the main reason you never attended school?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Young | 539 |
7.4%
|
| 2 | Disabled/illness | 52 |
0.7%
|
| 3 | No school/school too far | 158 |
2.2%
|
| 4 | Cannot afford schooling | 2742 |
37.7%
|
| 5 | Family did not allow schooling | 2065 |
28.4%
|
| 6 | Education not considered valuable | 1160 |
16%
|
| 7 | School not safe | 13 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | To learn a trade/job(non-farm) | 100 |
1.4%
|
| 9 | To work for pay | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 10 | To work in family busines/farm | 110 |
1.5%
|
| 11 | Help at home with household chores | 155 |
2.1%
|
| 12 | Civil [Rebel] War | 78 |
1.1%
|
| 13 | Other reason | 91 |
1.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 18378 |
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.