Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Viet Nam, 1997 - 1998

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Reference ID

VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

Producer(s)

General Statistical Office (GSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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why children don't go to school FIRST (s082q111)

Data file: CMT082

Overview

Valid: 389

Invalid: 67

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 6

End: 6

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

11. Why are there children in this [commune/ward] who don't go to [..] school?
FIRST

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	School too far	67	17.2%
2	Economic difficulties/school fees too high	174	44.7%
3	Children with illness or handicaps	26	6.7%
4	Children don't have any ability, or don't want to study	74	19%
5	School too crowded/no room	5	1.3%
6	Parents don't care about their children's education	19	4.9%
7	children have to work	21	5.4%
8	Other reason	3	0.8%

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

Ask to identify the maximum of 3 most important causes (as assessed by
the level of impact on non-school attendance of pupils ) by each school level

Question post text

list in order of importance

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