Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998

Reference ID

CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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Reason woman stopped attending school (C_WHYDROPOUT)

Data file: CMR1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 457

End: 458

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

112) What is the main reason for which you stopped attending school?

GOT PREGNANT 01
GOT MARRIED 02
TO CARE FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN 03
FAMILY NEEDED HELP ON FARM OR IN BUSINESS 04
COULD NOT PAY SCHOOL FEES 05
NEEDED TO EARN MONEY 06
PREFERRED A JOB/TO GO TO WORK 07
HAD ENOUGH SCHOOLING 08
FAILED AT SCHOOL 09
DID NOT LIKE SCHOOL 10
SCHOOL NOT ACCESSIBLE/TOO FAR 11
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ 96
DON'T KNOW 98

Categories

Value	Category
01	Got pregnant
02	Got married
03	Needed to take care of children
04	Family needed help
05	Could not pay for school
06	Needed to earn money
07	Graduated/had enough schooling
08	Failed/did not pass exams
09	Did not like school
10	School was not accessible/too far
11	Preferred to work
12	Health problems/got sick
13	Told by parents to stop
14	No opportunity to continue/no vacancies
15	School shut down/no teacher
16	Moved
17	Waiting for approved admission
18	Family displaced
96	Other
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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.

Description

Definition

For women who had ever attended, but are no longer attending school, WHYDROPOUT (V154) reports the reason why they stopped attending school.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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