Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2006

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Reference ID

UGA_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Uganda Bureau of Statistics [Uganda] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Reason missed school in past week (H_EDABSENTWHY)

Data file: UGA2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 388

End: 389

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

26C) What was the main reason for (NAME) being absent at school?

DOMESTIC WORK 10
WORK FOR FAMILY FARM/BUSINESS 11
WORK FOR EMPLOYERS 12
ANY OTHER WORK 13
DID NOT WANT TO GO 14
MISTREATED AT SCHOOL 15
FUNERAL/WEDDING/CEREMONY/FAMILY FUNCTION 16
ILLNESS 17
SCHOOL UNIFORM 18
NO STATIONARY 19
OTHER 96

Categories

Value	Category
10	Work-related
11	Domestic work
12	Work for family farm or business
13	Work for employers
19	Any other work
20	Dislike school
21	Did not want to go
22	Mistreated at school
30	Other family obligation
31	Funeral, wedding, or other family function
40	Illness
50	Lack of supplies
51	Problem with school uniform
52	No stationary
60	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

EDABSENTWHY reports why the household member was absent from school in the past week.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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