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Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey (Round 2) 2005 - Research Use Files

Kenya, 2005
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Reference ID
KEN_2005_GEHDS_v01_M_v01_A_RUF
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/c2y3-7c75
Producer(s)
Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy
Collection(s)
Impact Evaluation Surveys
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Jul 22, 2011
Last modified
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8. Reasons why missed school (y08)

Data file: youth

Overview

Valid: 313
Invalid: 80
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 98
Mean: 6.364
Standard deviation: 10.671
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 98
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What was the main reason why you missed school?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Own illness 28
9.1%
2 Caring for a sick family member 5
1.6%
3 Working 29
9.4%
4 Insufficient funds 99
32%
5 Fostered out 0
0%
6 School was closed 0
0%
7 Completed all my schooling 105
34%
8 Other (specify) 43
13.9%
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.
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