Khayelitsha Mitchell's Plain Survey 2000
South Africa, 2000
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ZAF_2000_KMP_v01_M
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A.8. Most important reason why you stopped school? (a8)
Data file: kmp2000merged
Overview
Valid:
2218
Invalid:
2766
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
468
End:
470
Width:
3
Range:
1 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. I was pregnant | 125 |
5.6%
|
| 2 | 2. I got as far as I wanted to get | 20 |
0.9%
|
| 3 | 3. I wasnt passing, so it seemed pointless continuing | 22 |
1%
|
| 4 | 4. I was offered a job | 39 |
1.8%
|
| 5 | 5. I wanted to look for a job | 249 |
11.2%
|
| 6 | 6. An extra year of schooling isnt worth it | 10 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | 7. I was needed at home | 57 |
2.6%
|
| 8 | 8. I passed matric | 405 |
18.3%
|
| 9 | 9. The teachers were no good | 1 |
0%
|
| 10 | 10. There was too much violence at the school | 21 |
0.9%
|
| 11 | 11. I was bored with school | 70 |
3.2%
|
| 12 | 12. I was expelled | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | 13. My family could not afford to send me to school any more | 839 |
37.8%
|
| 14 | 14. There was no school in the area | 19 |
0.9%
|
| 15 | 15. I needed to work at home | 54 |
2.4%
|
| 996 | 996. Other | 251 |
11.3%
|
| 999 | 999. I dont know | 32 |
1.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 2766 |
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.