General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

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Teachers are often absent from school (Q119cTABS)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 94

End: 94

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

During the current school year, what problems, if any, did …… experience at the educational institution he/she attended? Exclude those in distance education. Read all the options; use the codes below
a = Lack of books b = Poor quality of teaching c = Lack of teachers d = Facilities in bad condition e = Fees too high f = Classes too large/too many learners g = Teachers are often absent from school
h = Teachers were involved in a strike i = Other (specify in the box below)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	314	0.4%
2	No	21167	28.4%
3	Don't know	61	0.1%
8	Not applicable	51223	68.8%
9	Unspecified	1684	2.3%

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

The reference period in this question is very important. It is specified that the problems related to the educational institution should have occurred during the past 6 months. This is a multiple-response question; therefore each option has to be read to the respondent. For any response that is not pre-coded, the related problem can be specified under the option 'Other'. None of the codes should be left blank. The answer should be either 'Yes' or 'No'.

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Every person who has stayed in the household in the selected dwelling unit at least four nights per week in the four weeks prior the interview who is five years and older and who had been attending an educational institution during the past 6 months.

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