General Household Survey 2015

South Africa, 2015

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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

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Absent from school (Q124aABS)

Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608

Overview

Valid: 74449

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 109

End: 109

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Has …… been absent from school during the past school calendar week (Monday to Friday)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	1202	1.6%
2	No	16095	21.6%
3	Do not know	188	0.3%
4	Not applicable â€“ school closed e.g. school holiday	2859	3.8%
8	Not applicable	53775	72.2%
9	Unspecified	330	0.4%

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

This question is asked for individuals older than 5 years who are attending school. It measures absenteeism from school during the school calendar week (Monday to Friday) in the week preceding the survey. Only those who respond 'Yes' continue to the next question. If the answer is 'No', 'Do not know' or 'Not applicable', skip to Section 2.

Description

Universe

This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are aged five years and older and who are currently attending Grade R/0, primary, secondary or any other kind of school.

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