General Household Survey 2015
South Africa, 2015
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ZAF_2015_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Main reason absent (Q124cRSN)
Data file: ghs_2015_person_v1.1_20160608
Overview
Valid:
74449
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
111
End:
112
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Ask if “Yes” in Q1.24a
Literal question
What is the main reason why …… was absent from school during the past school calendar week?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illness/injury | 317 |
0.4%
|
| 2 | Did not want to go to school | 75 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | Need to take care of someone else at home | 9 |
0%
|
| 4 | Employed/working outside the home | 2 |
0%
|
| 5 | Doing household chores | 4 |
0%
|
| 6 | The weather was bad | 27 |
0%
|
| 7 | No money for transport | 7 |
0%
|
| 8 | Lack of transport/problems with transport | 15 |
0%
|
| 9 | Writing exams | 261 |
0.4%
|
| 10 | Does not feel safe at school | 11 |
0%
|
| 11 | Other (specify in the box below) | 341 |
0.5%
|
| 12 | Do not know | 22 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 72917 |
97.9%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 441 |
0.6%
|
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 aimed at establishing what the main reason for absenteeism was. If there was more than one reason, the survey officers had to ask the respondents to select the most important one.
Description
Universe
This is applicable to all members of the household in the selected dwelling unit who are aged five years and older and are currently attending Grade R/0, primary, secondary or any other kind of school, and who were absent from school during the calendar week preceding the survey.