National Income Dynamics Study 2012
South Africa, 2012
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ZAF_2012_NIDS-W3_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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h25 - Main reason respondent did not enrol in 2012 (w3_a_ed12curex)
Data file: Adult_W3_Anon_V2.1
Overview
Valid:
13079
Invalid:
9387
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
11
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
2154
End:
2155
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know | 62 |
0.5%
|
| -8 | Refused | 17 |
0.1%
|
| -5 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Missing | 888 |
6.8%
|
| 1 | Could not afford to stay at school | 3556 |
27.2%
|
| 2 | Wanted to look for a job | 2845 |
21.8%
|
| 3 | Was pregnant/had a baby | 651 |
5%
|
| 4 | Was needed at home | 641 |
4.9%
|
| 5 | Was ill/sick | 467 |
3.6%
|
| 6 | Got a job / work | 2418 |
18.5%
|
| 7 | Grades were very poor/ was not allowed to continue | 101 |
0.8%
|
| 8 | Was suspended/expelled | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Education is useless/ uninteresting | 246 |
1.9%
|
| 10 | Other | 160 |
1.2%
|
| 11 | Finished school/education | 1008 |
7.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 9387 |
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.