General Household Survey 2019
South Africa, 2019
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Reference ID
ZAF_2019_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_ESS
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Government of South Africa, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)
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Reason for non-attendance (EDU_RSNN)
Data file: zaf-statssa-ghs-2019-person-v1
Overview
Valid:
999
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too old/young | 283 |
28.3%
|
| 2 | Has completed education/satisfied with my level of education/do not want to study | 256 |
25.6%
|
| 3 | School/education institution is too far | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Difficulties to get to school (transport) | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | No money for fees | 86 |
8.6%
|
| 6 | He or she is working at home or business/job | 63 |
6.3%
|
| 7 | Do not have time/too busy | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Family commitment (e.g. child minding) | 16 |
1.6%
|
| 9 | Education is useless or not interesting | 12 |
1.2%
|
| 10 | Unable to perform at school | 11 |
1.1%
|
| 11 | Illness | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Pregnancy | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Failed exams | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Got married | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | Disability | 7 |
0.7%
|
| 16 | Violence in school | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | Not accepted for enrolment | 0 |
0%
|
| 18 | Other | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 253 |
25.3%
|
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.