2006 LIVING CONDITIONS AND MONITORING SURVEY
5TH EDITION
Zambia, 2006 - 2007
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ZMB-ZSA-LCMS-2006-V1.0
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CENTRAL STATISTICAL OFFICE
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What was the main reason for leaving school at the time? (S4Q9)
Data file: Education
Overview
Valid:
40430
Invalid:
54749
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Started working/business | 1262 |
3.1%
|
| 2 | Expensive | 451 |
1.1%
|
| 3 | Too Far | 871 |
2.2%
|
| 4 | Not Selected/Failed | 4951 |
12.2%
|
| 5 | Pregnancy | 2271 |
5.6%
|
| 6 | Made girl Pregnant | 254 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Completed Studies/school | 10495 |
26%
|
| 8 | Got Married | 1764 |
4.4%
|
| 9 | No Need to Continue School | 1898 |
4.7%
|
| 10 | School not important | 1635 |
4%
|
| 11 | Unsafe to travel to school | 180 |
0.4%
|
| 12 | Expelled | 165 |
0.4%
|
| 13 | Lack of Support | 12514 |
31%
|
| 14 | Needed to help out at home | 673 |
1.7%
|
| 15 | Illness/injury/disabled | 668 |
1.7%
|
| 16 | Other | 378 |
0.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 54749 |
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.