2023 Labour Force Survey
12th Edition
Zambia, 2023
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What is/was the main reason ... never attended school? (B8)
Data file: ZM_Annual_LFS_2023_Data_Anonymised
Overview
Valid:
4269
Invalid:
44538
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under age | 1744 |
40.9%
|
| 2 | Differently abled (Disabled) | 69 |
1.6%
|
| 3 | Illness | 104 |
2.4%
|
| 4 | School was too far | 480 |
11.2%
|
| 5 | Cannot afford school cost | 756 |
17.7%
|
| 6 | Family does not allow schooling | 103 |
2.4%
|
| 7 | Not interested in school | 414 |
9.7%
|
| 8 | School not considered valuable | 257 |
6%
|
| 9 | School environment not condusive | 19 |
0.4%
|
| 10 | Family responsibilities | 142 |
3.3%
|
| 11 | To work for pay or family business | 15 |
0.4%
|
| 12 | Other | 166 |
3.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 44538 |
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.