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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014

Variable Details

VariableWHYNOTR4
LabelWhy is this child currently NOT in full-time education?
Responses
1 Fees too expensive 7
2 Books and/or other supplies too expensive 16
3 Shoes/Clothes/Uniform for school too expensive 5
4 Transport too expensive 0
5 School too far from home 9
6 Not safe to travel to school 4
7 Lack of transport 0
8 Truancy, child does not want to go, not interested 109
9 Banned from school for behaviour reasons 6
10 Banned from school because away for too long 2
11 Banned from school because failed to achieve necessary grade 18
12 Quality of education at school (teaching and learning) poor 1
13 Quality of care (food, non-educational care) poor 1
14 No sanitation facilities at school 0
15 Bullying/abuse from peers 3
16 Ill-treatment/abuse from teachers/principal 16
17 No need for schooling for future job 17
18 Need to learn a trade/skill (e.g. through apprenticeship so 6
19 Need to stay at home and look after siblings 13
20 Needed for domestic and/or agricultural work at home (includ 112
21 Have to do paid work to earn money (including agricultural w 18
22 It's not appropriate for girls to go to/continue at school 1
23 Marriage 2
24 Disability, illness 52
25 Family member ill/disabled/elderly (including care for this 8
26 Family issues e.g. problems at home – parent dispute 14
27 Stigma and Discrimination (child was not be welcome because 0
28 School not accessible for seasonal reasons: river prohibits 1
29 Child too young 403
30 Child still in preschool 83
31 Other 20
77 Not Known 1
79 Refused to answer 0
88 Not Applicable 0
Sysmiss 14451
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
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