Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableSCWHYR4
LabelWhy are you NOT in full-time education?
Responses
1 Fees too expensive 21
2 Books and/or other supplies too expensive 6
3 Shoes/Clothes/Uniform for school too expensive 0
4 Transport too expensive 1
5 Not safe to travel to school 3
6 Lack of transport 2
7 Truancy, child did not want to go, not interested 79
8 Banned from school for behaviour reasons 0
9 Banned from school because away for too long 4
10 Banned from school because failed to achieve necessary grade 25
11 Bullying/abuse from peers 3
12 Ill-treatment/abuse from teachers/principal 1
13 Needed to stay home to look after siblings 2
14 Needed for domestic and/or agricultural work at home (includ 59
15 Had to do paid work to earn money (including agricultural wo 44
16 Illness, Injury 9
17 Family issues eg: problems at home - parent disputes/marital 21
18 Family member ill/disabled/elderly (including care for this 15
19 Family function 6
20 Festivals 0
21 Migration with parents 4
22 School not accessible for seasonal reasons: river prohibits 0
23 Other, specify 30
24 School too far from home 2
25 Quality of education at school (teaching and learning) poor 1
26 No sanitation facilities at school 0
27 No need for schooling for future job. 2
28 Need to learn a trade/skill, e.g. through apprenticeship so 4
29 It’s not appropriate for girls to go to/continue at schoo 6
30 Marriage 93
31 Stigma and Discrimination (child was not be welcome because 3
32 Completed the course of education I was enrolled in 2
33 Looking for work 13
34 Need to look after child(ren) 7
35 Can’t understand the language in class 0
36 Can’t understand the content of lessons/can’t learn well 13
77 NK 0
79 Refused to answer 0
88 N/A 1
Sysmiss 470
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014