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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

VariableWMSSCR41
LabelWhat are the main reasons you missed school? Reason 1
Responses
1 Fees too expensive (unable to pay fees on time) 1
2 Books and/or other supplies too expensive 0
3 Shoes/clothes/uniform for school too expensive 0
4 Transport too expensive/lack of transport 1
5 Not safe to travel to school 0
6 Truancy, child did not want to go, not interested, prefer to 8
7 Suspended from school for behaviour reasons 0
8 Suspended from school because away for too long 0
10 Suspended from school because failed to achieve necessary gr 0
11 Bullying/abuse from peers 0
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 or family busin 23
15 Had to do paid work to earn money(including agricultural wor 1
16 Illness, Injury 214
17 Family issues e.g. problems at home – parent disputes/mar 0
18 Family member ill/disabled/elderly (including care for this 6
19 Family function (e.g. wedding, funeral) 42
20 Festivals 16
21 Migration with parents 0
22 School not accessible for seasonal reasons: river prohibits 0
23 Can’t understand the language in class 0
24 Schooling is not useful for getting a job or later life 0
25 Schooling is of low quality 0
28 Teacher was absent/there was no teacher 0
29 Can’t understand the content of lessons/can’t learn well 1
30 Other (specify) 13
31 Couldn’t hear or see properly 1
32 Banned from school for different reasons 0
33 Seasonal agricultural work 0
34 Natural Disasters -not seasonal (flooding, landslide) 0
35 Travel with parents / relatives 7
36 Too Young 1
77 Not Known 0
79 Refused to answer 0
88 N/A 0
Sysmiss 1577
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
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