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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

VariableWMSSCR43
LabelWhat are the main reasons you missed school? Reason 3
Responses
1 Fees too expensive 0
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 0
5 Not safe to travel to school 0
6 Truancy, child did not want to go, not interested, prefer to 0
7 Banned from school for behaviour reasons 0
8 Banned from school because away for too long 0
10 Banned from school because failed to achieve necessary grade 0
11 Bullying/abuse from peers 0
12 Ill-treatment/abuse from teachers/principal 0
13 Needed to stay home to look after younger children 0
14 Needed for domestic and/or agricultural work or family busin 0
15 Had to do paid work to earn money (including agricultural wo 0
16 Illness, Injury 0
17 Family issues e.g. problems at home 0
18 Family member ill/disabled/elderly (including care for this 0
19 Family function (e.g. wedding, funeral) 0
20 Festivals 0
21 Migration with parents 0
22 School not accessible for seasonal reasons: river prohibits 0
23 Can 0
24 Schooling is not useful for getting a job or later life 0
25 Schooling is of low quality 0
26 Pregnancy/fatherhood 0
28 Teacher was absent/there was no teacher 0
29 Can 0
30 Other, specify 0
31 Couldn 0
77 NK 2
79 Refused to answer 0
88 NA 2
Sysmiss 1928
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014
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