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General Household Survey, 2010-11 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2010 - 2011
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NGA_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Reason for not being in school (NG2010A_NOSCHOOL)

Data file: NGA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 218
End: 219
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 2: Education</span>
<br /><span class="em">For all household members 5 years and above, please ask the individual the following questions.</span></p>

<p>9. Were you in school during the 2009?2010 school year?</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Yes (go to q11)<br />[ ] 2 No</div><p>10. Why are you not currently in school?</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Had enough schooling<br />[ ] 2 Awaiting admission<br />[ ] 3 No school or lack of teachers<br />[ ] 4 No time/no interest<br />[ ] 5 Lack of money<br />[ ] 6 Marital obligation<br />[ ] 7 Sickness<br />[ ] 8 Disability<br />[ ] 9 Separation of parents<br />[ ] 10 Death of parents<br />[ ] 11 Too old to attend<br />[ ] 12 Domestic obligation<br />[ ] 13 Other (specify) ____<br /><br />(Go to q24)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Had enough schooling
02 Awaiting admission
03 No school or lack of teachers
04 No time or no interest
05 Lack of money
06 Marital obligation
07 Sickness
08 Disability
09 Separation of parents
10 Death of parents
11 Too old to attend
12 Domestic obligation
13 Other
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for not being in school.
Universe
Nigeria 2010: Persons age 5+ not enrolled who ever attended school [discrepancies: type I .2%; type II .3%]

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