Listening to Somalia - Waves 1 and 2, 2025

Federal Republic of Somalia, 2025

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SOM_2025_L2S_v01_M

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World Bank

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Created on

Jan 12, 2026

Last modified

Jan 12, 2026

Data file: aspu10_microdata_w1

Data on the educational aspirations for children under 10. Questions include how much education the caregiver desires for the child, why they desire the level of education, and potential obstacles to obtaining it.

Cases:	1815
Variables:	54

Variables

SurveyId

Survey ID

pid

q3_1

WHO IS [NAME]'s caregiver answering the questions?

q3_1_specify_

q3_2

What is your relationship to [NAME]?

q3_2_specify_

q3_3

At what age did [NAME] start attending school?

q3_4

Is [NAME] currently attending school?

q3_5

What level is [NAME] attending?

q3_6

Imagine you had no constraints and [NAME] could study for as long as you liked.

q3_6_specify_

q3_7_toofar

School/University too far away

q3_7_transport

Lack of transport

q3_7_cost

School/University too expensive

q3_7_noavail

No school available/lack of teachers

q3_7_working

They need to work

q3_7_nomoney

Lack of money

q3_7_noimp

I don't think it is important

q3_7_illness

Illness/disability

q3_7_careresp

Care responsibility/Domestic obligations

q3_7_pregmarit

Pregnancy/marriage

q3_7_lackmotiv

Lack of motivation

q3_7_notsmart

Not smart enough

q3_7_noconnection

Lack of connections

q3_7_othspec

Other (specify)

q3_7_dk

Don't Know

q3_7_ref

Refused

q3_7_specify