Why did [NAME] not attend school for the normal hours last week?
Categories
Value
Category
1
Own illness
2
Caring for sick family member
3
Working at home
4
Working outside home
5
Holiday(s)
6
Funeral/mourning
7
Non-payment of fees
8
Teacher missing
9
Other (specify)
98
99
Sysmiss
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.
Interviewer instructions
If the person did not attend school for the usual number of hours, ask why this was the case. Do not read the choices to the respondent, as this may suggest answers. If the respondent gives you multiple reasons, ask about the most important one.
Question post text
Go to 15 (qed15 - variable name in dataset).
Description
Universe
All those individuals who have ever attended school (from question 2 in Section I) and are between the ages of 6 and 25