Survey of Activities of Young People 2019
South Africa, 2019
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Main reason absent (Q26Miss_Rsn)
Data file: sayp-2019-v1
Overview
Valid:
2847
Invalid:
10489
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
15
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
69
End:
70
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illness | 1604 |
56.3%
|
| 2 | Injury | 61 |
2.1%
|
| 3 | School too far | 15 |
0.5%
|
| 4 | Teacher was absent | 94 |
3.3%
|
| 5 | No transport | 72 |
2.5%
|
| 6 | Bad weather conditions | 133 |
4.7%
|
| 8 | Working in non-household business | 1 |
0%
|
| 9 | To help at home with household tasks | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 10 | To look after siblings | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 11 | Looking after a sick household member | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Looking after own children | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | School vacation period | 386 |
13.6%
|
| 14 | Did not want to/feel like going to school | 181 |
6.4%
|
| 15 | Other, specify | 273 |
9.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 10489 |
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.