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Third General Census of the Population and Inhabitants - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 2014
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GIN_2014_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Reason for not attending school (never or no longer) (GN2014A_SCHLREAS)

Data file: GIN2014_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 235
End: 236
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">III. Individual characteristics</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Residents of 3 years or more</span>
<br />[Questions P16- P21 were asked of resident persons aged 3 years or older.]</p>

<p>P21. Reason for not attending or stopping</p>
<div class="i1">Why did [the respondent] never attend school or no longer attends school?<br /><br />If 6-18 years old and P17 = 0 or 1.<br /><br />Enter the appropriate code.<br /><br />[] 0 No school / school too far away<br />[] 1 High cost of attending school / lack of support<br />[] 2 Repetition<br />[] 3 Repeated failures<br />[] 4 Lack of interest<br />[] 5 Learning a trade<br />[] 6 Priority to the Koranic school<br />[] 7 Helping parents<br />[] 8 Marriage / pregnancy<br />[] 9 Illness / disability</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 No school or school is too far
01 High cost of attending school or lack of support
02 Grade repetition
03 Repeated failures
04 Lack of interest
05 Learning a trade
06 Priority of religious learning
07 Helping parents
08 Marriage or pregnancy
09 Illness or disability
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 the person never attended or is no longer attending school.
Universe
Guinea 2014: Persons age 6-18 not attending school [discrepancies: none]

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