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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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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Main reason for never attending school (NG2010A_WHYNOSCH)

Data file: NGA2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 206
End: 207
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>5. What was the main reason you never attended school?</p>
<div class="i1">[ ] 1 Too young<br />[ ] 2 Too far away<br />[ ] 3 Too expensive<br />[ ] 4 Working (home or job)<br />[ ] 5 Lack of money<br />[ ] 6 Death of parent<br />[ ] 7 Separation of parents<br />[ ] 8 Does not have interest<br />[ ] 9 Parents do not think it is important<br />[ ] 10 Illness<br />[ ] 11 Disability<br />[ ] 12 Other specify<br /><br />(Go to q24)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Too young
02 Too far away
03 Too expensive
04 Working (home or job)
05 Lack of money
06 Death of parent
07 Separation of parents
08 Does not have interest
09 Parents do not think it is important
10 Illness
11 Disability
12 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 main reason for not attending school.
Universe
Nigeria 2010: Persons age 5+ who have never attended school [discrepancies: type I .4%; type II .1%]

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