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Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey (Round 2) 2005

Kenya, 2005
Markus Goldstein and Harsha Thirumurthy
Created on June 01, 2022 Last modified June 01, 2022 Page views 395386 Metadata DDI/XML JSON
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  • hhroster_1
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  • identification
  • iroster
  • educexp
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  • transfers_a10
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  • transfers_d14
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8. Reasons why missed school (y08)

Data file: youth

Overview

Valid: 313
Invalid: 80
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 98
Mean: 6.364
Standard deviation: 10.671
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 98
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What was the main reason why you missed school?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Own illness 28
9.1%
2 Caring for a sick family member 5
1.6%
3 Working 29
9.4%
4 Insufficient funds 99
32%
5 Fostered out 0
0%
6 School was closed 0
0%
7 Completed all my schooling 105
34%
8 Other (specify) 43
13.9%
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.
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