Ghana Child Labour Survey - 2001
Ghana, 2001
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GHA-GSS-CLS-2001-v1.0
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Ghana Statistical Service
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Reason For Stopping Schooling (sq12)
Data file: Street Children
Overview
Valid:
988
Invalid:
1326
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Completed school | 153 |
15.5%
|
| 2 | School too far away | 19 |
1.9%
|
| 3 | Cannot afford schooling | 602 |
60.9%
|
| 4 | Poor in studies/not interested in school | 69 |
7%
|
| 5 | Failed at school | 8 |
0.8%
|
| 6 | Afraid of teachers | 11 |
1.1%
|
| 7 | Got pregnant | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Illness/disabled | 6 |
0.6%
|
| 9 | To work to support self | 38 |
3.8%
|
| 10 | To work to support self and other family members | 5 |
0.5%
|
| 11 | To work to obtain capital to set up own business | 7 |
0.7%
|
| 12 | Family does not allow schooling | 6 |
0.6%
|
| 13 | Both parents not alive | 6 |
0.6%
|
| 14 | Father not alive | 27 |
2.7%
|
| 15 | Mother not alive | 10 |
1%
|
| 16 | Other | 20 |
2%
|
| 98 | No Response | 10 | |
| 99 | Not Applicable | 1316 |
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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Definition
Why did you stop schooling?