Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 1998
Round 3

Ghana, 1998

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GHA-GSS-DHS-1998-v2.0

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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)

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Economics Demography

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Reasons for not attending school (sh19)

Data file: RECH4

Overview

Valid: 2131

Invalid: 20521

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 7

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Financial constraint	388	18.2%
2	School too far	26	1.2%
3	Lack of interest	512	24%
4	Disability	14	0.7%
5	Needed to help in family business	66	3.1%
6	Graduated	898	42.1%
7	Other	227	10.7%

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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