Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) 2022-2024
Ghana
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DDI-GHA-GSS-AHIES-2022-2024-v1.1
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What is/was the main reason why (NAME) has never attended school? (s2aq2)
Data file: 2024 AHIES Q1-Q4_20250827
Overview
Valid:
24911
Invalid:
163589
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
13
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
8
Range:
1 - 13
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too young | 2893 |
11.6%
|
| 2 | Disabled/ illness | 313 |
1.3%
|
| 3 | No school /school too far | 1573 |
6.3%
|
| 4 | Cannot afford schooling | 2520 |
10.1%
|
| 5 | Family did not allow schooling | 11260 |
45.2%
|
| 6 | Not interested in school | 1711 |
6.9%
|
| 7 | Education not considered valuable | 3224 |
12.9%
|
| 8 | School not safe | 11 |
0%
|
| 9 | To learn a job | 42 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | To work for pay | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | To work as unpaid worker in family business | 257 |
1%
|
| 12 | Help at home with household chores | 939 |
3.8%
|
| 13 | Other (specify) | 154 |
0.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 163589 |
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.