Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) 2022-2024
Ghana
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What is/was the main reason why (NAME) has never attended school? (s2aq2)
Data file: 2023 AHIES Q1-Q4_Rev_20250827
Overview
Valid:
6596
Invalid:
190357
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 | 809 |
12.3%
|
| 2 | Disabled/ illness | 93 |
1.4%
|
| 3 | No school /school too far | 466 |
7.1%
|
| 4 | Cannot afford schooling | 710 |
10.8%
|
| 5 | Family did not allow schooling | 2859 |
43.3%
|
| 6 | Not interested in school | 503 |
7.6%
|
| 7 | Education not considered valuable | 798 |
12.1%
|
| 8 | School not safe | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | To learn a job | 10 |
0.2%
|
| 10 | To work for pay | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | To work as unpaid worker in family business | 86 |
1.3%
|
| 12 | Help at home with household chores | 222 |
3.4%
|
| 13 | Other (specify) | 30 |
0.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 190357 |
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.