Ghana Education Impact Evaluation Survey 2003

Ghana, 2003

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ID: GHA-GSS-GEIES-2003-v1.0

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Ghana Statistical Service

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Feb 20, 2009

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Reasons why children do not attend school - reason 1. (js2q4a)

Data file: JSS-Section2

Overview

Valid: 289

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Reasons why children do not attend school - reason 1.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	parents cannot afford it	201	69.6%
2	children are needed to work at home/help farming	27	9.3%
3	school is too far	2	0.7%
4	parents think school quality is low	1	0.3%
5	parent do not value education for female children	30	10.4%
6	parents do not value education for female children	1	0.3%
7	other (specify)	27	9.3%

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.

Description

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Enrolment and time allocation at JSS level

Source of information

Junior secondary school questionnaire

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