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Child Activity Survey - 1999

Sri Lanka, 1998 - 1999
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CAS-1999-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics
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  • Sec_01 :
    Personal
    Characteristics
  • Sec_02 :
    Activity Status
    of Children
  • SEC_03 :
    Health Safety
  • SEC_04 :
    Perception of
    Parents or
    Guarding
  • SEC_05 : Labour
    Force Status
  • SEC_06 :Housing
    Conditions
  • SEC_07 : Total
    Family Income
    of the
    Household

Reason for non attendance? (Q26)

Data file: Sec_02 : Activity Status of Children

Overview

Valid: 1932
Invalid: 16896
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 87
End: 87
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 To engage in economic activities 383
19.8%
2 To engage in housekeeping activities in own household 80
4.1%
3 Dropped out due to financial/other difficulties 271
14%
4 School is too far 26
1.3%
5 Not happy with the facilities in school 4
0.2%
6 Does not think the higher education will bring any results 207
10.7%
7 Studying for G.C.E.(O/L)/(A/L) at home 19
1%
8 Awaiting G.C.E.(O/L)/(A/L) results 270
14%
9 Other 672
34.8%
Sysmiss 16896
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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