A Call for Targeted Attention on Education for the Urban Poor, Education inputs in Tanzania’s urban informal settlements
Tanzania, 2022
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DDI-TZA-APHRC-UEG-2023-v01
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African Population and Health Research Center
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What Is The Main Reason That You/ Missed School That Week? (q2p10)
Data file: ueg_iii_individual school history(ish)_tz
Overview
Valid:
172
Invalid:
2421
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
80
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
Question relevant when: Did you/ [namechild] MISS school even if for only one day in the last week when schools were open in the last full schooling week=Yes
Literal question
What Is The Main Reason That You/ Missed School That Week?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sickness/illness/disabled | 96 |
3.7%
|
| 2 | Peer influence | 1 |
0%
|
| 3 | Child was not interested in attending school anymore/Child was bored with school | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Child was suspended/expelled from school | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | Child was having her monthly period. | 1 |
0%
|
| 6 | Child was attending to paid work outside home | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | To do domestic/household responsibilities | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | School fees problems | 17 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | Bad/unfavorable weather | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Insecurity/unsafe to travel to school | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Teachers/students’ strike | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Msiba | 29 |
1.1%
|
| 13 | Exam for other classes | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 99 | Other (specify).... | 5 |
0.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 2421 |
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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Notes
"2.10 What is the main reason that you/ MISSED school that week?"