Ghana - Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Round 3

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-DHS-1998-v2.0

Year

1998

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

Government of Ghana - GoG - Financial Assistance
United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Financial Assistance

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Feb 20, 2009

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Reasons for not attending school (sh19)
File: PERSONS

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-7
Invalid: 9

Valid cases: 2131
Invalid: 20521
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 7

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Financial constraint	388	18.2%
2	School too far	26	1.2%
3	Lack of interest	512	24.0%
4	Disability	14	0.7%
5	Needed to help in family business	66	3.1%
6	Graduated	898	42.1%
7	Other	227	10.7%

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.