India - Participation in Education, July 1995 - July 1996, NSS 52nd Round

Reference ID

IND-MOSPI-NSSO-NSS-52-25.2-1995-V2.

Year

1995 - 1996

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - NSSO

Sponsor(s)

Govt. Of India - -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

Created on

Jan 17, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Reason for not attending (REASON_FOR_NOT_ATTENDING)
File: BLOCK 7 Particulars of currently not attending persons...

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 2

Valid cases: 66226
Invalid: 0

Definition

The reason for not attending any educational institution is to be recorded for each of the persons not attending

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Reason for not attending (code)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
01	no tradition in the community	1343	2.0%
02	child not interested in studies	12009	18.1%
03	parents not interested in studies	9986	15.1%
04	unable to cope up or failure in studies	4268	6.4%
05	unfriendly atmosphere at school	143	0.2%
06	education not considered useful	1149	1.7%
07	schooling/higher education fascilities not available conveniently	1953	2.9%
08	to work for wage/salary	3526	5.3%
09	for participation in other economic activities	6445	9.7%
10	to look after younger siblings	648	1.0%
11	to attend to other domestic chores	5236	7.9%
12	financial constraints	7336	11.1%
13	completed the desired level	2819	4.3%
14	awaiting admission for the next level	1170	1.8%
19	others	8195	12.4%

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.

Interviewer instructions

The reason for not attending any educational institution is to be recorded for each of the persons not attending. For those who have completed their education, no detailed probing is to be made. In other cases where it is felt that the person is of school going age or has discontinued his education, for any reason detailed probing is necessary for making entry in this item. The reasons are coded as follows .

01 no tradition in the community
02 child not interested in studies
03 parents not interested in studies
04 unable to cope up or failure in studies
05 unfriendly atmosphere at school
06 education not considered useful
07 schooling/higher education fascilities not available conveniently
08 to work for wage/salary
09 for participation in other economic activities
10 to look after younger siblings
11 to attend to other domestic chores
12 financial constraints
13 completed the desired level
14 awaiting admission for the next level
19 others