Employment and Unemployment Survey, July 1993 - June 1994
NSS 50th Round

India, 1993 - 1994

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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-50Rnd-Sch10-1993-94

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National Sample Survey Office

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Employment and Unemployment

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Reason for not attending school (code) (B8_q13)

Data file: Block-8-Children-Records

Overview

Valid: 32939

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 55

End: 56

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: character

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

If Not attending school then ask.

Literal question

Not attending school- Reason (code)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
01	Too Young To Go To School	5130	15.6%
02	Unable To Cope-Up	1624	4.9%
03	Schooling Facility/Higher Level Education Facility Not Avail	798	2.4%
04	To Participate In Hh Economic Activity	1935	5.9%
05	To Work For Wage/Salary	582	1.8%
06	To Take Care Of Sibling	607	1.8%
07	To Attend Hh Chores :By Preference	498	1.5%
08	To Attend Hh Chores As Other Members Are Engaged In Work	317	1%
09	Cannot Afford	5272	16%
10	Not Interested	8968	27.2%
19	Others	7198	21.9%
99	Invalid	10	0%

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

Column (13) onwards will be filled in for children who are not currently attending school. Some of the children who are not currently attending are those who did not attend school any time in the past. They will have code 3 in col.(3). There will be some others who are not currently attending any school but did so sometimes in the past and the left the school. They will have code 2 in col.(3).

For those with code 3 in col.(3), the reason code to be recorded in col.(13) will relate to the reason for not attending school at all. For those with code 2 in col.(3), the entry in col.(13) will relate to the reason for leaving the study. Although the code structure has been kept same for both the groups.

Question post text

If attending school then skip to Question 21

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Employment and Unemployment Survey, July 1993 - June 1994 NSS 50th Round