India - Participation and Expenditure in Education, 2007-08, 64th Round

Reference ID

Schedule 25.2

Year

2007 - 2008

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 18, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Reason for never enrolling / discontinuing (REASON_FOR_NEVER_ENROLING_DISCON)
File: Block-7 Particulars of currently not attending persons aged 5-29 years

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 2

Valid cases: 104176
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
01	parent not interested in studies	15021	14.4%
02	inadequate number of teachers	57	0.1%
03	school is far off	2207	2.1%
04	to work for wage/salary	4413	4.2%
05	for participating in other economic activities	5280	5.1%
06	to look after younger siblings	829	0.8%
07	to attend other domestic chores	4730	4.5%
08	financial constraints	21909	21.0%
10	timings of educational institution not suitable	118	0.1%
11	for helping in household enterprises	2825	2.7%
12	Language/medium of instruction used unfamiliar	76	0.1%
13	No tradition in the community	1320	1.3%
14	education not considered necessary	6187	5.9%
15	child not interested in studies	14643	14.1%
16	unable to cope up or failure in studies	8555	8.2%
17	unfriendly atmosphere at school	219	0.2%
18	completed desired level/class	8464	8.1%
20	non-availability of lady teacher	51	0.0%
21	non-availability of ladies toilet	27	0.0%
29	others	7245	7.0%

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

The reason for never enrolling/discontinuing/dropping out any educational institution is to be recorded for
each of the persons eligible for this Block. 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. Codes 01 to 12 are applicable to any person whereas codes 13 and 14 are applicable to “never enrolled” members only. Similarly, codes 15-18 and 20-21 are applicable for “ever enrolled” and “female” members respectively. The codes are
as follows

Applicable for any person :
Parent not interested in studies .............. 01
Inadequate number of teachers .............. 02
School is far off ................................. 03
To work for wage / salary...................... 04
For participating in other economic activities .05
To look after younger siblings ..................06
To attend other domestic chores ...............07
Financial constraints .............................08
Timings of educational institution not suitable .............10
For helping in household enterprises..............11
Language / medium of instruction used unfamiliar .......12

Applicable for "never enrolled" cases only

No tradition in the community .....................13
Education not considered necessary .............14

Applicable for "Ever enrolled " cases only

Child not interested in studies ..................... 15
Unable to cope up or failure in studies............ 16
Unfriendly atmosphere at school .................. 17
Completed desired level / class .................... 18

Applicable for female students only

Non-availability of lady teacher .................. 20
Non-availability of ladies toilet ................... 21

Others ............................................... 29