Value |
Category |
-4 |
missing data |
-3 |
refused to answer |
-2 |
not applicable |
-1 |
do not know |
1 |
needed to work |
2 |
could not pay school,university or tecknikon fees |
3 |
family removed student |
4 |
expelled or suspended |
5 |
poor school performance |
6 |
no place in school |
7 |
look after elderly relative |
8 |
no accessible school |
9 |
bad or poor school |
10 |
sick |
11 |
pregnant |
12 |
care for sick relative |
13 |
political concerns or violence |
14 |
failed exams |
15 |
boycott of school |
16 |
parents or family moved |
17 |
courses finished |
18 |
school closed |
19 |
look after children or child |
20 |
currently registered |
21 |
correspondence course |
22 |
part time |
23 |
lost interest |
24 |
drug or alcohol abuse |
25 |
religious studies |
26 |
family member died |
27 |
beaten by teacher or fear for their safety ie bullying |
28 |
no transport money no transport |
29 |
wrote supplementary exams |
30 |
correctional services, in prison or detained |
31 |
partying |
32 |
course not available |
33 |
no interest shown by family whether child attended or not |
34 |
zulu not his first language so couldn't understand classes |
35 |
not allowed to repeat grade 12 |
36 |
was circumcised |
38 |
raped |
39 |
family problems or divorce |
40 |
had to work |
41 |
isangoma |
43 |
forced marriage, so ran away from home |
44 |
classes not available due to teachers being underpaid |
45 |
promoted to next grade |
46 |
too young |
47 |
did tertiary courses |
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.