Labour Force Survey 2018
Gambia, The, 2018
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GMB_2018_LFS_v01_M
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ED5 Other (ed5_other)
Data file: LFS_Final
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1070
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-
Type:
Discrete
Range:
-
Format:
character
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Literal question
What was the main reason (name) never attended school?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 'daara' | |
| AUTO MECHANIC (FITER) | |
| Attended Daara | |
| Attended Majlis | |
| Attended Quranic memoriza | |
| Attended daara | |
| Attending Daara | |
| Attending Quranic memoriz | |
| BABY SITTING | |
| BEST KNOWN TO PARENTS | |
| Baby sitting | |
| Because he was the only | |
| Because her atitute | |
| Blindness | |
| Can't pay for her schooli | |
| DAARA | |
| DONT WANT TO GO | |
| DROPPED OUT | |
| Dad was a fisherman | |
| Did Dara | |
| Did not go to school or d | |
| Didn't start yet | |
| Difficulty in communicati | |
| Doesn't want to go".\n | |
| Due to early death of pa | |
| Education of ladies or wo | |
| FAMILY REASON | |
| Family condition | |
| Father passed away early | |
| Few school | |
| Few school those days | |
| Few schools | |
| Fews school those and no | |
| Go to dara only | |
| Goes to dara only | |
| Goes to karamtaa only | |
| Going dara | |
| Going dara right now | |
| Going to Daara | |
| Going to Daarah\n | |
| Going to Dara | |
| Going to a Quranic memori | |
| Going to daara | |
| Going to dara | |
| Going to dara or sunna | |
| Going to dara. | |
| Going to dara\n | |
| Goingnto Daara | |
| Goingto Daara | |
| Grandmother refused to se | |
| HER SISTER REFUSED TO SEN | |
| He came to me as an adul | |
| He was not in country so | |
| Her parents didn't enroll | |
| I want to send them to Da | |
| Just registered for next | |
| Learning a trade | |
| MUM NEEDS HELP AT HOME | |
| Mother dont her to go sch | |
| My Parents didnt take me | |
| NO REASONS GIVEN | |
| NO SCHOOL BY THEN, | |
| No Schools around my comm | |
| No available place she wa | |
| No available that time\n | |
| No funds | |
| No school at the our vill | |
| No school those days in h | |
| No school those these in | |
| Not Yet in school\n\n\n\n | |
| Not well | |
| Not yet in school | |
| Not yet taken. | |
| Nothing | |
| Only when dara | |
| Only when to dara | |
| Parents | |
| Parents Didnt Allow Me | |
| Parents could not afford | |
| Parents did not allow | |
| Parents did not allow it | |
| Parents did not send her | |
| Parents did not send him | |
| Parents did not send me | |
| Parents did not take her | |
| Parents didn't agree | |
| Parents died early | |
| Parents don't enrol him | |
| Parents only send the mal | |
| Parents passed away early | |
| Parents refuse to send he | |
| Parents refused | |
| Parents send only the mal | |
| Quranic memorization | |
| Quranic memorization\n | |
| Refused to learn | |
| SHE WAS NOT AROUND | |
| SICKNESS | |
| She said her mother didn' | |
| She was the only child of | |
| Sick | |
| Skill training | |
| Starting this year | |
| Stopped going to school s | |
| The Father said won't tak | |
| They dont to study or lea | |
| Those days our parents wo | |
| To assist in household ch | |
| To help in domestic jobs | |
| Too far | |
| Too big at that time scho | |
| WAITING FOR THE SCHOOL IN | |
| Waiting for her dad | |
| Waiting for next to start | |
| Waiting for school to ope | |
| Waiting for some time | |
| Waiting for the Dad | |
| Waiting for the academic | |
| Waiting for the age limit | |
| Waiting for the father | |
| Waiting schools to open. | |
| Was staying with his gra | |
| Went to Darra only | |
| When to dara | |
| When to dara only | |
| When to dara only/karanta | |
| When to dara only/krantaa | |
| When to dara/karanta only | |
| When to dara/karantaa | |
| When to karantaa | |
| When to karantaa only | |
| When to only dara | |
| Will attend when schools | |
| Will be taken next year | |
| Will be taken when schoo | |
| Will go when school open | |
| Will start when school o | |
| Will start when schools | |
| Women Education was not i | |
| adopted | |
| age limit | |
| alone in the family to he | |
| apprenticeship tailoring | |
| apprenticeship tailoring | |
| arabic student | |
| attbding darra | |
| attended darra | |
| attending darra | |
| attending darra\n | |
| attending memorizatio sch | |
| attending memorization sc | |
| attending memorizationsch | |
| attending memorzation sch | |
| attending quranic memoriz | |
| attendingbdarra | |
| becaus want bee in the sa | |
| because he is not circumc | |
| because he need to care f | |
| because of sickness. | |
| becuase of distances | |
| becuase of distant | |
| been to darra | |
| came back few months ago. | |
| cannot speak clearly | |
| cannot talk | |
| cant talk | |
| caring for the young | |
| caring for young ones | |
| colonial days and traditi | |
| dad dont want to | |
| dad say no | |
| dara | |
| darra | |
| deaf | |
| didn't accept | |
| didn't enroll her yet | |
| dificulity in communicati | |
| do want to learn | |
| domestic | |
| domestic household works | |
| dont like school | |
| dont like school\n | |
| dont want to learn | |
| dropped out | |
| due to sickness | |
| dumb | |
| family own reason | |
| family reason | |
| family reason\n | |
| father demands that befor | |
| father own reason | |
| father own reason\n | |
| females in her compound w | |
| few school and no means | |
| few school no access scho | |
| finding school for her bu | |
| goes to dara only | |
| goes to karantaa only | |
| going to 'darra' | |
| going to Arabic school. | |
| going to arabic school | |
| going to dara | |
| going to dara/(quran tank | |
| going to dara\n | |
| going to darra | |
| going to darra\n | |
| going to start next year | |
| going tobdarra | |
| going todarra | |
| goingbto darra | |
| guranic memorization | |
| haluwa darra | |
| has not started school ye | |
| has quit | |
| he cant speak clearly | |
| he has not startedgoing t | |
| he is a carpenter. | |
| he is a driver. | |
| he is a farmer | |
| he is going to dara | |
| he is young to start sch | |
| health condition | |
| her mum did not take her | |
| her parents dont send her | |
| herdsman | |
| his parent dont send him | |
| his uncle came for him an | |
| i attended dara that is | |
| i don't know | |
| i was over age at that ti | |
| illness | |
| in process | |
| informal quranic | |
| informal quranic | |
| invincible | |
| invisible. | |
| just at home | |
| karanta | |
| lack of finance | |
| late for enrolment | |
| late to join ece\n\n | |
| later | |
| later to attend dara | |
| learning skill | |
| learning skills | |
| leave schoolbecause not i | |
| limited school or no avai | |
| local language | |
| marabout & farming | |
| memorization school | |
| mental sick | |
| mentality.....he is not n | |
| my father own will\n | |
| my parents don't take me | |
| no available school | |
| no idea | |
| no reason | |
| no school | |
| no school at that time | |
| no school at time | |
| no school available | |
| no school available durin | |
| no well | |
| none of the above | |
| not available | |
| not good in brain | |
| not healthy | |
| not interested in educati | |
| not up to age | |
| not very healty | |
| not well | |
| not willing | |
| not yet". | |
| not yet\n | |
| nothing | |
| only when to dara | |
| over age\n | |
| parent desire | |
| parent didnot send me to | |
| parent disapproval | |
| parent disaproval | |
| parent dissapproval | |
| parent dissapproväl | |
| parent dont send her to s | |
| parent say they waiting f | |
| parental reason | |
| parents waiting for a whi | |
| patience | |
| planed for next year | |
| planning to go | |
| planning to go to school | |
| planning to take her | |
| planning to take him | |
| quaranic | |
| quaranic education | |
| quaranic memorization | |
| quaranic\n | |
| quranic | |
| quranic education | |
| quranic\n | |
| refused to attend | |
| reluctant\n | |
| reluctant\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n | |
| school to reopen | |
| school was established wh | |
| selling at the market | |
| she is young to start sc | |
| she traveled | |
| she want to learn quran a | |
| she will start next year\ | |
| sick | |
| sickly | |
| sickness | |
| sickness\n | |
| stay home to support pare | |
| there was no school avail | |
| there were no schools the | |
| too stubborn | |
| too young at the moment | |
| too young for the distanc | |
| tradition | |
| until he reaches seven ye | |
| until school opens". | |
| very young and the school | |
| vision, he has an eye sig | |
| vison problem | |
| waiting for a while accor | |
| waiting for school to ope | |
| waiting for sponsorship | |
| waiting schools to open | |
| want to start with arab | |
| was gone for baby caring | |
| was in dara only | |
| was living with grang ma | |
| was not adopted by me | |
| was not send school by m | |
| was not willing | |
| was sick during those day | |
| we have transfered here n | |
| we havetransfefed here no | |
| weak communication | |
| went darra | |
| went to dara | |
| went to darra | |
| went to learn capentry | |
| went todarra | |
| went todarra\n | |
| when her father comes bac | |
| when his father comes bac | |
| when only dara | |
| when school opens | |
| when school reopen | |
| when to dara | |
| when to dara only | |
| when to dara only but now | |
| when to dara only/krantaa | |
| when to dara/karantaa | |
| when to dara/krantaa | |
| when to dara/krantaa\n | |
| when to karantaa | |
| when to karantaa only | |
| when to karantaa or magil | |
| when to karantaa/dara onl | |
| when to only dara | |
| will attbd when school o | |
| will atten when school o | |
| will attend when school | |
| will attend when school o | |
| will attnd when school o | |
| will go this year | |
| will start school next | |
| will start school when sc | |
| will start this year |
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.
Description
Source of information
ED5 Other
Imputation and derivation
Imputation
ED5 Other
Others
Security
ED5 Other