Child Activity Survey - 1999
Sri Lanka, 1998 - 1999
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CAS-1999-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics
Metadata
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Reason for letting the child work? (Q41)
Data file: SEC_04 : Perception of Parents or Guarding
Overview
Valid:
3764
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
32
End:
32
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
If the child is working, what is the main reason for letting the child work?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To supplement household income | 1090 |
29%
|
| 2 | To pay outstanding debt under | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | Contractual arrangement | 2236 |
59.4%
|
| 4 | To assist/help in household enterprise | 77 |
2%
|
| 5 | Education / training is not suitable | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Other | 349 |
9.3%
|
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.