Child Activity Survey - 2009
Sri Lanka, 2008 - 2009
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Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CAS-2009-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics
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- Data files
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Identification
Information -
Section A _
Demographic
Characteristics -
Section B _
Activity Status
of Children
(for children 5
- 17 years old) -
Section B1 _
Economic
Activity ( for
children 5 - 17
years old ) -
Section B2 1_
Unemployment
(aged 10 years
and over) -
Section B2 2_
Unemployment
(aged 10 years
and over) -
Section B3 _
Housekeeping
Activities (
for children 5
- 17 years old
) -
Section B4_
Usual Residence
of Child's
Parents ( for
children 5 - 17
years old ) -
Section C_
Health and
Safty -
Section D _
Perception of
Parents,Guardians
or other
relatives -
Section E_All
children 5-17
years who are
living away
from household
_family -
Section F_
Labour Force
Status (For
persons 18
years and over)
Reason for letting the child work (QD4)
Data file: Section D _ Perception of Parents,Guardians or other relatives
Overview
Valid:
1838
Invalid:
3
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suppliment family income | 363 |
19.7%
|
| 2 | Help pay family debt | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | Help in household enterprise | 658 |
35.8%
|
| 4 | Schooling not useful for future | 28 |
1.5%
|
| 5 | School too far | 5 |
0.3%
|
| 6 | Cannot efford school fees | 6 |
0.3%
|
| 7 | Child not interested in school | 103 |
5.6%
|
| 8 | Learn skills | 454 |
24.7%
|
| 9 | To temporarily replace someone unable to work | 67 |
3.6%
|
| 10 | 152 |
8.3%
|
|
| Sysmiss | 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.