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 not attending school last week (QB8)
Data file: Section B _ Activity Status of Children (for children 5 - 17 years old)
Overview
Valid:
4035
Invalid:
9662
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | School vacation period | 2300 |
57%
|
| 2 | Teacher was absent | 81 |
2%
|
| 3 | Bad weather conditions | 115 |
2.9%
|
| 4 | To help family business | 12 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | 5. To help at home with housekeeping activities | 16 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Illness / Injury / Disablement | 849 |
21%
|
| 7 | Civil disturbance | 7 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Awaiting G.C.E. (O/L) results | 655 |
16.2%
|
| 9 | Other (Specify) | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 9662 |
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.