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 leaving school (QB12)
Data file: Section B _ Activity Status of Children (for children 5 - 17 years old)
Overview
Valid:
1271
Invalid:
12426
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Further schooling not available or too far away | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 2 | Disabled / Illness | 63 |
5%
|
| 3 | Financial problems | 149 |
11.7%
|
| 4 | Poor in studies / Not interested in school | 289 |
22.7%
|
| 5 | Education not considered valuable | 12 |
0.9%
|
| 6 | School not safe / Civil disturbance | 9 |
0.7%
|
| 7 | To learn a job | 7 |
0.6%
|
| 8 | To work for pay as employee or as own account worker or as unpaid family worker in family business | 19 |
1.5%
|
| 9 | Help at home with housekeeping activities | 8 |
0.6%
|
| 10 | 10. Other (specify) | 603 |
47.4%
|
| 11 | 29 |
2.3%
|
|
| 12 | 76 |
6%
|
|
| Sysmiss | 12426 |
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.