| Value |
Category |
| -4 |
missing data |
| -3 |
refuse to answer |
| -2 |
not applicable |
| -1 |
do not know |
| 1 |
needed to work |
| 2 |
could not pay school, university or tecknikon fees |
| 3 |
family removed student |
| 4 |
expelled |
| 5 |
poor school performance |
| 6 |
no place in school |
| 7 |
look after elderly relative |
| 8 |
no accessible school |
| 9 |
bad or poor school |
| 10 |
sick |
| 11 |
pregnant |
| 12 |
care for sick relative |
| 13 |
political concerns or violence |
| 14 |
failed exams |
| 15 |
boycott of school |
| 16 |
parents or family moved |
| 17 |
courses finished |
| 18 |
school closed |
| 19 |
look after child(ren) |
| 20 |
currently registered |
| 21 |
correspondence course |
| 22 |
part time |
| 23 |
lost interest |
| 24 |
drug or alcohol abuse |
| 25 |
religious studies |
| 26 |
family member died |
| 27 |
beaten by teacher / fear for their safety ie. bullying |
| 28 |
no transport money or no transport |
| 29 |
wrote supplementary exams |
| 30 |
correctional services, prison or detained |
| 31 |
partying |
| 32 |
course not available |
| 33 |
no interest shown by family whether child attended or not |
| 34 |
zulu not his 1st language so couldn't understand classes |
| 35 |
not allowed to repeat grade 12 |
| 36 |
was circumcised |
| 37 |
parents decision |
| 38 |
raped |
| 39 |
family problems - divorce, in-law problems |
| 40 |
cow herder |
| 41 |
isangoma |
| 42 |
bad behaviour, suspended |
| 43 |
forced marriage, so respondent ran away from home |
| 44 |
classes not available due to teachers being underpaid |
| 45 |
promoted to next grade |
| 46 |
too young |
| 47 |
did tertiary courses |
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.