Nigeria - National Literacy Survey Nigeria-2009, First Round

Reference ID

NGA-NBS-LIT-2009-v1.0

Year

2009

Country

Nigeria

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics [NBS] - Federal Government of Nigeria(FGN)

Sponsor(s)

The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non Formal Education - (NMEC) - Funding
National Bureau of Statistics - NBS - Funding

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Oct 18, 2010

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Why are you not currently in school (D1)
File: Literacy Edited Data

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-18

Valid cases: 23186
Invalid: 45784
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 18

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Had enough schooling	2360	10.2%
2	Lack of admission	1320	5.7%
3	No time	1372	5.9%
4	Lack of money	6570	28.3%
5	Prefers to work	2479	10.7%
6	Domestic obligation	1405	6.1%
7	Marital obligation	3778	16.3%
8	Sickness	87	0.4%
9	Inability to cope	409	1.8%
10	Disability	45	0.2%
11	Separation of parents	43	0.2%
12	Death of parents	304	1.3%
13	No school/centre nearby	337	1.5%
14	Lack of teacher	58	0.3%
15	Not interested	685	3.0%
16	Costly	90	0.4%
17	Too old to attend	1549	6.7%
18	Others	295	1.3%
Sysmiss		45784

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.

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Literal question

Why are you not currently attending school?