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 have you never attended school (G1)
File: Literacy Edited Data

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-10

Valid cases: 14537
Invalid: 54433
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 10

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Too young to start	2594	17.8%
2	Lack of parent's interest	7588	52.2%
3	No work for graduates	104	0.7%
4	Lack of money	2331	16.0%
5	Prefers to work	490	3.4%
6	Disability	58	0.4%
7	Sickness	76	0.5%
8	Separation	32	0.2%
9	Death of parents	417	2.9%
10	Others	847	5.8%
Sysmiss		54433

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 have you never attended school?