Reason for idleness (aq42)
File: Child
Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 8
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-8
Invalid: 98, 99
Valid cases: 830
Invalid: 16204
Questions and instructions
Universe
All household members 5-17 years old
Literal question
If "Yes" in above, give the main reason
Categories
ValueCategoryCases
1 Sickness 151 18.2%
2 Laziness 47 5.7%
3 Travelled 22 2.7%
4 Not in house 68 8.2%
5 Domestic employee available 7 0.8%
6 Not given work to do 119 14.3%
7 Too young to work 396 47.7%
8 Disability 20 2.4%
98 Missing response 0
99 Not applicable 16204
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.