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CHLHHABSENTWHY (CHLHHABSENTWHY)
Reason child was absent from job in past week
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Description

CHLHHABSENTWHY reports the reason the child household member selected for the child labor module (CHLHHINDEX) was absent from his or her job in the past week.

The information in CHLHHABSENTWHY is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

Comparability

CHLHHABSENTWHY has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

CHLHHABSENTWHY is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire or child labor module.

Universe

  • Angola 2015: Women age 15-49 in households with a child age 15-17 selected for the child labor module, who has a job but did not work in the past week.
  • Angola: 2015-W, 2015-C, 2015-B, 2015-M, 2015-H, 2015-W