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Out-of-School Children in Sri Lanka: Country Study
ANNEX 1:
INVENTORY FOR OOSC NATIONAL DATA
SOURCES
A1.1 Demographic and Health Survey Data
Data source
Demographic and Health Survey Sri Lanka 2006/07
Agencies responsible for collection and dissemination of data
Department of Census & Statistics, Ministry of Health Care & Nutrition
Data collection date (not publication date)
Sinhala Speaking Households August 2006 – May 2007
Tamil Speaking Households August 2007 – October 2007
Frequency of data collection (for example, annual, every two years)
Once in 5–6 years, First survey was in 1987. This is fourth survey in the series.
Definition of an out-of-school child (for example, is not enrolled, did not attend in the last
three months)
Not currently attending school or never attended school. Currently attending school
referred to any time during the school year 2006.
Definitions of other education terms
Out-of-school
children
Enrolment
Attendance
School year
Not specifically defined. It is implied from the questionnaire that
those who ‘never attended’ school and those who did not attend
school during the school year 2006 were OOSC.
Enrolment was not specifically defined in the survey and not
needed.
Non-attendance relates specifically to school year 2006
January – December
Sample design and coverage of data collection (for example, national, specific
geographic region, specific sub-population group)
Primary sampling units – Census blocks (clusters)
2,500 clusters were selected and those clusters updated. Then, secondary sampling units
(10 housing units from each cluster) were selected from these clusters, using systematic
sampling technique.
Finally, 21,060 households were selected (excluding Northern province) and 19,862
households were interviewed.
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